Burrelles MYNEWSDASH vs. Factiva

As a basic media monitoring service, BurrellesLuce offers a great value. If you need fancier reporting, more in-depth monitoring, etc., there are other services - but they charge a lot more.

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A large part of our work depends on the ability to source quality media content from a breadth of dependable sources globally. This is Factiva's bread and butter: it has a very comprehensive list of 'quality' media sources such as nationals, dailies, business journals and magazines from around the world that are easily mined for the content they hold. If you're thinking about anything other than these 'traditional' media sources then Factiva probably isn't your thing. It doesn't do social media.

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• It's a competitively priced service for media monitoring.
• It offers quick overviews and we get monthly and yearly reports on placement values.
• It's easy to use.

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• Factiva offers excellent search builders so that I am able to narrow my search to specific companies or topics very easily.
• Factiva combines a large number of credible sources into one place and allows me to search all of these sources.
• Factiva's use of timestamps helps me understand when the news was known by the market which allows me to analyze how (if at all) that particular piece of news impacted the company's stock price.
• Provides an excellent starting place for learning about a company and/or industry.

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• Occasionally placements are missed and other times we get clips that are not for us. These mistakes have been taken care of fast and seamlessly.

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• The UX leaves room to be desired
• There are often repetitive entries
• The functionality can be confusing

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We use Cision for media databases mostly. In the past we've used a variety of clipping services. For social media we use Hootsuite, mention, viraltag, etc.

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At the time, Factiva was already being used by the company I worked for - they had developed procedures specifically for using Factiva, so there wasn't really an option. I've used Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg exclusively for legal research, so there wasn't really an overlap with Factiva.

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• It's a great tool to use for monitoring and reporting on clips generated and their value
• Clients can easily see media value generated each month
• The generated value might not be 100% "true" but offers a great measuring tool

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