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Turn Any CSV Into a Verified, Relevance-Vetted Media List
Upload any media-list CSV and get a verified, relevance-vetted shortlist with recovered emails, checked profiles, and personalized angles.
Writing on PR, journalism, and the craft of pitching.
Long reads and practical research on PR, journalist discovery, media outreach, pitching, and building better media lists with Medialyst. New posts most weeks, with data cuts and operator notes from inside Medialyst.
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How to turn Claude into a media desk: the 11 integrations that run a full PR workflow
Connect Claude to your actual PR stack via MCP: research angles with Perplexity, find journalists with Medialyst, run follow-ups in Gmail, and prove ROI with Search Console - all in one window.
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How to Install Newsjack and Turn Claude Into a PR Associate That Never Sleeps
Step-by-step walkthrough of installing Newsjack's 18 open-source PR skills in Claude, getting verified journalist emails, and setting up a 24/7 news monitor with Claude Code.
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Plan Six Months of PR With Medialyst's Source-Backed Calendar
Give an AI agent Medialyst's source-backed calendar through Newsjack or MCP and plan six months of timely PR in one prompt.
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Claude Fable 5 vs Opus 4.8: Which Model Writes Better PR Story Angles? (50-Brand Blind Eval)
We ran 50 real brands through Claude Fable 5 and Opus 4.8, had GPT-5.5 judge every pair blind in both orderings. Fable won 67 of 100 judgments and led 6 of 7 quality dimensions — but the position-bias finding is the part to take home.
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Connect Medialyst to Claude, ChatGPT, or Any MCP Agent
Medialyst now plugs into Claude, ChatGPT, and any MCP agent. Same credit pool, real news search, and verified journalist data inside your agent.
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Location is now a first-class match signal
Medialyst now ranks with journalist city, publication country, market, and scope, lifting location coverage from 6.6% to 71.7% in a month.
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Now You Can See Who Opened Your Pitch
Medialyst now tracks sends, opens, and clicks for Gmail and Outlook pitches, with campaign analytics and bot filtering for cleaner engagement signals.
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PR intern → 25 PR associate
Medialyst expanded its agent capacity, added PR-specific search craft, recent coverage reading, and richer outreach context so media lists build faster and feel closer to a PR associate.
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Wrong email? Fixed.
Medialyst now runs journalist emails through waterfall verification and lets users report profile issues so inaccurate contact data can be fixed faster.
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8x location, 2x LinkedIn
Medialyst's real-time journalist enrichment now finds far more location and LinkedIn data from the same article inputs, using fresh agent research instead of stale records.
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Ex-TechCrunch: How she sends pitches now
Rita Liao explains how she uses Medialyst and Simular's Sai to research journalists faster while keeping judgment, writing, and relationship-building human.
MTMedialyst TeamApr 15, 20264 min read
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Build media lists on your phone
Medialyst now supports building media lists from your phone, alongside reliability improvements and a Fast Company case study from a cold pitch.
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Agent Mode V2: Build and Refine Media Lists in One Conversation
Agent Mode V2 keeps Medialyst with you from story research through list refinement and personalized outreach, turning media list work into a conversation.
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Deep Article Analysis and a Better Email Editor Are Live
Medialyst now supports deep article analysis and richer Gmail/Outlook email editing, helping teams research coverage and send polished pitches faster.
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HARO Is Dying: The Data, The Reasons, and What's Replacing It
Journalist request platforms have lost 50-64% of their activity since 2024. Here's why, and what's replacing HARO.
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Agent Mode Is Live: AI Research for Better Media Lists
Agent Mode turns PR research into a guided conversation: paste a URL, steer the angle, and let Medialyst build a targeted media list.
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Why Medialyst's AI Agent Media Database Changes PR
Medialyst's AI agent media database refreshes journalist data in real time, improving publication filtering, duplicates, lookup speed, and email verification.
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How We're Building the World's First Media Database powered by AI-agents
A journalist database that's always fresh—because AI agents can enrich live
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Outlook Sending, Shared Table Views, and Documentation Are Live
Medialyst now supports Outlook sending, product documentation, saved table views, sharing, and a credits dashboard for agency team workflows.
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Filter Media Lists, Save Templates, and Visualize Workflows
New table filters, reusable workflow templates, and graph view help teams save credits, repeat proven research flows, and understand how data moves.
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Send Personalized Pitches From Medialyst With Gmail
Connect Gmail to Medialyst, draft personalized pitch templates from your media list, preview each email, and send outreach from your own inbox.
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Turn a Prospect URL Into a Targeted Journalist List
Paste a prospect's website into Medialyst to generate a targeted journalist list and custom pitch angles in about 60 seconds.
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Recent Articles, Prompt Templates, and Shareable Media Lists
Recent articles, prompt templates, and shareable media lists make it faster to vet journalists, prioritize pitches, and collaborate with clients.
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Domain Rating and Traffic Metrics Are Live in Medialyst
Add Domain Rating and monthly organic traffic to media lists so teams can qualify publications alongside AI relevance in one workflow.