# Roxhill: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/
Covers: Oct. 31, 2013 to Oct. 5, 2026
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Roxhill: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 17 product launches from Roxhill since 2015. The latest, Journalist Assistant, became available Oct. 5, 2026. We also record 1 new company.

Roxhill sells a UK-led journalist database to PR teams. It sends alerts for media requests and forward features and lists standing editorial slots in UK lifestyle titles. It also offers media monitoring with AI sentiment, share of voice for individual spokespeople, and analyst reports written by people.

## Facts

- Site: [roxhillmedia.com](https://www.roxhillmedia.com/)
- Founded: 2013
- Category: Media databases and outreach
- Status: Active
- Price: quote-only; the pricing page is titled "get a custom quote"

## Every dated launch, newest first

### Journalist Assistant

Available Oct. 5, 2026.

Ask-anything assistant inside the Roxhill journalist profile.

Features: [Chat assistant](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant).

Source: [roxhillmedia.com](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/how-to-pitch-smarter-meet-the-journalist-assistant-changing-pr-outreach/).

In [PR software this week: Oct. 5 to 19, 2026](https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/2026-10-20/#launch-R588).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-R588

### Intelli-Labels

Announced June 2, 2026.

Automatically tags media coverage with tone, key messages, strategic themes and reputation drivers across every mention.

Features: [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Roxhill Media (product news)](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/media-intelligence-ai).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-R420

### News Stand

Announced June 2, 2026.

Delivers a filtered morning briefing of UK national press coverage by journalist, sector and competitor.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Roxhill Media (product news)](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/media-intelligence-ai).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-R421

### Forward Planner

Available Feb. 3, 2026.

A calendar of notable dates (awareness days, elections, financial moments, sport) to plan timely campaigns.

Features: [Story ideas and angles](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-story-ideas).

Sources: [Roxhill (product news: Product updates, what's new this winter)](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/product-updates-whats-new-this-winter/), [Roxhill Media LinkedIn post (2026-02-16)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roxhill-media_roxhill-media-product-updates-you-need-to-activity-7429102325258039298-K-mU).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-N182

### Independent competitor management and competitor drilldowns

Available Feb. 3, 2026.

Competitors are tracked separately from the main entity, with metric settings and drilldowns across competitor analysis.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Roxhill (product news: Product updates, what's new this winter)](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/product-updates-whats-new-this-winter/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-N183

### Newsletter performance statistics and PDF exports

Available Feb. 3, 2026.

Monitoring newsletters show opened vs unopened and sent vs bounced, and export as a branded PDF coverage book.

Features: [Reporting and measurement](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement).

Source: [Roxhill (product news: Product updates, what's new this winter)](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/product-updates-whats-new-this-winter/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-N184

### Press Release Tracker

Announced February 2026.

Tracks who opened a distributed press release, who clicked through, and which outlets picked up the story.

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

Sources: [Roxhill Media (product news, June 2026)](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/media-intelligence-ai), [Roxhill Media LinkedIn post (2026-02-16)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roxhill-media_roxhill-media-product-updates-you-need-to-activity-7429102325258039298-K-mU).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-R301

### Database topics search (community topics)

Available 2026.

Search any topic to find journalists who cover it, and add them to lists.

Features: [Journalist research](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research).

Source: [Roxhill (Product board)](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-board/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-N185

### Competitor Analytics

Available Oct. 10, 2025.

Roxhill added Competitor Analytics with Share of Voice, analysing mentions by outlet, media type and country.

Source: [Roxhill product news](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-E294

### Bluesky integration

Available Oct. 10, 2025.

Roxhill added Bluesky integration to journalist profiles in its media database.

Source: [Roxhill product news](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-E295

### Slack and WhatsApp media monitoring alerts

Available Oct. 10, 2025.

Roxhill added Slack and WhatsApp alerts for real-time media monitoring notifications.

Source: [Roxhill product news](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-E296

### 12-month historical search

Available Oct. 10, 2025.

Roxhill added a searchable 12-month archive of media coverage to its media monitoring product.

Source: [Roxhill product news](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-E297

### Journalist Assistant

Available Oct. 10, 2025.

AI tool on journalist profiles that analyses a journalist's recent bylines, tone and beat to generate instant, personalized pitch insights.

Features: [Pitch writing](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing).

Sources: [Roxhill Media (product news, June 2026)](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/media-intelligence-ai), [Roxhill product news](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/new-in-roxhill/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-R238

### AI salience and sentiment filtering for WhatsApp alerts

Available Oct. 9, 2025.

Smart Folders flag priority coverage with AI salience and sentiment analysis and send only those mentions to WhatsApp.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring), [Coverage analysis](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-coverage-analysis).

Source: [Roxhill product news](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/whatsapp-media-monitoring-alerts/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-R237

### Media monitoring Slack integration

Available Sept. 22, 2025.

Each Smart Folder links to a Slack channel so mentions arrive as alerts in the team's channel.

Features: [Media monitoring](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-monitoring).

Source: [Roxhill (product news: Slack integration)](https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/media-monitoring-slack-integration/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-N181

### Roxhill Media Launched

Available 2015.

Founder Alex Northcott launched Roxhill Media in 2015 as an improved successor to his earlier company Gorkana, two years after the entity's 2013 incorporation.

Source: [Roxhill: Company page](https://roxhillmedia.com/company/).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-E039

### Roxhill Media Incorporated

Announced Oct. 31, 2013.

Roxhill Media Limited was incorporated in the UK on 31 October 2013, with founder Alexander Northcott appointed director the same day.

Source: [UK Companies House](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08756401).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/roxhill/#launch-E024

1 more launch has no confirmed date; it is in [the data file](https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json).

## Methodology and corrections

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