How to Get Featured on CBS News in 2026: Network, Local Stations and Syndication Explained

The best way to get featured in CBS News in 2026 from the UK in 2026 is a named, editorial feature. CBS News produces the CBS Evening News, CBS Mornings, 60 Minutes, Face the Nation, the CBS News 24/7 streaming channel and CBSNews.com, including the CBS MoneyWatch business section. Like every US network newsroom it is editorial only. No feature, segment or quote can be bought. What can be planned is the story you bring to it, and what can be guaranteed is coverage in titles that accept sponsored features. This page keeps the two apart.

What CBS News covers in 2026

National and world news, politics, crime and justice, health, science, entertainment and, through CBS MoneyWatch, personal finance, the economy, retail, housing, jobs and consumer protection. MoneyWatch is the most relevant desk for businesses: it explains what economic news means for ordinary households and regularly uses small companies and real customers as examples. 60 Minutes is investigative and almost never a target for a brand. CBS Mornings runs lifestyle, food, wellness and book segments that are producer-led.

The company is part of Paramount, and CBS News shares content with its owned-and-operated stations in major cities and with a wider network of affiliates run by other broadcasters.

Three doors, in order of realism

1. Your local CBS station. Owned stations such as WCBS New York, KCBS Los Angeles and WBBM Chicago, and affiliates elsewhere, cover local business openings, hiring, community projects and consumer stories daily. Two to ten days from pitch to broadcast when the story is visual and local.
2. CBS MoneyWatch and the national business desk. Reachable when you are a case study for a story already running (prices, tariffs, layoffs, housing) or an expert who can explain it. Same-day turnaround, prepared in advance.
3. CBS Mornings lifestyle segments. Seasonal and trend-based, pitched months ahead, competitive, and sometimes tied to promotional partnerships handled by the network.

What “CBS” means on a distribution report

Press release services publish releases on the websites of CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox affiliate stations, in press release sections that are separate from the newsroom. Those pages are real and indexable and can be screenshotted, but they are syndication, not a CBS News story. We sell that service and we label it as syndication. We do not present it as coverage by CBS News, and we recommend you do not either.

How United Press prepares a CBS approach

• Choose the door. Local station, MoneyWatch case study, or a morning-show segment, based on what you need the coverage to do.
• Build the case study kit. A named person, a place that can be filmed, one number that illustrates the national story, and permission to use all three.
• Pitch the producer, not the inbox. Under 150 words, with the viewer’s question answered in the first line.
• Prepare for camera. A short session on two-minute answers, plain words and what not to say.
• Report everything. Who was approached, when, and what they replied.

Guaranteed coverage alongside CBS

For a fixed date we place sponsored features, written by us and labelled as sponsored or partner content with a do-follow link, in titles such as Business Insider, the Chicago Tribune (Moz DA 92, about four weeks from copy approval), the Charlotte Observer (DA 87, about three weeks) and the San Diego Union-Tribune (DA 86, three to four weeks). Paid local broadcast segments on network-affiliated stations are available in most US markets, two to four weeks out, and are labelled as paid on air. Announcements travel through press release distribution within one to three days.

What we guarantee, and what we do not

We guarantee the work and the reporting, never a CBS News editorial outcome. Sponsored placements and syndication are guaranteed to publish or the placement fee is refunded. Every proposal separates the two.

Send us your story and your city and we will reply within one working day with the route that fits.

Questions we are asked about CBS News

Can you guarantee a CBS News feature?

No. CBS News is editorial only. We guarantee syndicated releases on affiliate station websites, paid local broadcast segments and sponsored features in partner titles, and we label each one accurately.

Which CBS desk covers businesses?

CBS MoneyWatch, the personal finance and economy section of CBSNews.com, uses businesses and consumers as case studies for national stories. Local CBS stations cover local business news directly.

How quickly can something appear?

Local stations two to ten days; national case studies the same day; syndicated releases one to three days; sponsored newspaper features about three to four weeks from copy approval.

Does a CBS mention include a link?

Editorial mentions rarely link. Syndicated releases and sponsored features carry links, with sponsored features usually do-follow and syndication usually nofollow.