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As Seen On: Fred Smith and The AI Briefing Room, In the Press
A Marine Combat Correspondent spends his career getting other people's stories carried. In December 2025 the story was mine: the launch of The AI Briefing Room ran across national finance and business news outlets. Here's where it ran, so you can check it yourself.
Here's the short version. In December 2025, the launch of The AI Briefing Room, the podcast hosted by Fred Smith, a former U.S. Marine Combat Correspondent, was announced through a national press release and carried across major finance and business news outlets. The show delivers concise briefings for marketing and business leaders on strategic communication, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and AI search and discovery readiness, and AI-driven operational efficiency. It's available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
This page is the permanent record of that coverage. Every link below opens the original story on the outlet that ran it, so you can see the source for yourself rather than taking anyone's word for it. That's the whole point of a page like this: proof you can check, in one place, that doesn't disappear when a feed scrolls past.
Where the story ran
The release announcing The AI Briefing Room was carried across national finance and business media. Here are the outlets that ran it. Each card opens the original story in a new tab.
The release was also syndicated across the FinancialContent affiliate network of regional finance sites.
Listen to The AI Briefing Room
The show delivers concise briefings for marketing and business leaders: strategic communication, Answer Engine Optimization and AI search readiness, and the AI-driven operational efficiency that keeps the whole thing running once it works. Listen on your platform of choice, or come on as a guest.
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Why this page exists
Press coverage is a signal, not a substitute for the work. Before you trust any headline, including these, take what I call in my book Creators "the half-second step back." Coverage tells you a credible outlet thought the story was worth running. It doesn't tell you whether the ideas hold up. So treat this page the way a careful buyer would: start here, then go listen to the show, read the articles, and decide for yourself whether the thinking is any good. That's exactly the kind of buyer The Client Engine is built for.
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