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News Direct: new features and launches

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.

Updated . Launches from 2019 to Sept. 22, 2021.

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.

Site
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

  1. 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.

    Source: Nasdaq (News Direct press release).

  2. News Direct launches

    Available 2020.

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

    Source: CommPRO.

  3. 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.

    Source: CommPRO.

  4. 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.

    Source: CommPRO.

  5. 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.

Methodology and corrections: what counts as a launch, how each one is checked, and how to report an error.

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