Newz Group

Name

Newz Group

Legal name

GeoTel Corporation

Website

https://newzgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Monitoring Services

NAICS

Public Relations Agencies (541820), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Media Representatives (54184), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310), Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAMALAO

PR, Reputation Management & Earned Media Platforms

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Advertising, Marketing & Creator Monetization Platforms

SECONDARYMPAJADAE

News Agencies & Wire Services (General & Specialized)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

SECONDARYBPAMAAAI

News & Content Aggregation Portals

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Search, Discovery & Web Portals

SECONDARYMPAJADAB

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

Keywords

• Media monitoring services
• Newspaper clipping services
• Broadcast TV monitoring
• Social media listening
• Press release distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Media Monitoring Subscription Services: Subscription-based media monitoring services across print, online, broadcast TV/radio, and social media channels. Pricing based on service scope, keyword complexity, and number of media types monitored. Monthly service fees for standard and special services with contract term of one-month minimum after initial period.
2. Press Release Distribution: Press release creation and distribution services with access to media contact database. Fees for distribution and use of the contact database platform.
3. Digital Archiving Services: Digital newspaper archiving services for press associations and publishers. Includes complimentary archiving for press association members and goPublic Archive services for revenue generation through paid access.
4. Content Monetization / Royalty Payments: Digital press clipping service that generates royalty payments to press associations and newspapers when content is clipped. Over $1 million in royalties paid to date. Royalties paid to state press associations in most states and directly to publishers in others.
5. E-Edition Hosting: E-edition hosting services for newspaper publishers with one low flat rate, no per-page costs, and integrated merchant account support. Complimentary digital archiving included for partnering press association members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Newz Group provides multi-channel media monitoring services across printed newspapers, online news websites, broadcast TV/radio, and social media, with keyword-based tracking, real-time alerts, sentiment analysis, and reach/Ad Value Equivalency (AVE) analytics. The company also offers a press release distribution platform with a 160,000+ journalist database, digital newspaper archiving (24+ million pages), e-edition hosting with paywall and merchant account support, content monetization through clipping royalties, and statewide public notice websites for press association partners.

Product overview

Newz Group is a media monitoring platform providing a unified suite of services across four media channels: print (newspaper clipping), online news, broadcast (TV & radio), and social media. The core offering is Media Monitoring Services, which combines keyword tracking, real-time alerts, sentiment analysis, and analytics. Additional modules include Press Release Distribution with a drag-and-drop builder and 160,000+ journalist contacts, Digital Archiving for newspaper preservation (24+ million pages), E-Edition Hosting for digital replicas, Content Monetization with royalty payments, and Public Notice Websites. Client access is provided through the Newz Room portal and News Radar platform. For publishers, the Publisher Portal enables content upload and archive management. The company operates through partnerships with 13 state press associations covering 12 states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Newz Group Press Services: Publisher-focused services including digital archiving, content monetization, and e-edition hosting for newspapers and press associations.

Products and services

• Newspaper Clipping / News Clipping Print newspaper monitoring service that sources actual newspaper articles through direct partnerships with state press associations, providing access to content behind paywalls and from rural publications with no online presence. Delivered via digital archive and email delivery of clippings to clients such as government agencies, PR firms, and political campaigns.
• Online News Monitoring Real-time monitoring of online news websites, blogs, and digital publications with sentiment analysis, reach metrics, and Ad Value Equivalency (AVE) analytics. Covers 250,000+ online news websites with customizable notification alerts and crisis-management capabilities.
• Broadcast Monitoring TV and radio monitoring service covering 1,400+ stations across the 210 largest US markets, providing video clips, transcripts, viewership data, and sentiment analysis for clients needing audiovisual earned-media tracking.
• Social Media Listening Social media monitoring across 10+ platforms covering 120+ million posts, featuring real-time alerts, sentiment analysis, engagement tracking, and influencer identification.
• Press Release Distribution PR communication platform with a drag-and-drop press release builder, access to 160,000+ US journalists and media contacts, and tracking of press release pickup across all media channels.
• Digital Newspaper Archiving Digital preservation service for newspapers with 24+ million text-searchable archived pages, offering secure storage and a goPublic Archive option for revenue-generating public access by press associations and publishers.
• E-Edition Hosting Electronic replica hosting service for print newspaper editions with mobile compatibility, interactive ad support, and integrated merchant-account payment processing via PayPal or Square for digital subscriptions.
• Content Monetization (Digital Press Clipping & Royalty Payments) Digital press clipping service enabling newspapers and press associations to monetize articles in the secondary market, with royalty payments paid back to press associations and individual newspapers (over $1 million in royalties to date).
• Public Notice Websites Online hosting of legal and public notices from partner state press associations, providing public access to government-mandated announcements across the partnership states.
• News Radar (Cross-Media Application) Cross-media application for monitoring and managing media mentions across all channels, powered by pressrelations technology and operated under pressrelations terms and conditions, integrated into the Newz Group service offering.

Quantifiable outcome

• 200,000+ newspaper pages processed each month
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• pressrelations (News Radar)supportingTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Integration partner for News Radar cross-media application. The News Radar platform is operated under pressrelations terms and conditions, indicating a technology licensing/partnership relationship.
• Colorado Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Expanded into Colorado following 2007-2009 acquisition of statewide press clipping bureau operations.
• New Mexico Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007New Mexico press association partnership established during 2007-2009 expansion.
• North Dakota Newspaper AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007North Dakota Newspaper Association partnership established during 2007-2009 expansion into the Dakotas.
• South Dakota Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007South Dakota Press Association partnership established during 2007-2009 expansion following acquisition of press clipping bureaus.
• South Carolina Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999Expanded to South Carolina in 1999-2001 period through partnership with South Carolina Press Association.
• Texas Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999Texas Press Association partnership established during 1999-2001 expansion. One of the key state partnerships covering a large geographic area.
• Kansas Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999Kansas Press Association partnership established during 1999-2001 expansion period.
• Wyoming Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999Wyoming Press Association partnership established during 1999-2001 expansion, covering Wyoming newspaper content.
• Missouri Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997Acquired Missouri press clipping operations in 1997 and began working with Missouri Press Association. Serves as primary partner for Missouri newspaper coverage.
• Kentucky Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997Kentucky press clipping operations acquired in 1997, expanding coverage to Kentucky newspapers through partnership.
• West Virginia Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997West Virginia press clipping operations acquired in 1997 alongside other state expansions.
• Iowa Newspaper AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1996Expanded to Iowa in 1996, partnering with Iowa Newspaper Association. Together with Arkansas, these were the founding press association partnerships.
• Arkansas Press AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1995First press association partnership established in 1995 when Newz Group acquired the Arkansas Newspaper Clipping Service. This partnership launched Newz Group's newspaper monitoring business and established the foundation for their press association partnership model.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves3 records

Broad incumbents

• Cision: Cision (parent of PR Newswire) is a PR software and earned media platform combining a journalist database, press release distribution, and media monitoring — directly comparable to Newz Group's integrated distribution + monitoring stack for enterprise PR buyers.
• PR Newswire (Cision): PR Newswire is the dominant press release distribution service with the largest US journalist and media outlet database — directly comparable to Newz Group's integrated press release distribution and 160K+ journalist contact product.
• Meltwater: Meltwater is a global media monitoring and social listening SaaS platform serving PR and communications teams with online news, broadcast, print, and social coverage — overlapping almost directly with Newz Group's cross-media monitoring, but at vastly larger scale and geographic reach.
• Talkwalker: Talkwalker is a consumer intelligence and social listening platform offering AI-powered media monitoring across news, social, and broadcast — a comparable enterprise-tier competitor to Newz Group's social listening and online monitoring modules.

Direct peers

• Critical Mention: Critical Mention is a US broadcast and online media monitoring platform offering real-time TV/radio tracking, transcripts, and analytics — a direct functional peer to Newz Group's broadcast and online news monitoring products.
• TVEyes: TVEyes provides broadcast TV and radio monitoring with transcripts and search alerts across US markets, directly overlapping with Newz Group's broadcast monitoring service covering 1,400+ stations in 210 US markets.
• Agility PR Solutions (AgilityLabs): Agility PR Solutions (formerly known as Dow Jones Agility) provides media monitoring, journalist databases, and PR analytics to PR and comms teams — a comparable mid-market earned media platform competing for similar PR-firm customers as Newz Group.
• BurrellesLuce: BurrellesLuce is a US-focused media monitoring and clipping service with deep print newspaper coverage through press relationships — a direct competitor to Newz Group's newspaper clipping and cross-channel monitoring offering, especially for US regional and local coverage.

Regional players

• Isentia: Isentia is an Asia-Pacific media monitoring and intelligence platform covering print, broadcast, online, and social — comparable in product scope to Newz Group but operating in a different geography (APAC vs. US-focused).

Others

• Factiva (Dow Jones): Factiva is a global news and business information aggregation database from Dow Jones, used by enterprises and PR teams for news monitoring — adjacent to Newz Group's online news monitoring but focused on licensed content rather than PR-team monitoring workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NewzGroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/newzgroup1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/newz-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Newz Group