WHY MEDIA.COM
One profile.
An authentic public record.
When people, journalists, search engines and AI systems look for information about you, give them a source from you.
Media.com enables verified people and organizations to publish at the source, distribute content across channels, confirm professional relationships and establish a clearer public record.
Verified identity Direct publishing Confirmed relationships
Your source on Media.com
- Verified identity
- Confirmed relationships
- Publish at the source
- Distribute across channels
media.com/yourname
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AI
WHY A SOURCE MATTERS
Trust starts with knowing the source.
We are increasingly reliant on information from unverified platforms and public sources. The problem is made worse with AI Agents which ingest content from unverified sources.
Search results, AI chats, online articles, social posts, reviews and third-party websites all shape how people understand you or your organization.
When a clear first-party source is easy to find, it can strengthen trust, improve confidence and make the information easier to assess for accuracy, reliability and credibility.
- Search
- News
- Social
- AI Agents
- Reviews
- Databases
- Commentary
What the internet knows about you
- Third-party information
- Search and social content
You may not control everything said about you. You can control whether there is a clear source from you.
When the internet talks about you, give it a source from you.
IDENTITY & ATTRIBUTION
A source with a known identity.
Media.com is designed around identifiable people and organizations. Profiles are connected to verified identity, organization records and confirmed professional relationships, giving audiences more context about who is speaking and the capacity in which they are speaking.
- Identity verified Who is this person?
- Organization verified Which organization is this?
- Relationship confirmed How is the person connected to the organization?
- Direct publication Who actually published this content?
Jane Smith
Chief Executive Officer · Example Corp
Example Corp
Official Statement
YOUR PRESENCE
Build the source people find when they search for you.
A Media.com profile gives your identity, work, publications and professional relationships a structured public home. Publish directly from a presence connected to who you are.
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IDENTITY
Who you are.
Profile, professional identity and experience, connected to your verified identity.
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CONTENT
What you publish.
Articles, videos, Shorts, posts, statements and press releases, published directly in your name.
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RELATIONSHIPS
Who you work with.
Confirmed professional relationships with the organizations you represent.
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DISTRIBUTION
Where it reaches.
Share what you publish across your Connected Profiles, with each post pointing back to the source.
SEARCH
Give search engines better source material.
What Media.com can provide is another public, structured and attributable source that search engines can discover, understand and potentially surface.
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Publish directly
Create first-party information instead of depending entirely on third-party coverage.
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Make authorship clear
Connect publications to identifiable people and organizations.
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Create permanent source URLs
Give important content stable addresses that can be referenced and shared.
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Structure your presence
Help machines and audiences understand which people, organizations and publications belong together.
Jane Smith Example Corp
- media.com/janesmithJane Smith · Chief Executive Officer, Example Corp
- media.com/janesmith/articles/…What we learned building Example Corp
- examplecorp.comExample Corp — Leadership
- news.example/…Coverage of Example Corp
Illustrative. Search engines decide their own results.
THE AI ERA
Give AI something better to learn from.
AI systems increasingly retrieve, summarize and synthesize information from across the web. But online information comes with very different levels of attribution, provenance and accountability.
A Media.com presence can provide AI systems with structured, attributable information they can discover and evaluate alongside the rest of the web.
Online content from unverified sources
- Anonymous posts
- Copied content
- Old information
- Unclear authorship
- Unverified affiliations
- Reposted statements
- Missing context
Media.com is designed for
- Identifiable publishers
- Verified identity
- Verified organizations
- Confirmed relationships
- Direct publishing
- Original source attribution
- Corrections and version history
BRAND SAFETY
Your reputation shouldn’t depend entirely on external sources.
You cannot control everything published about you. But you can establish a direct place to publish official information, provide context, respond and maintain an ongoing public record.
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Official Statements
Publish directly in your own name.
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Responses
Respond at the source.
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Newsrooms
Maintain an official Media.com media presence.
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Press Releases
Publish corporate news from the organization itself.
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Corrections and versions
Maintain a clearer publishing history.
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Verified representatives
Show who is authorized to speak for an organization.
When someone researches you, there can also be a source from you.
Two ways to get started.
For Individuals
Build a presence connected to who you are.
- Verify your identity
- Establish your professional identity
- Confirm professional relationships
- Publish directly
- Bring your existing content
- Build an audience
For Organizations
Establish your organization’s official source.
- Verify your organization
- Confirm representatives
- Build your People network
- Publish official information
- Start a Newsroom
- Bring your historical content
YOUR MEDIA.COM ADDRESS
Establish your presence on Media.com
Choose a memorable handle for your profile or organization and create an address that’s easy to share and reference.
Letters, numbers and underscores · Up to 30 characters
One Standard handle is included with every verified Media.com profile. Learn about Media.com handles →
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