# Newswise: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/newswise/
Covers: 1991 to Nov. 30, 2005
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Newswise: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/newswise/, updated 2026-11-11

> Newswise is on the PR software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Nov. 30, 2005.

"Connecting Research and Experts with Journalists." A research-news wire and expert-sourcing service: members (universities, medical centers, institutions, PR firms, agencies) distribute releases to journalist email wires and a news site, pitch experts on breaking news (Expert Pitch, Expert Directory), answer reporter requests (Expert Query), pitch reporters from a Select Media Database, and run virtual press events. Reports show hits and web clips. No AI features are named. Source: [newswise.com](https://www.newswise.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [newswise.com](https://www.newswise.com/)
- Category: Press release distribution and newsrooms
- Status: Active
- Price: USD: for-profit Flexible Credits from 400 (1 credit); non-profit Flexible Credits 1,450 a year and Unlimited Bundles 9,950 a year; Clippings Service and Premier Reports are add-ons; qualified non-profit and higher-ed members get a discount

## On the research maps

### [The PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-newswise)

"Connecting Research and Experts with Journalists." A research-news wire and expert-sourcing service: members (universities, medical centers, institutions, PR firms, agencies) distribute releases to journalist email wires and a news site, pitch experts on breaking news (Expert Pitch, Expert Directory), answer reporter requests (Expert Query), pitch reporters from a Select Media Database, and run virtual press events. Reports show hits and web clips. No AI features are named. Source: [newswise.com](https://www.newswise.com/).

- Category: Press release distribution and newsrooms
- Price: USD: for-profit Flexible Credits from 400 (1 credit); non-profit Flexible Credits 1,450 a year and Unlimited Bundles 9,950 a year; Clippings Service and Premier Reports are add-ons; qualified non-profit and higher-ed members get a discount
- Covers: Discover, Search, Pitch and Measure
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed user or customer base ('Daily email compilations deliver source news to 20,000 subscribers including 7,700 vetted journalists' and 'More than 7,000 email wires go to journalists from more than 2,400 media outlets' (vendor); members include top medical schools and universities; no funding or revenue disclosed)

Sources: [newswise.com](https://www.newswise.com/) and [8 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-newswise).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Breaking News Channels and Feature Channels

Product launch, Nov. 30, 2005. Two new channels: a rapid-response system for finding experts to comment on major front-page news, and themed groups of content for feature writers.

Source: [Newswise](https://www.newswise.com/articles/newswise-introduces-new-tools-for-journalists). From [the launch record](https://www.newsprint.com/launches/).

### Newswise creates first online tool for journalists

Product launch, 1991. Newswise says it created in 1991 the first online, digital, database information-management tool for journalists to access research news from higher education and research institutions.

Source: [Newswise (30 Nov 2005)](https://www.newswise.com/articles/newswise-introduces-new-tools-for-journalists). From [the launch record](https://www.newsprint.com/launches/).

## Methodology and corrections

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