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From Oct. 5 to 19, 2026, 10 PR software companies shipped 13 product launches we confirmed. Medialyst, Profound and AirOps shipped the most, with 2 each.

<p><strong>PR software this week, No. 1: 143 companies</strong></p> <ol> <li id="launch-K00"> <h3>Free public Journalist Finder and one-call journalist lookup (REST and MCP)</h3> <p><strong>Medialyst</strong> (<a href="https://medialyst.ai/">medialyst.ai</a>). Available Oct. 14, 2026.</p> <p>Medialyst opens a free public Journalist Finder (name suggestions, a full first profile without signup, email unlocks) and adds one lookup_journalist call to REST and MCP that goes from a name to a verified email, running live checks when needed.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-mcp-and-connectors">MCP servers and connectors</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://medialyst.ai/changelog">Medialyst changelog (v1.34.0)</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-N101"> <h3>Journalist Lookup</h3> <p><strong>Medialyst</strong> (<a href="https://medialyst.ai/">medialyst.ai</a>). Available Oct. 11, 2026.</p> <p>Searches for a named journalist and researches live profiles for journalists not in the database.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-media-database">Media database</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://medialyst.ai/changelog">Medialyst (changelog)</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-R588"> <h3>Journalist Assistant</h3> <p><strong>Roxhill</strong> (<a href="https://www.roxhillmedia.com/">roxhillmedia.com</a>). Available Oct. 5, 2026.</p> <p>Ask-anything assistant inside the Roxhill journalist profile.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant">Chat assistant</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://roxhillmedia.com/product-news/how-to-pitch-smarter-meet-the-journalist-assistant-changing-pr-outreach/">roxhillmedia.com</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-N110"> <h3>Build Audience (general release)</h3> <p><strong>Prezly</strong> (<a href="https://www.prezly.com/">prezly.com</a>). Available Oct. 5, 2026.</p> <p>Builds a campaign&#39;s recipient list from selected criteria instead of the whole contact database.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://www.prezly.com/changelog/build-audience-is-now-available-to-everyone">Prezly (changelog)</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-K14"> <h3>Media Relations: personalized pitches and journalist relationship history</h3> <p><strong>Meltwater</strong> (<a href="https://www.meltwater.com/">meltwater.com</a>). Available October 2026.</p> <p>Media Relations lets a user build one pitch for a list, tailor each message and attachment, send in bulk, and track relationship activity per journalist.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing">Pitch writing</a>, <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-sending-and-follow-up">Sending and follow-up</a>, <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pr-crm">PR CRM</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://www.meltwater.com/en/product-updates">Meltwater product updates</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-K10"> <h3>Featured Newsjacking (free)</h3> <p><strong>Featured</strong> (<a href="https://featured.com/about">featured.com</a>). Available Oct. 14, 2026.</p> <p>A workflow per client that watches the news as often as every 15 minutes and sends breaking stories with a suggested angle by email or Slack, then finds journalists, open HARO requests, podcasts and speaking slots to pitch. It drafts a pitch but never contacts journalists.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-trend-detection">Trend detection</a>, <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-story-ideas">Story ideas and angles</a>, <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-research">Journalist research</a>, <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-journalist-requests">Journalist requests</a>, <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-podcasts-and-awards">Podcast, speaking and award slots</a>, <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-pitch-writing">Pitch writing</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://www.featured.com/press/press-release/featured-launches-a-free-newsjacking-tool-that-lets-pr-agencies-run-reactive-pr">Featured press release</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-N018"> <h3>AI Visibility Playbooks</h3> <p><strong>Press Ranger</strong> (<a href="https://pressranger.com/">pressranger.com</a>). Available Oct. 7, 2026.</p> <p>Each prompt on an AI Visibility report gets recommendations, including press releases ranked by potential impact.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-optimization">AI-answer optimization</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://pressranger.com/docs/changelog/whats-new">Press Ranger (changelog)</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-K03"> <h3>Chart Annotations in Answer Engine Insights</h3> <p><strong>Profound</strong> (<a href="https://www.tryprofound.com/">tryprofound.com</a>). Available Oct. 9, 2026.</p> <p>Users add event markers (a campaign launch, a content refresh) to AI-visibility charts; Profound also marks answer-engine model changes automatically.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-reporting-and-measurement">Reporting and measurement</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://product.tryprofound.com/changelog">Profound product changelog</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-K04"> <h3>New Agents: the AI Marketer builds an Agent from a plain-language request, with triggers</h3> <p><strong>Profound</strong> (<a href="https://www.tryprofound.com/">tryprofound.com</a>). Available Oct. 16, 2026.</p> <p>The AI Marketer writes the instructions for an Agent from a description; Agents run on a schedule or on triggers (a competitor blog post, a 5% visibility change, a Slack post). Old node-based Agents become Workflows.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-agents">Agents and PR on autopilot</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://product.tryprofound.com/changelog">Profound product changelog</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-K06"> <h3>Citation lifecycle metrics in Insights</h3> <p><strong>AirOps</strong> (<a href="https://www.airops.com/">airops.com</a>). Available Oct. 5, 2026.</p> <p>Insights shows when a URL first appeared as a citation, its peak week, rise, decline and half-life, with a weekly chart and CSV or Grid export.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-cited-sources">AI-cited sources</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://www.airops.com/changelog">AirOps product changelog</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-K08"> <h3>Google AI Mode ads in the Ad Library</h3> <p><strong>AirOps</strong> (<a href="https://www.airops.com/">airops.com</a>). Available Oct. 12, 2026.</p> <p>Ad Library adds ads seen in Google AI Mode answers beside the ChatGPT ads AirOps already shows.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking">AI-answer tracking</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://www.airops.com/changelog">AirOps product changelog</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-K21"> <h3>Sentiment response counts and negative-mention diagnostics</h3> <p><strong>Knowatoa</strong> (<a href="https://knowatoa.com/">knowatoa.com</a>). Available Oct. 19, 2026.</p> <p>Sentiment exports show the response count behind each percentage, and a negative_mentions endpoint lists every AI answer that describes a client negatively, with the question, AI service and relevant sentences.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-ai-answer-tracking">AI-answer tracking</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://knowatoa.com/updates/sentiment-counts-and-diagnostics">Knowatoa updates</a>.</p> </li> <li id="launch-V045"> <h3>Ask Q upgrade: multi-dataset questions</h3> <p><strong>NetBase Quid</strong> (<a href="https://www.quid.com/">quid.com</a>). Available Oct. 15, 2026.</p> <p>Ask Q now answers one question across several datasets, plans the steps to an answer, and reaches company and patent data from Quid Discover.</p> <p>Features: <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-chat-assistant">Chat assistant</a>, <a href="https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-agents">Agents and PR on autopilot</a>.</p> <p>Source: <a href="https://www.quid.com/knowledge-hub/resource-library/blog/product-release-ask-qs-been-upgraded">Quid blog</a>.</p> </li> </ol>