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What is FlatPlan Notify?

FlatPlan notifications allow your teams to be informed instantly by email whenever anything particularly noteworthy happens with your content on Apple News. Your team will receive a notification email whenever your articles are:

  • Featured by Apple News editors
  • ‘Boosted’ by Apple News editors
  • Selected for inclusion in editor-controlled areas of the app
  • Featured in the Top Stories section of the app
  • ‘Spike’, through an influx of traffic


These emails are ideal for alerting your teams to content that resonates with Apple News editors and readers, with each email including actionable next steps for editorial, helping them attain further growth from this content and plan future coverage that will play well in Apple News.

How do receive these notifications?

Get in touch to activate FlatPlan Notify.

Next steps...

No matter what stage you're at in your discovery of Apple News, we'll help you get the information you need to make the right decision for your media business.

  1. Are you an existing Apple News publisher?
    Our expert team can audit your existing Apple News channel to ensure your integration is stable, determine how optimised your channel is, and provide recommendations that will help you make the most of your setup. Book a free audit now.
  2. Looking to integrate Apple News with your media business?
    Leading publishers use FlatPlan to grow their media business by leveraging the power of Apple News. With help from reader engagement tools, we help publishers reach new readers, nurture them into loyal followers and then funnel them to first-party data strategies on owned properties. Book a free consultation now.
  3. Still learning about Apple News?
    We're always providing insider knowledge and expert advice to our network of publishers. If you want to access that same material, head over to our Article pages, download our free Guide to Apple News eBook or subscribe to our monthly newsletter.
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