# Earned Media in the Agent Era: Featured CEO Brett Farmiloe on The AI SEO Insighter with Chris Raulf

- Show: The AI SEO Insighter
- Guest: Brett Farmiloe
- Published: February 11, 2026


Brett Farmiloe, founder and CEO of Featured and HARO, joined Chris Raulf on The AI SEO Insighter to describe what's happening inside newsrooms as AI reshapes journalism, why expert roundups still work while search traffic declines, and how AI agents will soon source experts the way PR teams do today.

## Listen

- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NBbhTJCbeg)
- [The AI SEO Insighter episode page](https://chrisraulf.com/podcast/earned-media-in-the-agent-era/)

## Key takeaways

- AI detection scores now attach to every pitch on HARO, which Featured acquired from Cision in April 2025 and revived as a newsletter-first platform.
- Expert roundups still work when search traffic declines, because publishers need credible human sources more, not less.
- Local news deserts might be rescued by AI, with companies generating stories from public records for light human editing.
- The next step is AI agents sourcing experts, while newsroom economics push more journalists into corporate communications.
- The AI SEO Insighter is hosted by international AI and SEO expert Chris Raulf, who explores how AI is reshaping search with industry leaders. This episode was published on February 10, 2026. Recorded before Featured relaunched Connectively on June 2, 2026, so product details reflect the platforms at the time.

Source: https://featured.com/press/podcast/ai-seo-insighter-earned-media-agent-era (episode notes and full transcript).

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