Frequently asked questions
Answers about the news service, coverage, subscriptions and access.
The service
What does a subscription include?
Subscribers receive a daily news email covering their selected sectors. They can also use the online portal to read updates and manage their preferences.
What is the difference between SpeedReader and DealsReader?
SpeedReader covers business and financial news by sector. DealsReader focuses on reporting about mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and restructuring.
What are the specialist products?
GreenReader covers environmental and clean technology developments. AI & Robotics follows artificial intelligence, robotics and automation. Security & Intelligence covers business-relevant security and intelligence services, technologies and developments. Each is available as a focused product; AI & Robotics and Security & Intelligence are also SpeedReader sectors. Their subscription terms and prices match DealsReader: from £1 per day annually, £1.50 per day for six months and £1.75 per day for three months.
How are stories selected?
Editors review leading publications each day and select stories relevant to the companies, markets and sectors a subscriber follows.
What is Bespoke Media Monitoring?
Bespoke Media Monitoring provides custom media monitoring and intelligence products, built to order around an organisation’s companies, markets, transactions and information needs. Contact Citywebwatch to discuss the coverage and delivery your team needs.
Do you offer white-label news products?
Yes. White-label arrangements can be discussed as part of a bespoke service. The content, branding and delivery are agreed with each organisation.
Who uses Citywebwatch?
Subscribers include corporate financiers, equity analysts, directors, lawyers, public relations professionals and senior managers who need to follow reporting relevant to their work.
Coverage and sources
Where does the reporting come from?
Editors select relevant stories from leading UK and international publications. The publications included vary with the day’s news, and each item links to the original article.
Is news published at weekends?
Yes. Citywebwatch publishes seven days a week.
Can I read earlier editions?
Subscribers can usually access articles from the previous ten days. The available period may vary under agreements with individual publications.
Why use Citywebwatch when the articles are already online?
Editors curate relevant reporting into one daily edition, reducing the noise so you can focus on stories in the sectors you follow. Each item links to the original article for further reading.
Subscriptions and access
What products can I subscribe to?
Choose SpeedReader with a five-sector base or broaden it to up to twenty sectors, DealsReader for M&A, IPO and restructuring coverage, or a specialist GreenReader, AI & Robotics or Security & Intelligence briefing. Corporate Group Subscription covers all available sectors. Bespoke Media Monitoring can be designed around your organisation’s needs.
How do I configure a paid subscription?
On the Subscribe now page, select a product, choose its sectors where applicable, then choose a 3-, 6- or 12-month term. Add the configured service to Your Service, add another feed if needed, and continue to checkout. Paid subscriptions renew automatically for the selected term at the displayed price until cancelled.
How much does SpeedReader cost?
SpeedReader starts at £1.50 per day on an annual subscription for up to five sectors. You can select up to twenty sectors, with each sector above five adding £0.10 per day on the annual term. The 6- and 3-month options use their displayed term prices, with higher daily rates for shorter terms. View products and prices.
What is included in a corporate or group subscription?
Corporate subscriptions include all available sectors. Corporate licences can be transferred between users and suspended while a licence is being transferred. Group discounts start at three users. On the Subscribe now page, choose Corporate Group Subscription and select “Request group pricing”. The enquiry form asks for your name, work email, company and number of users; the request is sent to info@doitsolutions.co.
Can an individual subscription be transferred?
Individual SpeedReader subscriptions for up to five sectors, GreenReader and AI & Robotics are non-transferable. Transferable subscriptions are available through corporate licensing.
What if my company already subscribes?
Email info@citywebwatch.com with your company name. The team can check your organisation’s arrangements and explain how to get access.
How can I pay?
Credit card payments are planned to be available in early 2027. For current payment arrangements, contact info@citywebwatch.com.
Free trial
How do I start a free trial?
Select the 7-day free trial card on the Subscribe now page. Choose up to five SpeedReader sectors and, if you wish, M&A topics. Then enter your name, work email and company and submit the request. No subscription term or payment details are required. Submit your request and the Citywebwatch team will contact you by email to arrange your trial.
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