Disclosure Intelligence Series How disclosure works in modern capital markets What separates exceptional announcements from the rest? In a companion analysis, TMX Newsfile found little evidence that formatting techniques and keyword strategies alone increase AI visibility. This raises a more important question: if formatting alone doesn't explain AI visibility, what does? This study examines the characteristics associated with the announcements generating the highest levels o

Disclosure Intelligence Series How disclosure works in modern capital markets When a press release is distributed, most issuer teams consider the communication complete. But in reality, this is the point at which another audience begins reading it. Search engines, AI models, financial data platforms, and brokerage systems start processing corporate announcements within seconds of publication. Before many investors read a press release, machines identify companies, extract key

If PDAC 2026 demonstrated anything, it is that investor demand has clearly returned, but so has competition for attention. With more than 32,000 participants , the highest in the convention’s 94-year history , the Metro Toronto Convention Centre was filled with issuers, investors, and deal makers from around the world. As a media partner of PDAC 2026, TMX Newsfile was on the ground throughout the week, connecting with clients and prospects across the conference. Optimism was

Eligible venture issuers in Canada can now move from quarterly to semi-annual reporting. As of March 19, 2026, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) introduced the Semi-Annual Reporting (SAR) Pilot . Implemented through Coordinated Blanket Order 51-933, it allows certain issuers listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) or the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) to optionally skip first and third quarter financial filings . This reduces overall reporting burdens and co

To understand where public relations and investor communications are headed, we analyzed over 39,000 press releases distributed in 2025. The data is clear: success now depends on a careful balance between AI-readability and human trust. More than 50% of news activity on the TMX Newsfile network is now driven by AI bots from OpenAI and Microsoft. Yet these systems rely on human-verified facts to ground their answers. We have entered a “ zero-click ” reality, where Generative

In 2025, more than 39,000 press releases distributed through Newsfile offer a clear lens into how public companies are communicating with the market. At this scale, individual announcements fade into the background, and what emerges instead are patterns . The language companies choose reveals how industries are evolving, where credibility is being built, and what investors are being asked to trust. Last year, this analysis focused on identifying the most common keywords by i

According to TMX Newsfile data, OpenAI and Microsoft now account for more than 50% of all AI activity detected reading TMX Newsfile press releases, showing how deeply these systems engage with corporate news.

AI isn’t just a future trend. It’s already reshaping how press releases are read, shared, and discovered today. The audience for your news is no longer only human. Journalists, analysts, and investors still matter, but now AI systems are scanning, indexing, and summarizing your announcements at scale. Here are a few numbers that show the size of this shift: 78% of companies now use AI in at least one function (McKinsey, 2025) 92% of Fortune 500 companies are using OpenAI's te

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