Nexis Newsdesk®

News & social media monitoring

Nexis Newsdesk product interface

What is Nexis Newsdesk?

Nexis Newsdesk infuses your 24/7 media monitoring with the latest news and social media content, intuitive search, and visualized analytics. Learn what’s being said about your brand, benchmark against others, and gain powerful insights. 

Media Monitoring

Cut through the clutter with media intelligence

Track your brand, industry trends, and competitors with a global expanse of trusted sources. With customizable, real-time alerts and live social media feeds, you can confidently make data-driven decisions with the stories that matter most to your business.

Data Visualization

Visualize what matters

Turn complex media intelligence into clear, actionable insights with interactive charts and dashboards. Embed your Nexis Newsdesk visuals into reports or websites so you always know how your brand is being perceived, how your campaigns are performing, and where you stand with competitors.

Reputation Management

A better way to manage reputation

Tap into public perception and uncover trending themes using advanced filters by industry, topic, or sentiment. Share impactful insights both internally and externally to guide strategy and enhance brand awareness.

Reliable content from worldwide sources

item 1100K+ Global news sources

Gain access to over 100k news sources—including licensed media content such as the New York Times. 

item 22.5M Social media feeds

Social media listening conducted on 2.5 million social feeds. 

Item 34M Articles and posts added daily

An average of 4 million news articles and social media posts are added daily. 

item 4235 Countries and regions

Media content is available from 235 countries and regions, in over 100 different languages. 

Media Trackers

Experience real-time insights with our media trackers

Explore interactive media trackers built with Nexis Newsdesk that demonstrate its powerful monitoring and analytics features. These samples offer a glimpse into how you can access the media intelligence most relevant to your organization. 

Testimonials

What people are saying about Nexis Newsdesk

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This software is amazing for companies to monitor social media and news that's happening right now. It's also great to stay on the same page with coworkers as it makes sharing alerts and newsletters super easy and accessible for everyone. 

Broadcast Media Mid-Market Company

LexisNexis has been an invaluable tool in our agency's operations when it comes to media monitoring. It equips us with a comprehensive suite of metrics that showcase our clients' media presence, enabling us to make data-driven decisions that directly impact their success. With its assistance, we can quantify our efforts, measure our impact, and refine our strategies for optimal results. 

Media Intelligence & Analytics Teams BLJ Worldwide

Nexis Newsdesk features an amazing array of outlets, not just CNN or BBC, but regional news too. I can identify which have the most relevance and best tone of voice for Education Above All. It’s really a perfect tool. 

Communications Consultant Education-Based Foundation

Frequently asked questions

Nexis Newsdesk empowers PR, communications, and media teams to monitor global news and social media, uncover insights, and track trends in real time. Key use cases include media research, analytics and insight development, crisis identification and response, sentiment analysis, competitor research and benchmarking, ESG coverage tracking, social media listening, and much more. 

Nexis Newsdesk offers access to over 100,000 print and online news sources, including premium licensed publications like The New York Times, along with millions of social media feeds—including direct integration with Twitter/X—plus blogs, web comments, forums, TV and radio broadcasts, and more. You can also integrate custom RSS feeds or manually upload articles to tailor the content to your needs.

To ensure relevance, the platform includes over 50 pre- and post-search filters—helping you refine results by source type, subject, geography, audience reach, and more. This allows you to zero in on the media coverage that matters most to your organization and research. 

Sources are updated in near real-time, ensuring you never miss a critical development. On average, more than 4 million news articles are added to the platform daily, enabling continuous monitoring across the most current media landscape. 

While today Nexis Newsdesk does not provide any AI features, our team is coupling core features within our AI and Generative AI capabilities like Nexis+ AI. To learn more about these upcoming AI enhancements and our existing AI solutions, please reach out to our team today. 

LexisNexis offers best-in-class support spanning 28+ countries and 7+ languages. We help you use your products, including Nexis Newsdesk, at their best with expert onboarding tailored to your workflows, ongoing webinars, in-product chat and help references, and a 24/7 helpdesk with responsive, expert support. 

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