Featured · Distribution
Press Releases
Tell Featured your news and it drafts a newsroom-ready release, then distributes it through established newswire partners — putting your announcement on the record where journalists, search engines, and AI assistants can find and cite it.
Free to start · Drafting included in every plan · Distribution through established newswire partners
How PR pros use Press Releases
Fifteen announcements, drafted and distributed from one chat. Tap a prompt to open it in Featured.
- Launch
Announce a launch
“I'd like to send out a press release about our new AI scheduling product for dental offices launching next month.”
Open in Featured - Funding
Announce funding
“Draft a press release announcing our $12M Series A led by a fintech-focused fund, with quotes from me and the lead investor.”
Open in Featured - Hires
Announce a key hire
“Write a press release announcing our new Chief Medical Officer joining from a major hospital system.”
Open in Featured - Milestones
Mark a milestone
“We just passed 10,000 restaurants on our ordering platform. Draft a milestone press release with a customer quote.”
Open in Featured - Partnerships
Announce a partnership
“Announce the integration partnership between our logistics platform and a major ecommerce marketplace.”
Open in Featured - Awards
Publicize a win
“We won a cybersecurity innovation award. Draft the release and tell me where distributing it will matter most.”
Open in Featured - Data
Release original data
“Turn our annual remote-work survey into a data-driven press release journalists can quote statistics from.”
Open in Featured - Local
Make local news
“Write a press release about our third gym location opening in Scottsdale, aimed at Arizona business press.”
Open in Featured - Rebrand
Explain a rebrand
“Draft a press release announcing our company rebrand, explaining what changes for customers and what doesn't.”
Open in Featured - Events
Promote an event
“Announce our sustainability summit for CPG brands, with speaker highlights and registration details.”
Open in Featured - Quotes
Write quotes worth quoting
“Write three quote options for our CEO for this press release — one visionary, one practical, one customer-focused.”
Open in Featured - Boilerplate
Fix your boilerplate
“Rewrite our company boilerplate so it explains what we do in plain language and includes our key proof points.”
Open in Featured - Timing
Time the announcement
“We're announcing a crypto compliance product. What day and time should the release go out, and what should we prepare the day before?”
Open in Featured - Amplify
Pitch beyond the wire
“After we distribute this release, find journalists who cover HR tech and draft personal pitches referencing it.”
Open in Featured - GEO
Write for AI citation
“We want AI assistants to describe our new product accurately. Draft a press release written to be cited — clear definitions, stats, and structure.”
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How it works
From “we have news” to on the record.
Tell Featured your news
The announcement, the numbers, who's quotable. Featured asks the questions a newsroom would — what's new, why now, why it matters.
Featured drafts the release
Headline, lede, quotes, boilerplate — structured the way editors expect and written to be cited: clear claims, real numbers, plain language. You approve every word.
Distribute and amplify
Send it through established newswire partners so the announcement is on the public record — then let the same chat pitch journalists who should hear about it personally.
What makes press releases on Featured different
A release isn't the goal — being findable, quotable, and correctly described is.
Co-written
Drafted with you, not for you
Featured drafts fast, but you stay the editor — the facts, quotes, and claims are yours, reviewed before anything ships.
On record
Real newswire distribution
Releases distribute through established newswire partners, creating the permanent, indexable record journalists and databases check.
AI-citable
Written for the machines too
Answer-shaped structure, defined terms, and attributable stats — so AI assistants that read your release describe your news accurately.
Wire + pitch
Distribution isn't outreach
The wire creates the record; personal pitches create the stories. Featured does both from the same chat, referencing the same release.
Know who picked it up
Pair press releases with the Media Mentions workflow: track who covers your announcement and where it spreads, delivered to Slack or email.
About Featured
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Every plan includes press release drafting.
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Example usage
Chat with Featured to explore 2–3 media opportunities per week and see how AI-powered PR works.
- Featured Chat for discovering media opportunities
- Daily pitching tools to reach journalists
- Journalist request matching
- Core workflows to speed up outreach
- A gentle daily allowance to learn the platform
For solo practitioners running focused PR.
Example usage
Monitor HARO and similar feeds, draft pitches in Featured Chat, and ship a steady weekly cadence without burning out.
- 5× more AI usage than Free
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Workflows across your saved opportunities
- Deeper AI chat for drafting and research
- Higher limits for active weekly pitching
For power users running a full PR operation.
Example usage
Automate workflows across profiles, coordinate outreach, and lean on AI for research and drafting at serious volume.
- 5× more usage than Lite
- Everything in Lite, plus:
- Maximum daily allowance for credit-based actions
- Built for teams that live in the product
Press releases — frequently asked questions
How do I send out a press release?
Tell Featured your news — “I'd like to send out a press release about our Series A” — and the co-pilot drafts a newsroom-ready release, helps you refine quotes and boilerplate, and walks you through distribution through established newswire partners. You approve everything before it goes out; drafting is included in every plan.
Do press releases still work?
For the right jobs, yes. A release rarely generates coverage by itself anymore — but it puts your news on the public record, gives journalists a citable source, feeds the databases and news indexes AI assistants read, and anchors your announcement moment. Pair it with personal pitches and it does both jobs: record and outreach.
When should a company send a press release?
When something verifiably changed: launches, funding, acquisitions, key hires, partnerships, milestones, original data, awards. If the news would matter to a customer, investor, or reporter, it's release-worthy. For everything softer — opinions, tips, trends — a bylined article or pitch is usually the better tool, and Featured will tell you which.
What makes a good press release?
A headline that states the news plainly, a first paragraph with the who-what-when-why, one or two quotes that say something a human would actually say, real numbers, and a boilerplate that explains your company in one breath. Under 500 words. Featured drafts in exactly that shape — and flags hype words that make editors close tabs.
How much does press release distribution cost?
Drafting is included in every Featured plan, free to start. Distribution is priced per release depending on the reach you choose — Featured shows you the options and pricing in chat before anything sends, so there's no surprise invoice.
What's the difference between a press release and a pitch?
A release is the public, on-the-record version of your news, distributed broadly. A pitch is a personal note to one journalist explaining why this story fits their beat. Releases create legitimacy; pitches create stories. Featured treats them as one motion — draft the release, then generate referenced pitches to the reporters who should care.
Can a press release improve AI visibility?
Yes — releases are among the most machine-read documents in PR. Wire-distributed releases are indexed, syndicated, and used by AI assistants to establish facts: what your company does, what you launched, what the numbers are. Featured drafts releases answer-shaped — defined terms, attributable stats — so engines quote you accurately.
Who uses Featured for press releases?
Founders announcing without an agency, in-house teams that want drafting speed with editorial control, and agencies producing client releases at volume. The common thread: the release goes from “we should announce this” to distributed in days, with pitching and monitoring attached.
How do I know who covered my announcement?
Turn on Media Monitoring before you distribute: Featured tracks pickups, mentions, and follow-on coverage across news, blogs, podcasts, and YouTube, and delivers them to Slack or email — so the release's afterlife is measured, not guessed.
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Put your news on the record
Draft a newsroom-ready release in minutes and distribute it where journalists and AI assistants will find it.