Systems for distributing content from affiliated entity rankings

A system comprising:

• at least one computing device operably coupled to at least one memory and configured to:
• receive, from a content provider, data identifying a plurality of affiliated entities that the content provider wishes to promote within published content;
• receive rating data from one or more third party entities, wherein each of the one or more third party entities is an entity other than the content provider and the plurality of affiliated entities, and wherein the rating data relates to one or more of the plurality of affiliated entities;
• select two or more affiliated entities from among the plurality of affiliated entities for inclusion within a published content item based on the ranking data from the one or more third party entities;
• and
• generate the published content item including content relating to the two or more selected affiliated entities.

A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a content provider, data identifying a plurality of affiliated entities that the content provider wishes to promote within published content;
• receiving rating data from one or more third party entities, wherein each of the one or more third party entities is an entity other than the content provider and the plurality of affiliated entities, and wherein the rating data relates to one or more of the plurality of affiliated entities;
• selecting two or more affiliated entities from among the plurality of affiliated entities for inclusion within a published content item based on the ranking data from the one or more third party entities;
• generating the published content item including content relating to the two or more selected affiliated entities;
• and
• transmitting data representing the published content item to one or more user devices, wherein the data is configured to cause the one or more user devices to display the published content item within an interface of the one or more user devices.