PR software: new launches

Brandlight: AI Ads: ad campaigns on ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, early customers only

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Brandlight's AI Ads helps brands create, launch and optimize ad campaigns across AI engines, including ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, using its AI-visibility data. It is with a select group of early customers, and other teams can join a waitlist.

Brandlight (brandlight.ai). Announced Oct. 29, 2026. On a waitlist.

Features: AI-answer tracking, Reporting and measurement.

Source: GlobeNewswire (read via GlobeNewswire RSS item; release body blocked).

Prezly: Custom email footers and cookie statements per site language

2026-11-02T00:00:00Z

Prezly users can now write their own campaign email footer text and cookie banner statement in Privacy settings, with separate text for each site language. The feature is on Standard and Enterprise brand plans and all current Agency plans.

Prezly (prezly.com). Available Oct. 28, 2026.

Features: Distribution and newsroom, Sending and follow-up.

Source: Prezly changelog.

Evertune: Agentic GEO: GEO Manager, Content Studio and an Evertune MCP

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Evertune's Agentic GEO lets users ask agents why AI visibility changed and get findings with evidence and next steps, then turn a gap into a strategy, brief or draft in Content Studio. Evertune MCP brings the same data into Claude and ChatGPT.

Evertune (evertune.ai). Available Oct. 28, 2026.

Features: AI agents, Chat assistant, MCP servers and connectors, AI-answer optimization, AI-cited sources.

Source: Evertune blog.

CoverageBook: Author names on online coverage, and required Google or Microsoft sign-in

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

CoverageBook pulls up to three author names per online clip, and admins can require Google or Microsoft single sign-on for teammates.

CoverageBook (coveragebook.com). Available Oct. 28, 2026.

Source: CoverageBook updates (Oct 28, 2026).

Meltwater: Adds Klear and Media Relations agents for creator vetting, reports and outreach follow-up

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Agents in Klear and Media Relations take on repetitive work such as vetting creators, building campaign reports and following up on media outreach.

Meltwater (meltwater.com). Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

Features: AI agents, Sending and follow-up.

Brandi AI: Content Compass 2.0 revision workflow and Brand Voice checks

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Brandi AI's Content Compass 2.0 adds a redesigned Optimization Hub that takes teams from AI-visibility recommendations through revisions to publication, with accept or reject control over each suggested change. Brand Voice checks optimized content against a brand's voice and tone guidelines before publication.

Brandi AI (mybrandi.ai). Available Oct. 27, 2026.

Features: AI-answer optimization.

Source: Brandi AI press release.

Meltwater: Launches Reputation Intelligence, an add-on module for reputational risk

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

A paid add-on that spots reputational risks as they surface, sorts them into a risk taxonomy, scores their severity and trajectory, and tracks them on a dashboard.

Meltwater (meltwater.com). Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

Features: Media monitoring, Trend detection.

Meltwater: Adds Visual Context Intelligence for what is shown in video and images

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Monitoring can search and measure what is said and shown in videos and images, not only text.

Meltwater (meltwater.com). Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

Features: Media monitoring.

Meltwater: Adds Top Influencers and Prompt Volumes to GenAI Lens

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

GenAI Lens shows what people ask AI tools about a brand, and which creators and publishers influence the answers.

Meltwater (meltwater.com). Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

Meltwater: Adds the GenAI Lens Accuracy Checker for claims in AI answers

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

GenAI Lens flags wrong, outdated or contradictory claims about a brand in AI answers, so teams can correct them.

Meltwater (meltwater.com). Announced Oct. 27, 2026.

Features: AI-answer tracking.

Scrunch AI: Zapier integration triggered by AI visibility signals

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Scrunch launched a Zapier integration that triggers workflows from its AI visibility signals.

Scrunch AI (scrunch.com). Available Oct. 27, 2026.

Source: Scrunch blog (Oct 27, 2026).

Peec AI: Links report in the API (v0.39.0)

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Peec's Customer API v0.39.0 adds a Links report showing which domains AI answers link to in their own text.

Peec AI (peec.ai). Available Oct. 27, 2026. In beta.

Source: Peec AI API changelog v0.39.0 (Oct 27, 2026).

AirOps: Muse Spark answer tracking, dashboard notes, CSV imports in Campaigns

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

AirOps Insights now tracks how brands appear in Muse Spark answers, and custom dashboards take text blocks beside charts that carry into PDF exports. Campaigns accept CSV imports of page lists and briefs for review before work moves into Action.

AirOps (airops.com). Available Oct. 26, 2026.

Features: AI-answer tracking, Reporting and measurement.

Source: AirOps changelog.

Wizikey: Wizikey AEO Module tracks brand visibility in AI answers

2026-10-26T00:00:00Z

The module tracks how brands appear in ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude answers, with AI share of voice, rival mentions, cited sites, citation gaps and AEO reports.

Wizikey (wizikey.com). Announced Oct. 26, 2026.

Source: Generative Pulse (a Muck Rack company) wire release (GlobeNewswire, via FinancialContent).

Source: Wizikey blog.

All Ears: Opens a hosted MCP connector for Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Customers can add All Ears as a connector in an AI assistant and ask about their brand in plain language. Answers draw on their existing monitors, and they can create new monitors from the chat.

All Ears (allears.ai). Available Oct. 26, 2026.

Features: MCP servers and connectors, MCP server, Media monitoring, Reporting and measurement.

Source: All Ears blog.

Muck Rack: Opens early access to standalone Generative Pulse

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Generative Pulse, a Muck Rack company, opens a standalone AI-portrayal platform that needs no Muck Rack subscription; the in-app tool is renamed Muck Rack AI Visibility. Full launch is planned for early 2027.

Muck Rack (muckrack.com). Announced Oct. 26, 2026. On a waitlist.

Features: AI-answer tracking.

Webz.io: Releases a Gemini CLI extension for seven Webz.io MCP servers

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Gemini CLI users can install one extension to reach Webz.io news, blogs and forums data. It connects seven hosted MCP servers.

Webz.io (webz.io). Available Oct. 25, 2026.

Features: Plugin, MCP servers and connectors, Media monitoring.

Source: Webz.io GitHub.

Searchable: Optional write-access switch for API keys and MCP tokens

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Searchable added an optional Allow write access switch, off by default, when creating API keys and MCP tokens.

Searchable (searchable.com). Available Oct. 24, 2026.

Source: Searchable changelog (Oct 24, 2026).

Medialyst: Plan credits now expire at each billing renewal

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Medialyst plan credits now reset each billing cycle, with unused plan credits expiring at renewal. Unused plan credits held on October 24, 2026 became lifetime credits, and top-ups never expire.

Medialyst (medialyst.ai). Announced Oct. 24, 2026.

Source: Medialyst changelog.

Cortex Intelligence: Brings Cortex Growth market data into Claude with an MCP connector

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

A Claude admin can install the Cortex Growth MCP connector, so each user can query Cortex market data inside Claude next to their CRM and calendar. It reuses the user's Cortex login, permissions and credits.

Cortex Intelligence (cortex-intelligence.com). Available Oct. 23, 2026.

Source: Cortex blog.

Profound: Teams with credit wallets, Context Manager overview, Bazaarvoice, Workfront

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Profound added Teams, which give brands, regions or business units their own categories, shared resources and credit wallet, and an Overview tab in Context Manager to find and fill context gaps. It also added Bazaarvoice Conversations nodes for Workflows and export of Project tasks to Adobe Workfront.

Profound (tryprofound.com). Available Oct. 23, 2026.

Features: AI agents, Chat assistant, MCP servers and connectors.

Source: Profound changelog.

Surfacd: Reports break down what moved visibility; queries split scope from filters

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Surfacd's visibility reports can now show how much each row's mention rate moved a brand's visibility against a comparison period. Report queries now take a scope list that decides what is counted and a separate filters list that only picks which rows come back.

Surfacd (surfacd.com). Available Oct. 23, 2026.

Features: AI-answer tracking, Reporting and measurement.

Source: Surfacd changelog.

Connectively: Domain Rating and Agentic Score columns in Connectively tables

2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Connectively tables that show a publication's Domain Authority now also offer Ahrefs Domain Rating and an Agentic Score from is-agentic.com, which rates how well AI agents can read the site. Both columns are hidden by default and also appear in the API and on publication pages.

Connectively (connectively.us). Available Oct. 22, 2026.

Features: Journalist requests.

Source: Connectively blog.

Contify: Launches upgraded platform with redesigned interface and monitoring controls

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

The M&CI platform gets a new interface, more monitoring controls and coverage of 1.1M+ sources. It also improves MCP access from AI tools.

Contify (contify.com). Available Oct. 22, 2026.

Features: Media monitoring.

Source: Contify newsroom.

Medialyst: Newsjack v0.1.21 bundles its full skill and Medialyst MCP reference in the plugin

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Point release of the MIT-licensed Newsjack agent skills. The plugin now ships the complete skill and a Medialyst MCP reference, with Slack delivery fixes and tighter journalist-contact privacy and press-clip access rules.

Medialyst (medialyst.ai). Available Oct. 22, 2026.

Features: AI agents, MCP servers and connectors, Journalist research, Agent skill.

Source: GitHub release (elvisun/newsjack).

NetBase Quid: Adds average engagement to Quid Trends

2026-10-26T00:00:00Z

The Quid Trends side panel now shows average engagement for each TikTok trend next to reach, so users can see whether people acted on a trend as well as saw it.

NetBase Quid (quid.com). Announced Oct. 22, 2026.

Features: Trend detection.

Source: Quid product release.

Featured: Find Bookstores: search 1,093 US indie bookstores that host author events

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Featured added Find Bookstores, a chat search over 1,093 US independent bookstores by place or genre, showing programming, event links and a published email. Users can ask Featured to draft the pitch in the same chat; it is on every plan including Free.

Featured (featured.com). Available Oct. 22, 2026.

Features: Media database, Pitch writing, Chat assistant.

Source: Featured press release.

aclipp: aclipp MCP server leaves beta and adds write tools

2026-10-26T00:00:00Z

The MCP server is now generally available and can create clippings and author reports and dashboards with approved permissions, with OAuth sign-in for interactive clients.

aclipp (aclipp.com). Available Oct. 21, 2026.

Source: aclipp product updates.

Notified: Notified MCP beta: PR and IR data in Teams and Copilot

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Notified opened a beta of Notified MCP, connecting its Content OS and IR Hub to AI agents, starting with Microsoft Teams and Copilot. The beta begins with GlobeNewswire press release drafting, optimization and reporting; distribution from the agent is planned for a later release.

Notified (notified.com). Announced Oct. 21, 2026. In beta.

Features: MCP servers and connectors, Press release and content writing, Reporting and measurement, MCP server.

Source: GlobeNewswire release (FinancialContent repost).

aclipp: aclipp API leaves beta

2026-10-26T00:00:00Z

The aclipp REST API is out of beta. Workspace admins create scoped API keys in workspace settings to connect internal tools to projects, clippings, reports, dashboards and AI visibility data.

aclipp (aclipp.com). Available Oct. 21, 2026.

Source: aclipp updates.

Otterly.ai: Brand Profiling: attributes and objections AI search attaches to a brand

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

A new Brand Profiling tab in each OtterlyAI brand report shows the attributes and objections AI search engines attach to a brand, scores them, compares them with competitors, and links each insight to the pages AI cited. It covers ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot.

Otterly.ai (otterly.ai). Available Oct. 21, 2026.

Source: OtterlyAI blog.

Meltwater: Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for PR and Media Monitoring Tools

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Gartner's first Magic Quadrant for PR and Media Monitoring Tools, dated 20 October 2026, evaluated 11 vendors. Meltwater says it was placed highest in Ability to Execute and furthest in Completeness of Vision.

Meltwater (meltwater.com). Announced Oct. 20, 2026.

Analyst placement: Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PR and Media Monitoring Tools.

Muck Rack: Named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for PR and Media Monitoring Tools

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Gartner published its first Magic Quadrant for PR and Media Monitoring Tools, an evaluation of vendors of PR and media monitoring software, and placed Muck Rack as a Leader.

Muck Rack (muckrack.com). Announced Oct. 20, 2026.

Analyst placement: Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PR and Media Monitoring Tools.

Sources: Muck Rack blog, Meltwater press release (Gartner citation).

Featured: Find TV Stations: local TV newsroom contacts inside Featured's newsjacking chat

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Featured added Find TV Stations to its Newsjacking chat: search 1,757 US TV stations by state, market, city or call sign, with newsroom contacts for 470 stations in 195 markets, and draft a pitch to the news desk from a station card. Available on every plan, including Free.

Featured (featured.com). Available Oct. 20, 2026.

Features: Media database, Journalist research, Pitch writing, Story ideas and angles, Chat assistant.

Source: Featured press release.

Onclusive: Named a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for PR & Media Monitoring Tools

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Onclusive says Gartner placed it in the Leaders quadrant of the 2026 Magic Quadrant for PR & Media Monitoring Tools. The Gartner report is dated October 20, 2026.

Onclusive (onclusive.com). Announced Oct. 20, 2026.

Analyst placement: Leader, Gartner Magic Quadrant for PR & Media Monitoring Tools.

Features: Media monitoring.

Source: Onclusive blog.

Press Ranger: AI Visibility reports through the Press Ranger connector in Claude, ChatGPT, Codex

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Press Ranger's connector now runs AI Visibility checks from Claude, ChatGPT and Codex: per-platform answers with proof screenshots and cited sources, tracked-prompt editing, and Playbook recommendations. It can draft the recommended release, which stays a draft until published in the web app.

Press Ranger (pressranger.com). Available Oct. 20, 2026.

Features: MCP servers and connectors, AI-answer tracking, AI-cited sources, AI-answer optimization, Press release and content writing, MCP server.

Source: Press Ranger changelog.

Agent Press Wire: LangChain tools for paying per call to publish and wire press releases

2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

An MIT-licensed LangChain package lets an agent draft and publish a press release on Agent Press Wire's newsroom ($1) or distribute it over a newswire ($99 standard, $299 premium), paid per call in USDC on Base over x402. A spending cap refuses payments above a default $1.

Agent Press Wire (agentpresswire.dev). Available Oct. 20, 2026.

Features: Press release and content writing, Distribution and newsroom, AI agents, Plugin.

Source: GitHub (dylancaponi/langchain-agent-press-wire).

Evertune: Starter: self-serve no-contract plan with an agent that builds ChatGPT ad campaigns

2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

Evertune launched Starter, a self-serve plan with credit-card signup and no contract. Users run an AI visibility report and an agent writes ChatGPT ad targeting, context hints and copy for the topics where AI leaves the brand out, then launches and optimizes the campaign.

Evertune (evertune.ai). Announced Oct. 20, 2026.

Features: AI-answer tracking, AI agents.

Source: Evertune blog.

Knowatoa: MCP historical analysis and period-over-period reporting

2026-10-22T00:00:00Z

Every analytical MCP method accepts date ranges and returns the current period, the previous period and the change, for mention rate, sentiment, citations and competitors.

Knowatoa (knowatoa.com). Available Oct. 19, 2026.

Features: MCP servers and connectors, AI-answer tracking, MCP server.

Source: Knowatoa updates.

Knowatoa: Sentiment response counts and negative-mention diagnostics

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

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.

Knowatoa (knowatoa.com). Available Oct. 19, 2026.

Features: AI-answer tracking.

Source: Knowatoa updates.

Surfacd: Branded filter for API reports

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Visibility, sources and narratives reports can be filtered to answers to prompts that name a brand, or to generic prompts.

Surfacd (surfacd.com). Available Oct. 19, 2026.

Features: AI-answer tracking.

Source: Surfacd changelog.

Surfacd: Queries report: counts the web searches AI platforms run for tracked prompts

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Surfacd added a queries report that counts the web searches ChatGPT, Perplexity and other platforms run before answering, across every answer in the filters: searches per prompt, the most common searches, search rate by platform, and change against the previous period. It is also available through the run_report MCP tool.

Surfacd (surfacd.com). Available Oct. 19, 2026.

Features: AI-answer tracking, Reporting and measurement, MCP servers and connectors.

Source: Surfacd changelog.

Webz.io: Launches News Answers API with cited answers from the news

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Users ask a question in plain language and get an answer drawn from news coverage. Each answer cites the articles it used.

Webz.io (webz.io). Available Oct. 19, 2026.

Features: Media monitoring, Coverage analysis.

Source: Webz.io blog.

AirOps: Citation trends in AirOps MCP and platform grouping in Ad Library

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

AirOps added citation trends and weekly history to its MCP, so a connected assistant can report which pages are losing citations, and grouped its Ad Library by platform to compare ads across ChatGPT and Google AI Mode. The same release adds deeper Query Fanout insights.

AirOps (airops.com). Available Oct. 19, 2026.

Features: AI-cited sources, AI-answer tracking, MCP servers and connectors.

Source: AirOps changelog.

RunPR: RunPR MCP pilot: client research in Claude Code, drafts returned for review

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

RunPR opened a limited-access OAuth MCP pilot that lets an enrolled Claude Code user read a selected client's context and saved AI Visibility citations, research a byline, and submit a pitch draft to RunPR for review. The tools cannot approve, send or delete work.

RunPR (runpr.ai). Announced Oct. 19, 2026. In beta.

Features: MCP servers and connectors, Journalist research, AI-cited sources, Pitch writing, MCP server.

Source: RunPR blog.

Pytch: Pytch AI PR agent: approve a strategy, then it pitches and follows up from Gmail

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Pytch launched an AI PR agent that finds journalists who covered a topic in the past 30 days, verifies contacts, writes personalized pitches and sends them with follow-ups from the user's Gmail or Google Workspace. The user approves a proposed strategy once, after which the agent runs outreach autonomously.

Pytch (pytch.cx). Available Oct. 19, 2026.

Features: AI agents, Journalist research, Pitch writing, Sending and follow-up.

Source: MarketersMedia wire release.

Onclusive: Actions Center in GEO Analytics: which sources to influence to close AI gaps

2026-10-29T00:00:00Z

Onclusive added an Actions Center to GEO Analytics that shows which sources to influence to close AI visibility gaps.

Onclusive (onclusive.com). Available Oct. 19, 2026.

Features: AI-answer optimization, AI-cited sources.

Source: Onclusive on X.

Featured: Find Substacks: search 38,746 Substack publications from Featured's chat

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Featured added Find Substacks, a chat search over 38,746 Substack publications by topic, showing subscriber counts, whether DMs are open and linked socials, after which Featured can draft the pitch. Featured's 10-19 research report says 90.8% of the publications have Substack DMs open.

Featured (featured.com). Available Oct. 19, 2026.

Features: Media database, Journalist research, Pitch writing, Chat assistant.

Source: Featured research report (plus @Featureddotcom X post, 2026-10-20).

Knowatoa: Set up client sites from an AI assistant (MCP)

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

An assistant connected to Knowatoa can create a site with brand-name variations, add competitors and load up to 100 questions per batch.

Knowatoa (knowatoa.com). Available Oct. 18, 2026.

Features: MCP servers and connectors, MCP server.

Source: Knowatoa updates.

Knowatoa: Competitor sentiment export through the API

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Competitor sentiment (positive, neutral, negative counts per brand per AI platform, with period comparison) can be pulled as CSV or JSON for NinjaCat, Looker and other tools.

Knowatoa (knowatoa.com). Available Oct. 18, 2026.

Features: Reporting and measurement.

Source: Knowatoa updates.

Synoptic: Synoptic Cursor plugin

2026-10-26T00:00:00Z

A Cursor plugin that connects Synoptic's MCP server and skills, so the agent can find and read live feeds such as press releases and SEC filings, set up source monitors and publish feeds.

Synoptic (synoptic.com). Announced Oct. 17, 2026.

Features: Plugin, Media monitoring, Agent skill.

Source: synoptic-com/cursor-plugins on GitHub.

Synoptic: Lists its hosted MCP server in the official MCP registry

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Synoptic runs a hosted MCP server at mcp.api.synoptic.com. AI assistants can follow live feeds from X, Telegram, press releases and SEC filings through it, and publish their own.

Synoptic (synoptic.com). Available Oct. 17, 2026.

Features: MCP server, Media monitoring.

Source: Official MCP Registry (com.synoptic/synoptic, publishedAt 2026-10-17).

Medialyst: Pitch Analytics in the REST API and MCP, with reply-type labels

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Pitch Analytics (opens, clicks, replies) becomes readable through REST and MCP with aggregate, time-series and per-pitch breakdowns, and users can label replies as positive, negative, out of office and so on.

Medialyst (medialyst.ai). Available Oct. 16, 2026.

Features: Reporting and measurement, MCP servers and connectors, MCP server.

Source: Medialyst changelog (v1.36.0).

Profound: New Agents: the AI Marketer builds an Agent from a plain-language request, with triggers

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

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.

Profound (tryprofound.com). Available Oct. 16, 2026.

Features: AI agents.

Source: Profound product changelog.

Profound: AI Marketer in Microsoft Teams

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Chat with the AI Marketer one-on-one or by @mention in Teams channels, and let it read and post to Teams from Agents.

Profound (tryprofound.com). Available Oct. 16, 2026.

Features: Chat assistant.

Source: Profound product changelog.

Vokolla: Vokolla Press Release Agent MCP server

2026-10-21T00:00:00Z

A hosted MCP server with 9 tools that draft, review, adapt and save press releases and track their status for Vokolla distribution. It has no order tool; packages are bought on the site.

Vokolla (vokolla.com). Available Oct. 16, 2026.

Features: Press release and content writing, Distribution and newsroom, MCP server.

In the skills library.

Source: Official MCP registry.

Synoptic: Synoptic Claude plugin

2026-10-21T00:00:00Z

A Claude plugin with 7 skills and a remote MCP connector to Synoptic's feed marketplace of press releases, SEC filings and court dockets. Public stream discovery needs no account; every other tool does.

Synoptic (synoptic.com). Available Oct. 16, 2026.

Features: Media monitoring, Plugin.

In the skills library.

Source: GitHub commit.

LivePublicator: LivePublicator MCP server

2026-10-21T00:00:00Z

A hosted MCP server with 9 tools that take a press release from draft and preview to a live page on LivePublicator's hosted newsroom, and fix it after. Previews are free; publishing costs one credit a release.

LivePublicator (livepublicator.com). Available Oct. 16, 2026.

Features: Distribution and newsroom, Press release and content writing, MCP server.

In the skills library.

Source: Official MCP registry.

Determ: Determ AI Visibility tracks how AI assistants describe your brand

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Asks your chosen prompts every day on ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and other models. It reports brand mentions, order, sentiment and the websites the answers cite, against competitors.

Determ (determ.com). Available Oct. 16, 2026.

Sources: Determ blog, Determ blog.

Synoptic: Adds a White House Press Pool feed to its marketplace

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

A White House Press Pool feed joined the Synoptic marketplace. It carries pool reports, the President's schedule and full executive orders, often before the White House site posts them.

Synoptic (synoptic.com). Available Oct. 16, 2026.

Features: Media monitoring.

Source: Synoptic on X.

APITube: Launches a Cyber Security API for cyber crime news

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

A new feed returns cyber crime and cyber warfare news. Each article lists vulnerability IDs, affected vendors and severity.

APITube (apitube.io). Available Oct. 16, 2026.

Features: Media monitoring.

Source: APITube changelog.

Propel: Automatic follow-up cancellation when a journalist replies

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

If a journalist replies before a scheduled follow-up goes out, Propel cancels the follow-up.

Propel (propel-ai.com). Available Oct. 15, 2026.

Features: Sending and follow-up.

Source: Propel blog.

Propel: Contact notes in the Gmail and Outlook plugin

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Notes added to a contact now show in the Propel plugin inside Gmail and Outlook while pitching.

Propel (propel-ai.com). Available Oct. 15, 2026.

Features: PR CRM.

Source: Propel blog.

Diffbot: Adds a news search tool to its MCP server

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

The MCP server now has typed search tools, including one for news articles, press releases and blog posts. Tool schemas use about a quarter fewer tokens.

Diffbot (diffbot.com). Available Oct. 15, 2026.

Features: MCP server, MCP servers and connectors, Media monitoring.

Source: Diffbot changelog.

Medialyst: Unlimited active media lists on Starter, Pro and Scale

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Medialyst v1.35.0 gives the Starter, Pro and Scale plans unlimited active media lists; the Free plan stays at one active list. The same release changes the free Journalist Finder allowance to three successful email finds.

Medialyst (medialyst.ai). Announced Oct. 15, 2026.

Features: Media database.

Source: Medialyst changelog.

NetBase Quid: Ask Q upgrade: multi-dataset questions

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Ask Q now answers one question across several datasets, plans the steps to an answer, and reaches company and patent data from Quid Discover.

NetBase Quid (quid.com). Available Oct. 15, 2026.

Features: Chat assistant, AI agents.

Source: Quid blog.

Medialyst: Free public Journalist Finder and one-call journalist lookup (REST and MCP)

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

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.

Medialyst (medialyst.ai). Available Oct. 14, 2026.

Features: MCP servers and connectors.

Source: Medialyst changelog (v1.34.0).

Featured: Featured Newsjacking (free)

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

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.

Featured (featured.com). Available Oct. 14, 2026.

Features: Trend detection, Story ideas and angles, Journalist research, Journalist requests, Podcast, speaking and award slots, Pitch writing.

Source: Featured press release.

Peec AI: Views: saved, shareable custom dashboards

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Users build named dashboards from 80 widgets (or charts the agent made), set one as default, and share it with the team or by public link.

Peec AI (peec.ai). Available Oct. 14, 2026.

Features: Reporting and measurement.

Source: Peec AI blog (Introducing Views).

NewsAPI.ai: Releases a Claude Code plugin with six news research skills

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

A Claude Code plugin bundles the hosted MCP server with six research skills for news, due diligence, risk, markets, politics and source analysis.

NewsAPI.ai (newsapi.ai). Available Oct. 13, 2026.

Features: Plugin, Agent skill.

Source: NewsAPI.ai MCP changelog (GitHub).

NewsAPI.ai: Launches hosted MCP server with account sign-in

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

A hosted MCP server at mcp.newsapi.ai lets users connect Claude and other assistants by logging in, with no API key to paste.

NewsAPI.ai (newsapi.ai). Available Oct. 13, 2026.

Source: NewsAPI.ai MCP changelog (GitHub).

Truescope: Adds sentiment, AI summary and search filter for social comments

2026-10-26T00:00:00Z

Comments on social posts now show net sentiment, an AI summary and a new search filter, for services with comment ingestion.

Truescope (truescope.com). Announced Oct. 13, 2026.

Features: Coverage analysis, Media monitoring.

Source: Truescope product updates.

AirOps: Google AI Mode ads in the Ad Library

2026-10-28T00:00:00Z

Ad Library adds ads seen in Google AI Mode answers beside the ChatGPT ads AirOps already shows.

AirOps (airops.com). Available Oct. 12, 2026.

Features: AI-answer tracking.

Source: AirOps product changelog.

AirOps: Content feedback and Playbook testing through MCP

2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Claude or Codex connected through AirOps MCP can read Artifact comments and Playbook instructions, run a draft or published Playbook, and read the output.

AirOps (airops.com). Available Oct. 12, 2026.

Features: MCP servers and connectors, MCP server.

Source: AirOps product changelog.

NewsData.io: Opens sentiment and tags to Free and Basic plans

2026-11-05T00:00:00Z

Sentiment analysis and article tags were only on the Professional and Corporate plans. Free and Basic users now get them too.

NewsData.io (newsdata.io). Announced Oct. 12, 2026.

Features: Coverage analysis.

Source: NewsData.io changelog.

Perigon: Adds OAuth sign-in for the Perigon MCP server

2026-10-26T00:00:00Z

Claude, Cursor, Codex and other MCP clients can connect to Perigon through OAuth with an org-scoped token instead of a shared API key.

Perigon (perigon.io). Announced Oct. 12, 2026.