Factiva
Dow Jones's premium global news archive
4.1Enterprise / CustomBest for Reputational diligence and global news screening
News Diligence Screening
Overview
Factiva is Dow Jones's premium news database: roughly 33,000 licensed sources across 200 countries in dozens of languages, including archives stretching back decades and paywalled content you cannot Google. In fund workflows it anchors reputational diligence on founders and counterparties, adverse-media screening, and deep market monitoring — all in one compliant, searchable platform with alerting built in.
Key features
- ~33,000 licensed news sources in 200 countries
- Decades-deep searchable archives
- Adverse-media and reputational screening
- Multi-language coverage and translation
- Alerts, newsletters and API delivery
Pros
- Licensed premium content unavailable via open search
- Archive depth supports serious background diligence
- Institutional compliance and audit standards
Cons
- Expensive relative to open-web monitoring tools
- Search interface has a learning curve