HARO was discontinued in 2024. Qwoted, Featured, and ProfNet filled part of the gap. Five reasons a qualified PR agency still beats source-request platforms in 2026.
HARO shut down in late 2024 after Cision rebranded it Connectively. Qwoted, Featured.com, Source of Sources, Help a B2B Writer, Muck Rack, SourceBottle, and ProfNet are what replaced it. The full successor map and what still works.
The 10 HARO alternatives operating in 2026, after Cision shut HARO/Connectively down: Qwoted, Featured.com, Source of Sources, Help a B2B Writer, Muck Rack, SourceBottle, ProfNet, and more. Pricing, journalist quality, use cases.
Peter Shankman built Help A Reporter Out (HARO) in 2008 — the single piece of infrastructure that connected the global press to the world's sources for sixteen years. Cision shut it down in 2024. Nothing has replaced it at the same scale.
