Newsrooms that work with beatsquares
Today, news is listened to, scrolled, watched and increasingly accessed through AI assistants. Every platform demands its own form. At the same time, search traffic is falling, and newsrooms aren't getting any bigger.
Liquid Content describes journalism that isn't tied to a fixed format. A story is broken down into its building blocks: facts, quotes, context, background. Every format is built anew from these blocks, as a quick update on WhatsApp, a podcast for the commute, a newsletter or a deep dive.
The Reuters Institute counts Liquid Content among the defining media trends of 2026: newsrooms need to move away from the rigid article toward flexible, atomic content that adapts to context, timing and audience.
Content is going to become much more liquid, whether we like it or not. Audiences will expect that personalization.
The newsroom works as usual. The article remains the source, verified and accountable.
beatsquares identifies facts, names, figures and quotes and makes them usable for every format.
Length, tone and depth adapt to channel and audience. From the TikTok teen to the print-reading retiree.
Every channel becomes an audience product of its own, with its own growth curve.
The Harness knows your editorial line, your tone and your quality standards. Every fact is checked against the original article and highlighted in the interface. Only what your newsroom approves gets published.
What you put in
HarnessConfigured once, the Harness curates your content and checks every output for:
Your rules
Controlled output
Süddeutsche Zeitung reports since going live: zero factual errors.
Every Square is a recurring audience product, built from your existing content.
Tagesspiegel automates its newsletter portfolio, from the daily morning and evening briefings to twelve hyperlocal Berlin newsletters. beatsquares handles selection and production; control stays with the newsroom.
Süddeutsche Zeitung reaches people in eight counties around Munich with curated local news on WhatsApp. Automatically, from existing content, with minimal extra effort.
Articles become daily audio briefings, in several languages on request and without a studio. For everyone who would rather listen to the news than read it.
Carousels and social formats for LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok. Where young audiences actually find their news.
beatsquares scans every new article and suggests what's relevant for which channel.
Facts, names, figures and quotes are identified and structured.
Every format is created in your structure, length and tone. Three variants to choose from.
Every fact is checked against the original in multiple steps and color-coded.
The newsroom reads, adjusts and approves. Full text access, at any time.
Finished formats go out to their channels at the optimal time.
The loop is the product: curation, recurrence and trust that grows with every edition.
In the demo, we show real results from Tagesspiegel and SZ and outline which Squares fit your newsroom.
Verified
Every name, every number, every place is checked and highlighted. You see at a glance what comes from the original.
In control
Three variants to choose from, full text access, approval before every publication.
Integrated
Connects to your CMS and existing systems through standard interfaces.
Efficient
A district newsletter at Tagesspiegel: 30 minutes instead of three hours.
Reach
Reach people who would never visit your website. Where they actually consume news.
Data privacy
No use for AI training, processing on servers in Germany, GDPR compliant.
We hear these from editors-in-chief and product leads in almost every conversation.
In the live demo, we show you the fact viewer, the newsroom interface and real results from Tagesspiegel and SZ. And we outline which Squares are hidden in your content.
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