A daily audio briefing for your people

Your company and your industry. In five.

A five-minute audio briefing for your employees every morning. Your company updates and your industry’s news, in the podcast app they already use.

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Industry news and company news, in one briefing.

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0:12The open0:35One from inside3:45Five from your industry0:24The tail

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Why audio

People finish audio. They skim email.

Internal email gets skimmed. Most podcast episodes get played to the end. Newsdesk puts your update in a five-minute audio briefing, with your names pronounced correctly.

It fits into time people already have.

The commute, a walk, the first coffee. Your employees start the day informed without opening another screen.

Seventy-three percent of listeners say audio helps them understand issues more deeply than other media. Reuters Institute Digital News Report, 2025.

A professional listening with earbuds during a quiet moment on her way to work.
Listening on the way to workNo screen needed. Five minutes, done.
72%
Podcast episodes get finished.
newmedia.com, podcast statistics, 2026
35%
Internal emails read past nine seconds.
Workshop and PoliteMail internal-comms benchmarks, 2026
117 + 153
Emails and Teams messages an employee gets each day.
Microsoft, 2025, via Readless
Your company, inside

Add your own company news to the briefing.

Send a townhall recap, a launch note or a team update. It goes into the same five-minute briefing as the industry news.

Need the exact wording? Mark it “read as written.”

The anchor reads it word for word. Nothing is rewritten.

From your teamIllustrative edition
Townhall recap
“Our new regional office brings the product and customer teams together.”
Wording preserved
Company update · read as writtenYour company, in Five.

Sample internal update

When the news is about you

When the press mentions you, you decide first.

Any outside story that names your company is flagged before it airs. Include it, review it first, or leave it out.

Prefer to speak for yourself? Set a standing rule to cover your company only through your own updates.

Illustrative trade-press storyCompany mentioned

Your company announces a new regional office

Held for your approval

The story waits. It only joins the briefing after your editor approves it.

Your editorial brief

Tell the desk what to cover. It applies to every edition.

Choose topics and regions, list what to leave out, and set the tone and pronunciations.Explore the editorial controls

  • What matters

    “Lead with regulation in the EU.”

    Your topics and regions shape the running order.

    TopicsRegionsSources

  • What stays out

    “Leave celebrity endorsements out.”

    Clear exclusions keep the briefing relevant.

    ExclusionsCompetitors

  • How it sounds

    “Direct tone. Our names said right.”

    Your voice, vocabulary and pronunciations carry through.

    ToneBrand namesPronunciation
Already on air

Hear a published edition.

We publish a free briefing for six industries every weekday, with the same research, writing and production your desk gets. Listen to one in full.

Your desk adds your company updates, your editorial rules and a private feed.

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Latest available edition

AlcBev in Five

Running time 4:45

In this briefing

  1. Carlsberg India ordered to shut Alwar brewery

    Economic Times reports the brewery's operating consent was revoked over particulate emissions, taking capacity offline as the unit's owner is said to be preparing a listing.

  2. Poland's lower house passes alcohol ad ban, sales curbs

  3. Whisky bodies set out concerns over English GI appeal

  4. Wine Spectator reports California correction reaching named wineries

Also in the briefing
  • Prepared Cocktails Return to Volume Growth in L4W, per NIQ Weekly Scans
  • Russia pulls Georgian wine, beer and mineral water from shelves
  • Diageo India enters ready-to-drink alcohol market, takes on Bacardi in nascent segment with Smirnoff Ice
0:00 / 4:45
The anchor

A newsroom checks every script. A steady AI anchor reads it.

Your briefing is read by one AI anchor. The same voice, pace and neutral read, every weekday.

  • Every name, said right.

    Your people, products and places go in a pronunciation dictionary. Hear each one before it airs.

  • Ready at 05:00.

    Every weekday, whatever the news. Our public editions have published every weekday since July 2026.

  • News, not opinion.

    The anchor reports what happened and who reported it. It never adds a view.

You choose the anchor and shape the sound with us when your desk is set up.Explore brand and sound

Your editor approves each edition, or lets it run under your rules in full auto.

The overnight desk

We produce it overnight. You approve it, or let it run.

Between 17:00 and 05:00 the desk gathers, ranks, writes and records the briefing. Your team decides whether to review it before it goes out.

An example daily schedule
17:00The desk gets to work05:00Ready for your people
  1. The desk prepares

    Picks and orders the stories

    Gather sources, rank what matters and prepare a briefing within your editorial rules.

    GatherRankPrepare
  2. Your editorial decision

    You review the running order

    Review the running order. Keep, cut or reorder stories before production begins.

    Your comms teamYour approval
  3. The desk delivers

    Finished audio by 05:00

    Script, check, narrate and master the audio. Then publish to your private feed.

    CheckProducePublish

Choose how the desk runs

No approval, no edition. Production waits for your nominated editor.

Editorial checks run in both modes.
Made for the working day

Listen in a podcast app, the intranet or email.

Employees listen in their podcast app on the commute, on the intranet between meetings, or from a link in the morning email. A Fivewire app with company sign-in is planned.

Podcast appIllustrative listening experience
A colleague listening through an earbud during a quiet coffee break at work.
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Add a private RSS feed by URL in a compatible app.

Planned access modelVerify a corporate email, then confirm eligibility with your company’s administrator before receiving an individual RSS feed.

Audio + transcript

Choose the access your company needs.

The planned SSO app adds identity-based access. An RSS link can be forwarded, and downloaded audio cannot be recalled.

Read about security
Understand your reach

See how many people listen, without tracking individuals.

Follow downloads and unique listeners by edition, then explore the audience by app, country and device. Aggregate reporting, with no employee-by-employee view.

Example listening report

7–18 September · 10 editions

Illustrative data
219Average per edition
258Highest edition

Listening numbers for each edition.

Sample figures to explain the report. They are not customer results or a measure of completion.

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Listeners are unique within each edition; totals across editions would count returning listeners again.

7–18 September · 10 editions
EditionUnique listenersDownloads
Mon 7214232
Tue 8236251
Wed 9198219
Thu 10221240
Fri 11186205
Mon 14242264
Tue 15258277
Wed 16207228
Thu 17231249
Fri 18193214
Pricing

Plans and pricing

Weekly or daily briefings, or separate briefings for several teams. Prices in USD.

Weekly Desk

A weekly briefing for your team.

One edition a week, under five minutes

$999a month

$799 a month, billed annually

Unlimited listeners

  • One editor seat
  • Company updates + industry news
  • Private feed + transcript

$1,500 setup, waived on annual

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A daily listening habit

Daily Desk

A briefing every weekday morning.

Five editions a week, under five minutes

$1,499a month

$1,249 a month, billed annually

Unlimited listeners

  • Three editor seats
  • Embeddable edition page
  • A social clip per edition

$3,000 setup, waived on annual

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Enterprise Newsroom

Separate briefings for several teams.

Any cadence, three or more streams

from $5,000

Annual only

Unlimited listeners

  • Multiple streams
  • Roles and an audit trail
  • Security review and SLA

Setup waived on annual

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Every desk includes your company updates, editorial controls, a private feed, a transcript and a listening report.

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Before you bring it to the team

Common questions

The anchor, approvals, privacy, employee access and days with no company news.

Review security and data handlingTalk through your requirements
Does this replace urgent company announcements?

No. Keep urgent, mandatory and time-sensitive messages in your established channels. Newsdesk gives people a regular briefing with industry context and company updates.

Is the anchor AI?

Yes. Every edition is read by an AI anchor you choose when your desk is set up. The Fivewire newsdesk prepares and checks every script, and your editor approves it. The anchor reports the news. It never gives an opinion.

How is our internal content handled?

Internal items pass through the desk’s editorial process and into your private feed. Read-as-written items keep your exact wording. Publication follows the mode you choose: approval required or full auto. Enterprise adds a DPA and zero-retention terms.

What if we don’t have company news every day?

The industry gives the briefing its regular rhythm. Add company updates when you have them. Weekly Desk is available if a weekly cadence fits better.

How does it fit alongside our intranet?

Your intranet remains the home for company information. Newsdesk adds a produced audio briefing that brings industry news and your updates together. The edition page and transcript can sit within your intranet.

Who approves?

You nominate the editor. In approval-required mode, production waits for their approval. In full-auto mode, the edition moves ahead at the deadline with your editorial rules and checks in place.

What if the press writes about us?

Outside coverage that mentions your company is flagged before it airs. Keep it, review it first, or leave it out. You can also set a standing rule to cover your company only through your own updates.

How do employees start listening?

A private RSS URL can be added to Apple Podcasts or YouTube Music. The planned access model lets eligible employees verify their corporate email on Fivewire and create a personal URL. Intranet and email link to the edition; a Fivewire app with corporate SSO is also planned.

How would we manage employee access?

The planned access model gives administrators control of audience membership and individual revocation. Periodic work-email confirmation or SCIM directory sync would keep access current. For tighter control, choose an app-only SSO rollout without RSS export. Confirm availability during your security review.

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