The latest release deepens NewsBox's position as a connected workspace for news
intelligence, press distribution, and creator-driven publishing.

Baltimore, MD -- July 24, 2026 -- NewsBox today announced a broad set of platform
improvements designed to help professionals, creators, communicators, and agencies monitor,
share, and act on the news that matters to them. The update introduces a complete press
release submission and distribution workflow, advances AI-assisted discovery and translation,
deeper company and market intelligence, and a new set of analytics and operational tools for
the NewsBox team.
"NewsBox is becoming the operating layer for news intelligence," said Gary C. Pick, founder of
Connectus. "These improvements reflect how our users actually work -- they need to track
companies, follow topics, distribute their own stories, and understand the signal in the noise.
We're building the tools that make that possible from a single platform."
A Complete Newsroom for Press Release Submission and
Distribution
NewsBox has launched a full newsroom ecosystem that allows organizations to submit, review,
and distribute press releases directly through the platform. Key capabilities include:
• Paid press release submission at newsbox.com/newsroom/submit, with tiered national
and regional distribution options.
• Admin review queue for editorial approval before publication.
• Automatic distribution of approved releases into NewsBox's general news feeds,
clearly labeled with a "News Release" badge.
• Partner and agency inquiry workflows, including a reseller program for firms that want
to offer NewsBox distribution services to their clients.
• Onboarding gate for new submitters and real-time email alerts to the NewsBox team on
every submission.
Smarter Search, Discovery, and Global Readiness
Finding relevant news is now faster and more precise. NewsBox has added advanced search
filters on newsbox.com/search, expanded SEO topic landing pages, and launched company
profile pages that aggregate coverage and make it easier to follow organizations, tickers, and
topics. For global readers, premium users can now translate articles on demand, with every AI-
translated article carrying a clear "Translated using AI" disclosure label.
Premium Intelligence and Autonomous News Agents
NewsBox has extended its intelligence layer with two new capabilities:
• News Agents enable autonomous, ongoing research on user-defined topics, surfacing
narrative shifts and key developments without manual searching.
• Financial Intelligence delivers SEC and market data, with premium members receiving
intelligence reports as part of their daily brief.
Expanded Creator and Publisher Tooling
Creators and publishers now have more ways to build and share content on NewsBox:
• AI Content Coach and Content Intelligence help creators refine tone, style, and topic
strategy.
• Publisher article submission at newsbox.com/publisher/submit-article makes it easy
for contributors to publish.
• NewsBox badge kit lets publishers and partners display verified affiliation.
Operational Transparency and Trust
The NewsBox admin team has also gained a new PM Dashboard for tracking signups,
activation, weekly and monthly active users, paid conversions, cohort retention, and feature
adoption. In addition, the platform now includes SEC disclaimers on article and news release
pages, and recently addressed two security findings related to content access and visibility
flags.

Availability
The new capabilities are available now at newsbox.com. Organizations interested in press
release distribution, agency partnerships, or advertising can learn more at
newsbox.com/newsroom, newsbox.com/agency-partners, and newsbox.com/advertise.

About NewsBox
NewsBox is a connected news intelligence platform that helps professionals, teams, and
creators track the stories, companies, and markets that shape their work. Combining human-
curated RSS feeds, AI-assisted discovery, multilingual translation, and a growing suite of
publishing and distribution tools, NewsBox makes it easier to monitor the news, share insights,
and turn information into action -- all from one place.  View more at newsbox.com

About Connectus
Connectus is a connected workspace that helps modern businesses run end
to end from a single platform. Combining a unified workspace, a multi-model AI orchestration
layer, an ecosystem of 28+ integrated products, and on-demand managed service teams,
Connectus gives companies the operational backbone needed to grow.  Founded
by Gary C. Pick and headquartered in the United States, Connectus is building the pre-SAP OS
for the next generation of businesses. Learn more at connectus.io.

"NewsBox is becoming the operating layer for news intelligence" - Gary Pick [Pre-Approved Quote]