update on August 15, 2025:
Login/Administration/Dashboard:
New user permission: It is now possible to regulate which users are allowed to download smartlists as Excel files.
My Data:
Editing blacklist entries: Email addresses can now be added to or removed from the blacklist directly from the hit list in “People.” Mailing groups and clients can also be considered here.
Pressbase contacts: Contacts imported from Pressbase into your own database are displayed with their original email addresses and can be exported with full data.
Actions: “Follow-up actions” (appointments) for contacts can now be transferred to Google Calendar.
Clip Manager:
No changes.
Pressbase:
New names: The module “Research” is now called “Pressbase.” Researches are now called “Searches” and distribution lists are now called “Hit lists.”
Find saved searches faster: A search bar has been added to quickly find saved searches.
Direct email from Pressbase MI: Emails (simple editor) can be sent directly to authors via the author list or profile view.
Watchlist: Marked authors can be added to a persistent watchlist, which remains until manually cleared. It can be exported to Excel or saved as a hit list.
Hit list: Authors can be marked and added to a hit list for sending. Whether the author is unknown (AI match) or known (from PB Classic) does not matter.
Export flat rate: If the Pressbase flat rate is booked, all email addresses are displayed in plain text and can be exported with various lists.
Newsroom:
No changes.
Sending:
Pop-up “Classify Sending” removed: The pop-up window for editing “Earned Media” text has been removed. This option is now available under “More Actions” → “Classify Sending.”
Simplified menu navigation: Improved overview when selecting distribution lists.
Blacklist – Import of lists: New import function allows uploading Excel lists with email addresses to add them to the blacklist.
Blacklist – Remove and assign to groups/clients: Multiple blacklist entries can be selected and removed or assigned to a mailing group or client.
Events:
Assigning to distribution lists: Event participants linked to a role in “My Data” (green handshake icon) can now be assigned to multiple distribution lists in one step.
Media Library:
No changes.
Reports:
No changes.
Media Monitoring:
Find saved searches faster: A search bar has been added to find saved searches more easily.
Storydriver:
No changes.
Update on May 9, 2025:
Login/Administration/Dashboard:
No changes.
My Data:
People: Easier handling when merging duplicates/people. The list view is now more clear, making it easier to review and edit duplicates. Unnecessary roles can be deleted directly afterwards.
Smartlists: If undeliverable recipients are marked as “undeliverable” during a completed send, they are now marked accordingly in the smartlist as well.
Smartlists: The salutation in letters was occasionally generated incorrectly. This has been fixed and optimized.
Clip Manager:
Optimized display of thumbnails.
Research:
No changes.
Newsroom:
Optimization of the “Press Release Assistant.”
Sending:
Link to a collection (Media Library) can now be inserted directly via the “Insert” or “Content” buttons.
Optimization of the “Press Release Assistant.”
Folders for templates can now be created just like in the HTML editor.
“Social Follow” icons can now be aligned left or right.
Events:
Both VCS and ICS calendar files are now available.
If a dialog form was embedded via iframe, information transfer between registration and confirmation pages didn’t work with some Chrome-based browsers. This has been fixed.
Media Library:
No changes.
Reports:
No changes.
Media Monitoring:
Similarity search and “own publication” search added.
Region selection is now consistent with “Media Intelligence.”
Storydriver:
No changes.
Update on November 8, 2024:
Login/Administration/Dashboard:
No changes.
My Data:
Distribution lists: New columns “Position” and “Editorial Department” are available and included in export.
People: Comparison view during duplicate check has been improved.
Export: Blacklisted contacts can now be excluded from Excel exports.
Clip Manager:
No changes.
Research (Classic):
Export: Blacklisted contacts can be excluded from Excel exports.
ZIP radius search: Search results from Pressbase can be limited to a ZIP code/city and surrounding area.
Advertising managers: Now shown in media detail view.
Included in: The author detail view now lists the distributions and searches in which the author is included. Authors can be removed directly from these lists.
Media Intelligence:
Merge article duplicates: Duplicate articles can now be merged from the author’s sidebar.
Newsroom:
Create press release with AI: A new menu item “Press Release Assistant” creates a press release based on a filled questionnaire.
API timestamp: Newsroom messages can be transmitted to the company’s press portal via API. A new field stores the timestamp of the last API call.
Sending:
Simplified tab navigation: Quickly switch between Completed, Pending, Active, Cancelled, and Test sends.
Estimated recipient number: System now shows expected recipient count when saving.
Actual deliverability: Deliverable recipient count only shown after sending.
Template editing: Templates can now be edited directly without going through “New Send.”
Better separation of drafts and templates: Drafts are now more clearly distinguished and positioned as interim saves.
Events:
No changes.
Media Library:
Link to collections: Collections can now be created and shared via a link, which can be used in sendings.
Reports:
No changes.
Media Monitoring:
No changes.
Storydriver:
No changes.
Update on June 14, 2024:
Login/Administration/Dashboard:
Each myconvento user can now enable 2-factor authentication in “Edit Profile.” Supported authentication apps are listed there.
My Data:
Actions: You can now define whether an action belongs to type “Group” or “Individual.” Group actions can include additional contacts.
Clip Manager:
No changes.
Research:
Author email addresses are now displayed in masked form in Pressbase. The full email is shown via mouse-over. After importing to “My Data,” the email appears with a “pressbase” label and can be used for sending.
Media Intelligence: The region from the last search is now retained when starting a new search. Applies to Media Monitoring as well.
Media Intelligence: Multiple entries can now be used again when searching for sites/URLs or authors.
Newsroom:
No changes.
Sending:
Sending account legitimacy check: Envelope-based sending will no longer be possible after July 1, 2024. Starting with this update, notices have been added. New envelope accounts can no longer be created.
Events:
Duplicate check when reusing smartlists: Previously transferred contacts are no longer duplicated. A duplicate check is performed.
Language field: Now includes French, Spanish, and Italian.
Media Library:
No changes.
Reports:
No changes.
Media Monitoring:
Compound terms like “German Red Cross” are now correctly recognized during mention searches.
Storydriver:
File handling has been improved: When editing files, the menu remains open, allowing multiple files to be added quickly.
The following changes and features are available with the update on November 10, 2023:
Administration/Dashboard:
Sending accounts: If the reply-to address differs from the sender address, it must also be verified.
My Data:
Actions: When creating group actions, “colleagues” of the participant can now be selected.
Clip Manager:
Send clippings: Clippings can now be selected and sent individually.
Download of analyses: Individual analyses can now be downloaded as image files.
Research:
Media Intelligence: Searching for an author or medium now displays their profile immediately.
Newsroom:
No changes.
Sending:
Drag & Drop Editor:
Image captions can now be styled independently of the section font.
The “Table” element has been updated for easier configuration.
Events:
Event overview: “Status” and “Function” are now shown graphically.
Dialog form language transfer: The selected language is now correctly adopted into the new dataset.
Media Library:
No changes.
Reports:
No changes.
Media Monitoring:
No changes.
Storydriver:
No changes.
Update on June 2, 2023:
Administration/Dashboard:
Contact persons: With client management enabled, assigning a client is now mandatory. Clients are also shown in all selection lists.
My Data:
Smartlists: A smartlist is now considered “changed” if a contact was added, deleted, or modified — not just when the name or client is edited.
Actions: Actions assigned to roles/contacts can now only be deleted by administrators.
Keywords: When editing keywords in a contact or company record, the related master data can be edited directly.
Search: Distribution list groups in the search are now sorted alphabetically.
Clip Manager:
No changes.
Research:
No changes.
Newsroom:
Contact form: Required fields and field order can now be defined freely. Country dropdown has been expanded.
Collections: Now support client management.
Sending:
Drag & Drop Editor:
Template selection now distinguishes between “My Templates” and “All Templates.”
Contents of completed sends can be exported to PDF.
Contacts can now be shown with gender-neutral formatting.
Events:
Opt-in reminders: Reminder emails can be sent to contacts who haven’t confirmed opt-in.
ICS calendar file: Now always attached to event confirmation emails.
Media Library:
New upload behavior: If client management is enabled, a client must be assigned during upload.
Reports:
Improved reports for Sends and Blacklisting. Exports to Excel possible. Send report now includes source distribution list and number of roles.
Media Monitoring:
New monitoring module: Tracks online editorial mentions of your keywords, aggregated from public sources. Includes 30-day retrospective. Free trial until end of year.
Storydriver:
New content type: “Press Release” now available.
TIFF and SVG files can now be uploaded. Download link included in publication.
Word export now includes download links to original files.