Press

Featured press releases, research reports, podcast appearances, and media mentions.

• Research reports · September 21, 2026

  Featured Workflow Usage Report — September 2026

  Featured's automated workflows help users find press opportunities on a custom cadence. Here's the data we've gathered so far.

• Podcast appearances · September 8, 2026

  35% of Journalists Opt Out of AI Pitches

  Brett Farmiloe of Featured on Comms Confidential: AI detection on every HARO pitch finds 21% fully AI-generated; 35% of journalists opt out of AI pitches.

• Podcast appearances · August 5, 2026

  Why Are Journalist Request Platforms So Important for SEO?

  Brett Farmiloe joined Majestic's SEO in 2026 podcast to share insights on how to leverage journalist request platforms like HARO and Connectively for SEO a

• Podcast appearances · January 19, 2026

  Human in the Loop, on Everything: AI and PR

  Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on Build a Better Agency: every HARO pitch is AI-scored, 21% are fully AI-generated, and a human still decides what gets sent.

• Podcast appearances · November 11, 2025

  21% of HARO Pitches Are AI-Generated

  About 21% of pitches submitted through HARO score as fully AI-generated, and journalists split into a camp that filters them out and a camp that cares only

• Press releases · April 16, 2025

  Featured.com Acquires Help A Reporter Out (HARO) from Cision

  HARO, founded in 2008 and owned by Cision since 2014, returns to its original free, email-based format under Featured's ownership.

• Research reports

  HARO Statistics (2026)

  21% of HARO pitches are written entirely by AI. Journalists are about three times more likely to use a human-written pitch, and 35% now block AI-generated responses.

• Research reports

  Featured AI Citation Report, June-August 2026

  We analysed 405 GEO audits and 22,881 real citations from AI search. More than a third pointed to domains with Domain Authority under 40.