U.S. Newswire

U.S. Newswire is a U.S. national news release wire service established in 1986 and distributes media materials for a variety of customers, particularly the U.S. government and non-profit agencies.

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PRNewswire Public Interest Services

U.S. Newswire is based in Washington, D.C. and was acquired from Medialink by PR Newswire on October 1, 2006.

History
  • 1986 – U.S. Newswire is founded by William McCarren (President) and Mark Bagley (Executive Vice President). Company headquarters is established in the National Press Building in Washington, D.C.
  • 1989 – The Lexis-Nexis database began archiving all U.S. Newswire releases.
  • 1993 – Became the first news release wire service to distribute news for the White House Press Office.
  • 1995 – Launched web site.
  • 1999 – Merged with Medialink.
  • 2000 – AOL began to publish U.S. Newswire feed.
  • 2001 – The White House Press Office under President George W. Bush began publishing on U.S. Newswire.
  • 2001 – Yahoo! News began to publish U.S. Newswire feed.
  • 2002 – Launched full service photography service.
  • 2003 – Google News began to publish U.S. Newswire feed.
  • 2004 – MSNBC.com began to publish U.S. Newswire feed.
  • 2005 – News Unfiltered blog launched.
  • 2006 – U.S. Newswire acquired by PR Newswire for $23 million.[1]
  • 2007 – U.S. Newswire re-branded as PR Newswire Public Interest Services.
  • 2008 – Named Official Newswire for 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
  • 2012 – Named Official Newswire for 2012 Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
  • 2014 – PR Newswire Public Interest Services business is dissolved, folded into general PR Newswire operations.
  • 2015 – PR Newswire was sold to global media intelligence company, Cision, for $841 million.

References
  1. "MultiVu – PR Newswire Acquires U.S. Newswire; Transaction to benefit government, private sector public information officers". multivu.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-12-29.


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