fixers.press

Name

fixers.press

Legal name

Balticada Investigative Studio

Website

https://fixers.press

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Media Production Services

NAICS

Public Relations Agencies (541820)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAAADAI

Media Relations & Press Office Services

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Advertising, Marketing & PR Services/Public Relations & Communications Agencies

SECONDARYMPAJADAF

Investigative & Nonprofit News Organizations

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

Keywords

• Fixer services
• Media production
• Location scouting
• Journalism support
• News production

Headquarters

HQ city

Riga

HQ country

Latvia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fixer and Production Services: Core revenue from providing fixer services, location management, research, interpreting, translation, filming support, and production coordination for international media organizations covering Baltic region stories.
2. Newsletter Subscription: The 'Baltics Next Month' newsletter provides advance notice of upcoming Baltic stories and events. The free version is distributed monthly via Substack. Some premium content is accessible for a small fee on the blog.
3. Premium Resources: Some guides, listicles, and explainer articles are accessible only to returning customers or purchasable as individual articles. Reduced rates apply for freelancers, returning customers, and newsletter subscribers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

fixers.press is a journalistic resource platform providing professional fixer and production services for international media organizations, journalists, filmmakers, and photographers covering stories in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and broader Near Europe. Services include booking interviews, interpreting, translation, location scouting, permits acquisition, crew sourcing, filming support, research, and end-to-end production coordination across multiple Baltic and Eastern European countries. The platform is coordinated by Balticada Investigative Studio based in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Product overview

fixers.press is a single, unified journalistic resource platform that provides tools for cross-border media cooperation in the Baltic region. The platform consists of a main resource hub offering guides, listicles, and explainers; the 'Baltics Next Month' newsletter subscription delivering geopolitical story previews; and a skills directory covering journalism production services such as interpreting, filming, research, permits, and crew sourcing. The platform is coordinated by Balticada Investigative Studio based in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Baltics Next Month: Newsletter focusing on internationally relevant stories that are yet to unfold in the Baltic region

Products and services

• Fixer and Production Services Core service offering providing vetted local fixers, location management, research, interpreting, translation, filming support, permits acquisition, crew sourcing, and end-to-end production coordination for international journalists, filmmakers, photographers, and media organizations covering Baltic region and broader Near Europe stories
• Baltics Next Month Newsletter Monthly Substack newsletter providing advance notice of upcoming stories and events relevant to international journalists covering Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland; free version available to all subscribers with select premium content accessible for a fee on the blog

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully completed projects for BBC, Netflix, ITV, France TV, ZDF, VRT, The Guardian, The Telegraph, and numerous other international media organizations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Balticada Investigative StudiocoreOthersfixers.press is coordinated by Balticada Investigative Studio, a journalist-owned not-for-profit organization based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Balticada serves as the parent organization providing institutional support and coordination for the fixer network.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Storyful: News agency that provides verified content, research, and sourcing services to international newsrooms and broadcasters — comparable as a journalist-support intermediary enabling media organisations to cover stories they could not cover alone.
• Mriya Aid: Ukraine-based fixer and journalist support network providing local production, research, and logistics for international media covering conflict and political stories — the closest functional analogue to fixers.press outside the Baltic region.

Broad incumbents

• International Media Support (IMS): Denmark-based NGO that supports local journalism and media development in fragile states and transition countries — comparable as a donor-supported organisation enabling journalism in difficult geographies, but with a development mandate rather than commercial fixer services.
• BBC Media Action: BBC's international development charity that produces journalism and media content in fragile and conflict-affected states; comparable as a publicly-funded organisation producing journalistic output in Eastern Europe and adjacent regions.
• Reuters: Global news agency operating its own regional fixers and correspondents; comparable because it supplies international newsrooms with on-the-ground reporting and logistical support, though at vastly greater scale and scope than fixers.press.
• Free Press Unlimited: Dutch non-profit that supports independent journalism worldwide including in countries with restricted press freedom; thematically comparable as a journalistic infrastructure provider, though focused on capacity building rather than per-project fixer bookings.
• Associated Press (AP): Global news cooperative with regional fixers across Europe; offers similar broadcast and print clients the kind of on-the-ground support fixers.press provides, but as part of a much wider general news product.
• Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ): US-based independent NGO promoting press freedom and journalist safety worldwide; thematically adjacent as part of the ecosystem that enables and defends the kind of cross-border investigative reporting fixers.press supports.
• AFP (Agence France-Presse): Global wire service with an extensive in-house fixer and correspondent network across Eastern Europe and the Baltic region; serves the same international media clients but as a much larger, full-service news agency rather than a specialised regional fixer.
• Reporters Without Borders (RSF): Paris-based international NGO advocating for press freedom and providing material and legal support to journalists working in dangerous regions — comparable in mission to support journalism in hostile environments, though not a commercial fixer provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FixersPress
• Facebookfacebook.com/fixerspress

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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 fixers.press