# News Direct: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/news-direct/
Covers: 2019 to Sept. 22, 2021
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "News Direct: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/news-direct/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 4 product launches from News Direct since 2020. The latest, SimpliFi earnings-release workflow, became available Sept. 22, 2021. We also record 1 new company.

News Direct is a newswire for PR and investor relations teams. It sells flat-rate press release distribution with placement by industry, plus distribution of standalone multimedia assets. A content studio helps teams draft and approve releases, and each distribution comes with a performance report.

## Facts

- Site: [newsdirect.com](https://newsdirect.com/)
- Founded: 2019
- Category: Press release distribution and newsrooms
- Status: Active
- Price: no public price list; the 2020 launch pieces describe annual subscriptions at a flat rate per asset (release, video, image or infographic), with the per-asset rate set by the bundle size, and no word count or geographic limits; sales-led (Request a demo)

## Every dated launch, newest first

### SimpliFi earnings-release workflow

Available Sept. 22, 2021.

Investor-relations staff paste earnings content, tables included, into the content studio, share drafts securely, and publish without a newswire editor seeing the figures first.

Features: [Distribution and newsroom](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-distribution-and-newsroom).

Source: [Nasdaq (News Direct press release)](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/news-direct-launches-simplifitm-an-industry-first-feature-to-streamline-earnings).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/news-direct/#launch-V050

### News Direct launches

Available 2020.

News Direct launched in mid-2020 as a content and news distribution platform for contemporary media outreach.

Source: [CommPRO](https://commpro.biz/news/news-direct-redefines-international-distribution).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/news-direct/#launch-E487

### Standalone multimedia distribution (Digital Asset Direct)

Available 2020.

Infographics, videos and images are distributed as independent assets without being embedded in a news release.

Features: [Distribution and newsroom](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-distribution-and-newsroom).

Source: [CommPRO](https://www.commpro.biz/news/industry-veteran-gregg-castano-launches-news-direct-upending-traditional-paradigm-of-news-wire-category).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/news-direct/#launch-V048

### Collaborative content studio

Available 2020.

A self-directed workspace where stakeholders draft, comment on and approve releases, with automation.

Features: [Press release and content writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-release-writing).

Source: [CommPRO](https://www.commpro.biz/news/industry-veteran-gregg-castano-launches-news-direct-upending-traditional-paradigm-of-news-wire-category).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/news-direct/#launch-V049

### News Direct founded

Announced 2019.

LinkedIn gives 2019 as the founding year; Gregg Castano, former president of Business Wire, is founder and CEO.

Source: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/news-direct-corp/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/news-direct/#launch-E486

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology