News Tank

What News Tank does

News Tank is a French B2B subscription-based professional information media group headquartered in Paris and operating under the legal entity News Tank Network, SAS. Founded in 2013 and led by founder Frédéric Commandeur (CEO) with Marc Guiraud as Directeur de la publication and François Lenoble as Technology Director and DPO, the company delivers economic and political intelligence to executive decision-makers across roughly 1,500 subscribing organizations and 15,000 daily readers. Its portfolio comprises 9 French-language sector subscription verticals (Sport, Football, Education & Recherche, Energies, Cities, Culture, RH, Agro, Mobilités, plus Transitions), one English-language academic service (News Tank Academic, .eu), and five free-access publications (Campus Matin, Immo Matin, Agro Matin, RH Matin, CSE Matin).

The core product is an online press information platform organized by sector and accessible via password-protected websites and iOS/Android mobile applications, supplemented by customizable daily briefs, weekly summaries, and a portfolio of branded conferences ("Think" events). Approximately 60 permanent specialized journalists produce around 150 articles per day. Revenue is generated exclusively through B2B organizational subscriptions on 12-month terms with tacit annual renewal; the service is registered as online press with the Commission Paritaire des Publications et Agences de Presse and benefits from a reduced 2.1% TVA rate. News Tank explicitly operates without advertising, sponsored content, consulting, or training, positioning editorial independence and sector specialization as the core differentiator from broader French B2B media. Hosting is provided by Mediactive Network, analytics by Google Analytics, with video content embedded via YouTube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion, and the company is GDPR-compliant.

Name

News Tank

Legal name

News Tank Network, SAS

Website

https://newstank.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

News Tank is a Paris-based B2B subscription media company providing sector-specific economic and political intelligence across sport, education, energy, mobility, culture, and other verticals to approximately 1,500 French executive teams and professional organizations, with around 60 journalists and 150 articles published daily.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

B2B Professional Information Services

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Newsletters & Email-Based News Publishers (B2B/B2C) (MPAJADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Magazine & Newspaper Subscription Platforms (Paywalls, Membership) (MPAJAMAD)

Keywords

• B2B news subscription
• Sector intelligence media
• Professional information services
• Executive decision support
• Online press platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based online press service: News Tank commercializes online subscriptions for economic and political information targeting executive teams. Subscriptions are typically 12-month terms with tacit annual renewal. The service benefits from reduced TVA rate of 2.1% applicable to online press services registered with the Commission Paritaire des Publications et Agences de Presse.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

News Tank operates a B2B subscription-based economic and political news platform organized into multiple sector-specific vertical publications (Sport, Football, Education & Recherche, Energies, Cities, Culture, Mobilités, RH, Agro, Academic). Subscriptions are sold on 12-month terms to organizations, providing access to daily articles, archives, search, and personalized alerts via web and mobile applications. Content is produced by 60 in-house journalists with no advertising or sponsored content, positioned as independent intelligence for executive decision-making.

Product overview

News Tank operates a B2B subscription-based multi-sector news platform providing economic and political intelligence for executive decision-makers. The core News Tank service is organized into 9 sector-specific subscription verticals (News Tank Agro, Energies, Sport, Football, Culture, Éducation & Recherche, Cities, Mobilités, RH) plus 1 English-language academic service (News Tank Academic), complemented by 5 free-access publications (Campus Matin, Immo Matin, Agro Matin, RH Matin, CSE Matin). Each subscription vertical targets distinct professional audiences with specialized content, while the free-access publications extend brand reach. The service delivers content via password-protected web access, mobile applications, and email newsletters, with approximately 60 journalists producing 150 articles daily for 1,500 subscribing organizations and 15,000 daily readers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mediactive NetworkoperationalOthersWebsite hosting provider for News Tank platforms. The site is hosted by Mediactive Network located at 3-4-10 cited Paradis, 75010 Paris.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• La Lettre A: La Lettre A is a French subscription newsletter providing daily political, economic, and media intelligence to executives and decision-makers — same audience, same subscription-led B2B distribution, similar independence-driven positioning.
• AEF Info: AEF Info is the closest direct peer: a French subscription-based B2B intelligence service providing daily specialized news digests to executive teams across sectors (education, energy, public affairs) — essentially the same go-to-market and product structure as News Tank.
• Contexte: Contexte is a Paris-based B2B subscription intelligence platform covering French and EU policy across sectoral verticals, monetizing decision-maker access through institutional subscriptions — directly analogous to News Tank's vertical-licensing model.

Broad incumbents

• Politico Europe: Politico Europe is a broader incumbent B2B political/policy intelligence subscription with sector verticals (energy, healthcare, tech), serving a similar executive-decision-maker audience across Europe at much larger scale.
• Les Echos: Les Echos is the dominant French financial/business subscription news brand with sector-specific verticals and executive audience — broader incumbent that News Tank complements or competes with in industry coverage.
• Euractiv: Euractiv provides EU policy and sector news across verticals with professional subscription tiers for institutional and executive readers, overlapping in audience and B2B subscription model with News Tank.

Emerging players

• Sifted: Sifted is a digital-first B2B subscription newsletter focused on the European tech/startup ecosystem — an emerging specialist using a newsroom-driven subscription model that mirrors News Tank's vertical specialization play.
• Morning Brew: Morning Brew is a B2B newsletter-led media brand that scaled vertically-specialized professional briefs across business verticals with strong monetization — a useful comp for News Tank's recurring-revenue, vertical-intelligence model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries16 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 →

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