Now in v3  Β·  Built for newsrooms

The publishing platform
your newsroom
has been waiting for.

Articles, live streaming, e-paper editions, subscriptions, newsletters, ad management, AI writing assistance, and real-time analytics all in one place. Not because it's clever, but because it's what you actually need.

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Frontend themes

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Pressly Media

Dashboard
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Streaming LIVE
E-Paper
Newsletter
Analytics
Subscribers
Ad Manager
AI Tools
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Good morning, James πŸ‘‹

Mon 5 May 2026  Β·  3 articles scheduled

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14,280

Readers today

↑ 23%

KES 82k

Revenue / mo

↑ 11%

2 LIVE

Active streams

8,420 watching

94.2%

Sub retention

↓ 0.3%

94%

Pageviews last 7 days

↑ 23% vs last week
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Traffic

100%
Google
45%
Direct
28%
Social
18%

Revenue / day

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Recent Articles

2,841 total

Breaking: Parliament passes Digital Tax Bill 2026

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Kenya Power announces tariff review for Q3

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✦ AI Assist

4 drafts today

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Edition 51 live

Why teams switch

Stop stitching
tools together.

Most newsrooms run 8–12 different tools a CMS, a newsletter platform, an analytics dashboard, a streaming widget, a paywall plugin. Each one is a monthly bill, a support ticket, and a security risk waiting to happen.

Pressly ships everything as built-in modules. One admin, one login, one dashboard. Your team publishes more, your readers get a faster site, and your revenue is tracked in one place.

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Built-in modules

0

Plugins required

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Admin at 50k articles

100%

Tenant data isolation

The old way WordPress + plugins

WordPress core + 18 plugins to keep updated
Yoast Β· WooCommerce Β· MailPoet Β· Elementor Β· Wordfence
Admin loads in 20–40s under real traffic
Security CVE every other week
$800–$2,400/yr in plugin licences
No streaming, no e-paper, no AI writing assist

Pressly everything built in

One codebase, one admin, zero plugin conflicts
SEO + streaming + e-paper + AI all first-party
Admin loads in under 1s at any article volume
Role-based access for unlimited editors and authors
Real-time analytics, newsletter, and ad inventory
Multi-tenant: run 50 publications from one install

What's included every plan

Every feature.
One admin.

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Post Editor

Rich WYSIWYG, scheduling, revision history, SEO panel, bulk actions.

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Live Streaming

YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Facebook. Broadcast calendar, live badge, viewer count.

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Subscriptions

Stripe, M-Pesa Daraja, Pesapal. Metered paywall, premium categories, webhooks.

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Newsletter Engine

Campaigns, auto-digest, Mailgun/SMTP/SendGrid. Full unsubscribe flow.

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Real-time Analytics

Pageviews, scroll depth, live visitors, referrers, article performance.

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Ad Manager

Named ad slots, flight dates, creatives, impression and click tracking.

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SEO Suite

Per-article meta, Open Graph, NewsArticle schema, XML sitemaps, canonicals.

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Roles & Permissions

Admin, editor, author scoped per tenant. Zero cross-publication leakage.

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Push Notifications

Web Push API, service worker, subscriber management, targeted sends.

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AMP Support

Automatic AMP pages for all articles with structured data and validation.

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REST API

17+ endpoints for posts, auth, categories, search, and comments.

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Media Library

Bulk upload, image compression, organised library, reuse across posts.

iOS & Android

Your readers,
on any screen.

Pressly's REST API powers fully-native iOS and Android apps for your publication. Break news to readers' lock screens, deliver your e-paper editions, and keep subscribers coming back β€” all managed from the same admin dashboard.

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Push notifications to lock screen

Breaking news, live coverage, and subscriber alerts delivered instantly via Web Push β€” no third-party service required.

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E-paper on the go

Readers access every edition from their phone with the full page-flip experience optimised for touch.

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Subscriber-only access

Paywall and metered access rules enforced automatically in-app. Subscribers tap in, paywalled content stays locked.

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Headless via REST API

17+ documented endpoints for posts, categories, search, auth and comments β€” everything a native app needs, ready on day one.

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Breaking news alert

42,800 readers notified

1.2M+ readers

on iOS & Android

App Store Β· Google Play Free
Live Streaming Built in

Your broadcast calendar, inside your CMS.

Your TV bulletins, radio shows, and live events scheduled, managed, and published from the same admin your writers already use. No third-party widget, no embed headaches.

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Broadcast calendar

Schedule shows with start and end times

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All major platforms

YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Facebook, custom embed

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Force-live toggle

Override schedule, show LIVE badge instantly

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Viewer counter

Display live viewer count per stream

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Chat per stream

Enable or disable live chat per broadcast

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Featured streams

Pin key broadcasts to your homepage hero

LIVE NOW

Evening News Bulletin

8,420 watching Β· YouTube Live

Evening News Bulletin

YouTube

Live: Budget 2026 parliamentary debate. Three correspondents on the ground.

19:00

Started

~21:30

Ends

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Pressly AI Assistant GPT-4 powered

✦ Draft assist

"Kenya's parliament passed the Digital Tax Bill 2026 on Thursday, introducing a 1.5% levy on digital service revenues…"

Expand β†— Summarise β†˜ Social snippet

🎯 SEO suggestions

β†’Headline score: 78/100 try adding a number
β†’Add "2026" for recency signal
β†’Missing alternate keyword: "digital services tax Kenya"

Auto-tags suggested

Digital Tax Parliament 2026 Kenya Finance Technology Policy East Africa Tech
✦ AI Writing Assist

A writing partner that never clocks off.

Not a generic text generator this is built for newsroom workflows. It knows your article format, your SEO requirements, and your editorial voice. Your team writes faster, ranks higher, and publishes more without burning out.

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AI-assisted drafting

Outline β†’ full draft in seconds, in your editorial voice

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SEO headline scorer

Predict click-through rate before you hit publish

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Content repurposing

Long article β†’ tweet thread β†’ newsletter blurb, automatically

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Smart tagging

Auto-suggest tags and categories from the content itself

Get started today

Your next publication
starts right here.

Explore the demo. Poke around the admin. If you like what you see, we'll have you live in days not months. And if you need to migrate, we'll walk every step with you.

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