BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Artfact, the world’s largest online live auction marketplace, announced that it has launched a new online newsroom at news.artfact.com. Driven by the need to support Artfact’s aggressive growth initiatives, the newsroom provides educational and easily accessible information for the news media, bloggers, partners and other key business stakeholders. Members of the media may request or download product and corporate information, press releases and images. There is also a live Artfact Twitter feed on the newsroom page featuring the latest Tweets.

“As the Artfact business continues to grow and evolve, it’s important for us to maintain robust external communications channels”

“As the Artfact business continues to grow and evolve, it’s important for us to maintain robust external communications channels,” said CEO Rob Weisberg. “The launch of this newsroom enables us to have a strategic tool to continue engagement with important audience like news and social media. Artfact has a rich set of stories to tell – from amazing rare finds in the auction world, to important business updates, new additions of our team and company growth data. This newsroom allows us to provide a home for this diverse set of facts, figures and stories.”

The Artfact newsroom provides instant access to comprehensive resources, including press releases, images, executive bios and background information. Members of the media can also register to receive company news and updates via email. Social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter can also be accessed via the newsroom.

About Artfact

Artfact is the world leader in developing SaaS and ecommerce applications for the auction industry. Comprised of Artfact.com, Invaluable.com and AuctionZip.com, Artfact is the world’s largest live auction marketplace, reaching over 30 million unique bidders a year, and serving more than 25,000 individual auction houses globally. Through Artfact’s web properties, more than 3 million visitors per month arrive at the virtual doorsteps of auctioneers with unprecedented access to search and buy from over 160,000 auctions each year with a combined value of over $25 billion. For additional information, visit www.artfact.com.