Monitoring doesn’t need to be so hard

Traditional tools (like Retriever) offer a lot of functionality but for many teams, it’s hard to access, hard to maintain, and hard to get clarity.

Why are teams switching?

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    Accurate and relevant mentions

    Go beyond keywords and traditional media. Mynewsdesk monitors online and print news, broadcast, podcasts - plus YouTube and TikTok - to reflect where brand conversations actually happen today.

Same job. Smoother experience.

Traditional tool

*comparison based on retriever

Mynewsdesk
Set up
Key difference
Complex traditional Boolean search logic, ongoing tuning and specialist support required
Proprietary AI search & analysis technology, no tuning or specialist support required
Results
Key difference
High volume and noise, lower accuracy, requires extensive manual cleaning of hits
Highly accurate and complete, auto-filtered by relevance and analysed for impact
Source coverage
Key difference
Coverage varies by package and suite of tools, strongest in traditional news
Integrated monitoring of text, audio and video across premium and social media
Insights & Reporting
Key difference
Advanced datasets, well suited to experienced media analysts and specialists
Metrics & insights made easy to understand, share and act on confidently
Usability
Key difference
Feature-rich platform that can feel more tooling-first and complex to navigate
Workflow-first, designed for ease of use, clarity and speed across teams
Automated relevancy

AI monitoring that reads the landscape - not just keywords

Experience a new approach to monitoring with multi-dimensional, context and brand-aware analysis of brand and competitor coverage.

Brand- and context-aware AI – Understands meaning, not just word matches.
Relevance without rigid rules – Identifies what matters without complex Boolean logic.
More signal, less noise – Finds critical coverage while filtering false positives automatically.

Result: 2 x more relevant mentions that traditional media monitoring tools.

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Full coverage

Source coverage that matches where your audience is

Coverage isn’t a number. It’s a complete picture across platforms, formats, and paywalls.

Mynewsdesk delivers integrated monitoring of:

Text, audio, and video: Across premium, paywalled, print, open, public, and social sources.
Usable audio & video: Highly accurate transcription and nuanced spoken-content analysis.
Full-channel visibility: From public radio and TV to YouTube and TikTok.

Result: a clearer view of what’s actually being said, not just what’s easy to index.

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Easy to use

A tool your whole team will actually use

PR work is hectic. Your tools shouldn’t be.

Mynewsdesk is built workflow-first, designed for calm clarity and speed:

Clean, focused views: See what matters immediately.
Obvious next steps: Spend less time hunting and clicking.
Automation where it counts: Reduce manual work without losing control.

The goal: a media monitoring tool that is actually easy to use

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