The Tech Behind Database Pages on ScreenRant, Carbuzz & GameRant

Valnet’s custom-built CMS, Emaki, is more than a publishing tool. It’s the engine behind a modular, scalable content system used across 27 brands.

May 16, 2025 - 13:19
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The Tech Behind Database Pages on ScreenRant, Carbuzz & GameRant

When you open a ScreenRant movie hub, tap a CarBuzz model-year card, or check a GameRant title for a day-one patch, you’re stepping into something much denser than an ordinary article. Those pages are miniature web apps, stitched together from half a dozen data feeds, a home-grown CMS module, and a thin layer of editorial polish. Since August 2024, Valnet, the publisher behind all aforementioned three brands, has been quietly standardising that machinery so every brand can spin up an authoritative “database” in weeks, not years. Here’s how it works under the hood, why it matters for readers, and where the engine is headed next.