Frequently asked questions

Affinity Group Publishing (AGP), powered by the Newsmatics News Index and Perspectify publication labels, is the only service in the world that aggregates news headlines from tens of thousands of online sources while also providing labels for each publisher’s ownership and potential biases. The platform spans more than 3,900 publications across every U.S. state, country, continent, and numerous industry sectors—effectively creating a global, structured and monitored content map.

AGP is designed as a “news-content safe haven” at a time of widespread misinformation, offering an environment that promotes media literacy for everyday readers, journalists, and academics alike. Users can take advantage of robust filtering tools to view news based specifically on political bias, empowering them to shape their own news experience according to the perspectives they choose to explore. The platform also serves as a publishing space for journalism students to publish their work, and a distribution hub where local businesses and individuals can share news releases and other content.

AGP is currently free to the public!

EIN Presswire receives exclusive distribution access to Affinity Group Publishing sites, which provides the primary revenue source for AGP. As a Newsmatics service, AGP’s purpose is also to showcase the company’s DaaS capabilities, contribute to the democratization of information, and serve as a sandbox for new ideas and innovations.

While the platform does not currently run advertising, we do hope to connect with sponsors that have similar goals. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Today’s information environment is overwhelmed by information overload, fragmented narratives, unclear media ownership, and widespread distrust. These challenges make it difficult for people to confidently understand what is happening in the world.

Key problems facing news consumers include:

• Difficulty identifying credible information. With millions of sources circulating news, readers struggle to compare coverage across outlets or understand how political and ideological biases shape reporting.
• Lack of transparency. Media ownership and potential bias are often unclear or undisclosed.
• Rising misinformation. Audiences face increasing uncertainty about what—and whom—to trust.
• Limited tools for education. Educators and students lack accessible tools that showcase real-world media bias, support critical thinking, and make media literacy easier to learn. 
• Barriers for diverse and new voices. Students, local contributors, and smaller organizations often lack affordable platforms to publish their content, further skewing the news landscape in favor of larger conglomerates and their agendas.

AGP directly addresses these challenges by aggregating, labeling, and organizing global news into a single transparent, accessible ecosystem. It uniquely maps content across geographies, political perspectives, and industries—giving users a clear, comprehensive view of both local and global news landscapes.

AGP provides practical solutions through:

• Perspectify bias and ownership labels that make media influence visible at last, creating a structured environment and contextualized space for safer news consumption. 
• Filterable news experiences that allow users to navigate coverage by political orientation, geography, topic, or industry. 
• Providing a ready-made platform for media literacy instruction, supporting academics, classrooms, and students around the globe. 
• Accessible opportunities for local contributors and emerging journalists to be empowered to publish their work and fill in news deserts. 

Media literacy is more critical than ever in an information ecosystem crowded with traditional news outlets, social media algorithms, influencers, AI bots, niche publications, blogs, and countless unverified sources. As misinformation spreads and sources multiply, the ability to identify reliable publications, think critically, understand bias, and engage responsibly has become essential. 

AGP supports this need by making complex information ecosystems visible, navigable, and analyzable—giving users clear insight into sourcing, credibility, and perspective at a glance.

Affinity Group Publishing is a service of Newsmatics, a global Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) company made up of expert teams of media researchers, empowered by AI tools, who transform news into structured, scalable intelligence. Newsmatics powers smarter news distribution through platforms like EIN Presswire, Perspectify®, and Affinity Group Publishing, continuing to lead the world in delivering trusted, bias-labeled, and highly targeted information at scale.

Newsmatics was founded in 1995. It is incorporated in the State of Delaware and its official address in the USA is 1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20036. Newmatics also operates in Europe as Newsmatics LTD, Ireland. 

Newsmatics is a privately held company with no private equity or institutional investors. The company funds its growth by reinvesting operating cash flow. Founded by early Internet entrepreneurs David Rothstein and Gina Fratto, Newsmatics remains founder-led, with its founders actively guiding the company’s long-term strategy and growth.

To learn more, please visit the Newsmatics Team page.

Newsmatics has been a 100% virtual remote workforce for many years. It has staff in the USA, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Perspectify and Newsmatics have a team of professional researchers, academics, data scientists, and educators who are passionate about media research and increasing media literacy, accessibility, and transparency. Please refer to this page for more information.

• Readers in underserved areas or niche interest communities — people looking for news specifically about regions or topics often under-covered by mainstream media.
• Researchers, analysts, or businesses — those needing wide global coverage or aggregated news across many countries/topics for media-monitoring, competitive intelligence, or academic research.
• Media outlets or publishers — especially smaller ones that might want to syndicate or source content for region- or topic-specific outlets without building large in-house infrastructure.
• Organizations aiming to combat "news deserts" — non-profits or civic groups interested in supporting local journalism or increasing access to information in under-served areas.

Affinity Group Publishing obtains news content through comprehensive media monitoring of online news outlets. The company continuously scans and aggregates headlines from a wide range of digital news publications. Each headline captured in this process links directly back to the original publisher’s website, ensuring proper attribution and preserving the full context of the reporting.

Affinity Group Publishing monitors publicly accessible news websites. We do not reproduce or republish full news articles; instead, every headline displayed on our platform links directly to the original publisher’s article. This practice respects publishers’ rights while helping readers discover relevant news and directing traffic back to the source.

Affinity Group Publishing’s expert media researchers and editors select headlines using keyword filters tailored to each AGP topic. These filters use advanced monitoring and analytics tools to scan trusted news sources continually and identify the most relevant and timely articles. The top headlines are always the most pertinent and recent, typically from the past few hours or days. This ensures that each AGP presents a curated, up-to-date view of the topic and/or region’s coverage.

Some topics, such as sports, may not yet appear because AGP is a work in progress, and we plan to expand the range of subjects we cover. If there's a topic you'd like to see added, please contact us. Your suggestions help us prioritize future additions.

• Visit the AGP homepage and choose any of its thousands of publications to explore. 
• Spin the globe or sort by region, country, US state, or topic of interest to find publications you’re interested in.
• Apply political-bias filters to shape your reading experience.
• Browse curated, structured content.
• Compare diverse viewpoints at a glance—AGP brings them all together.
• Sign up for newsletters or bookmark your favorite publications to stay up-to-date.

You can subscribe to email newsletters for free! Simply visit any Affinity Group Publishing site and click on the GET BY EMAIL link in the menu at the top of the website.

AGP’s use of Perspectify publication labels serves several purposes: 

• Enhancing transparency and credibility by showing readers a headline’s bias, reliability, and origin so they can understand not just the content but the trustworthiness of the source.
• Promoting media literacy by encouraging users to question context, motives, and potential bias amid rising concerns over misinformation.
• Differentiating AGP from basic aggregators by offering contextual cues that help readers interpret news more critically.
• Supporting risk management by reducing the perception that AGP blindly republishes questionable material and instead provides source-level context.
• Adding structured metadata that is valuable to researchers, analysts, businesses, NGOs, and academics who rely on clear source attribution for media monitoring, citation, and decision-making.

Learn more about the publication labeling system here.

Labels are provided by Perspectify, a service of Newsmatics. Political labels represent the opinions of Newsmatics media research staff based on the facts available to us at the time of review; others may differ in their assessments. These opinions are protected by the First Amendment rights of Newsmatics as a U.S. corporation. We make every effort to accurately document other information from publicly available sources. We encourage users to report corrections or make suggestions to our staff.

Each publisher profile includes ownership information, year founded, website URL, domain registration year, type of access, publication location, and country of ownership. See here for an example.

• Explore headlines from thousands of publishers, all in one convenient place.
• Discover regional, global, and niche news topics.
• Use publication labels to quickly understand a source’s bias, ownership, and credibility.
• Compare how different outlets cover the same story to get a fuller picture of events.
• Identify potential misinformation or expand your point of view by viewing multiple perspectives.
• Build a more balanced and contextualized news routine without algorithmic filtering.

• Teach media literacy using real-world examples of bias, ownership, and narrative framing.
• Assign students to analyze how coverage differs across political or geographic lines.
• Use structured metadata for research papers, class discussions, or source evaluations.
• Provide a safe, moderated space to explore global news.
• Publish student journalism through EIN Presswire to contribute to real news ecosystems and build a portfolio.

• Study how multiple publishers report on the same topic to identify new angles or gaps in coverage.
• Quickly verify source bias, ownership, and credibility when conducting background research.
• Monitor niche-topic or region-specific reporting for story leads. 
• Publish your own content via EIN Presswire and reach AGP’s extensive network.
• Track trending narratives across political or regional perspectives.

• Fact-check trending topics by reviewing coverage from multiple sources.
• Build credible, informed content by understanding how bias and ownership shape reporting.
• Discover unique angles or underreported stories in niche-topic streams, so you have the leading edge on new information.
• Avoid misinformation by validating claims across outlets with different perspectives.
• Strengthen audience trust with transparent, contextualized news references.

• Use AGP’s aggregate of thousands of publishers for content analysis, trend identification, and media-mapping studies.
• Access structured metadata (bias labels, ownership, geography, topic categories) for research datasets.
• Compare how narratives evolve across regions, industries, or political perspectives.
• Identify misinformation patterns or ideological clustering across outlets.
• Cite using AGP’s transparent labeling system to support your research.

• Track industry-specific news, competitor activity, and market developments.
• Compare media narratives surrounding your sector or region. 
• Publish announcements or press releases to AGP through EIN Presswire for expanded reach.
• Identify relevant outlets or influencers aligned with your target market.
• Monitor general market sentiment and emerging trends.

• Monitor global or regional issues with transparent source context.
• Evaluate how your cause or region is covered across ideological and geographic lines.
• Identify underserved communities or “news deserts” for outreach work.
• Use AGP’s aggregation for research, reporting, or advocacy materials.
• Expand the reach of organizational updates by distributing content via EIN Presswire.

• Track public discourse and media narratives across regions, industries, and political perspectives.
• Monitor agency, emergency, or public-health coverage in real time from multiple agencies.
• Support media literacy initiatives for schools, libraries, and community programs.
• Identify misinformation patterns and compare how different communities receive information.
• Use AGP’s regional and topic filtering to better inform public communications strategies.

Everyone should use Affinity Group Publishing because it offers an easy way to explore global, regional, and niche-topic news while providing clear context about the credibility, bias, and ownership of each source. 

Its built-in labeling system helps readers become more informed and media-literate by showing who is behind a story and how that might influence the reporting. By aggregating headlines from a wide range of outlets, it enables users to compare perspectives, identify differing narratives, and avoid relying on a single source for information. 

This makes the platform useful not only for everyday news readers but also for researchers, analysts, businesses, and organizations that need structured, transparent data for monitoring or decision-making. Additionally, because it focuses on underserved regions and specialized topics, it helps fill gaps left by traditional media and provides broader access to relevant, contextualized news.

EIN Presswire is the official content distribution service for Affinity Group Publishing. EIN Presswire is a cost-effective, no-contract, pay-as-you-go service focusing on the SMB and SME markets. Geographical targeting and topical filtering during distribution will map your content to relevant Affinity Group Publishing sites.

If you represent a journalism program or are seeking content distribution partnerships, please contact us. We are happy to speak with you. 

If you have a press release or newsworthy announcement—whether for a business, organization, community group, or other project—you should consider submitting it to Affinity Group Publishing via EIN Presswire, our exclusive distribution partner. By doing so, your content can become part of a global network of moderated publications that aim to "fill news deserts" and deliver localized, relevant news to audiences worldwide. Submitting content helps expand the reach of your message across AGP’s many region- and topic-specific outlets, giving your announcement broader visibility while contributing to a more diverse media ecosystem.

The strongest partnerships for Affinity Group Publishing include: 

• Media literacy organizations, journalism programs, and educational institutions that can integrate source-credibility tools or classroom resources.
• Local news outlets and independent publishers seeking expanded distribution.
• NGOs and policy groups focused on information access and transparency.
• Data and analytics companies interested in developing advanced monitoring or reporting tools.
• Press release and PR service providers looking to broaden content reach.
• Research institutions and think tanks looking to leverage AGP’s structured metadata for studies.
• Mission-aligned sponsors supporting public-interest information. 

Overall, the best partners are those that enhance news transparency, expand coverage, and make full use of AGP’s data capabilities while aligning with Newsmatics’ broader purpose.

If you are interested in a potential partnership, please don’t hesitate to reach out!