350 Publishers join Stacker to source high-quality journalism for free

As the media industry continues to evolve, there’s more opportunity than ever to provide the nation’s leading content publishers with impactful, high-quality stories.

And that’s exactly what Stacker is doing, by providing publishers with a free newswire full of hundreds of pre-vetted stories from across the country that publishers like Lee Enterprises, MSN, and AOL are turning to each morning.

Within the past few months, Stacker brought 350 new publishers to the Stacker Newswire, joining almost 4,000 others already plugged into the steady stream of additional features they can publish. Our sustainable model is alive and well, which shows that it is possible for strategies like ours to bring more high-quality journalism back to publishers.

Some of our recent publishing partners include:

• Media News Group: Home to properties including Denver Post, Boston Herald, and Chicago Tribune
• Carpenter Media Group: One of the fastest-growing local media groups in the U.S. and Canada
• Cox Media Group: A leading local TV and Radio broadcaster across 15 markets
• Salt Lake Tribune: The first for-profit newspaper in the U.S. to transition to nonprofit status
• Bomesi Accelerator: Provides infrastructure, ecosystem building, and audience development to increase deal flow and total investment to a greater number of diverse and Black-owned media platforms
• Q.Digital: The #1 leading brand in the LGBTQ+ market according to Comscore

What is Stacker solving that publishers can’t get elsewhere?

More high-quality stories for free

Many local newsrooms must operate with lean teams and tight budgets to survive the current industry headwinds, making it challenging to produce a wide range of engaging stories consistently.

Stacker helps fill that gap by providing well-researched, vetted, sourced journalism that complements their reporting and resonates with their audiences.

Publishers are joining Stacker’s network because they need high-quality, second-day content that is relevant and adds value to their coverage without stretching their already limited team resources. Unlike traditional wire services, which can be expensive, national and local newsrooms can republish Stacker’s vetted content for free, saving money on paid wire services that can be reinvested into their newsrooms. 

Diverse, engaging, and personalized stories

Stacker’s stories are designed to be engaging, shareable, and relevant, which helps publishers increase readership over time. Our ever-expanding, diverse network of editorial spans content categories makes the news ecosystem healthier by supporting publishers to diversify their coverage areas.

Publishers who join the Stacker Newswire also get personalized content through weekly newsletters that serve up recent stories based on what they have recently published.

What’s next for Stacker?

We’re proud of our newswire’s annual growth of 150% for the past three years. This exponential growth allows us to constantly evolve our product to make distribution even easier for publishers and their analytics more robust.

Stacker is looking to expand even further into other audiences, including the Canadian market, Black-owned publications, and niche publications, including finance and automotive, among others.

Sign-up for a demo today to join our network of publishers

Matt Anderson is a Business Development Director at Stacker, driving strategic partnerships to expand a network of almost 4,000 publishers who get access to Stacker's free Newswire to complement their coverage. A digital media executive with a BBA in Marketing from the University of Central Florida, he previously fueled growth at Direct Agents, The Daily Meal and Trusted Media Brands.

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