U.S. Newswire

U.S. Newswire was a U.S. national news release wire service established in 1986 which distributed media materials for a variety of customers, particularly the U.S. government and non-profit agencies. U.S. Newswire was based in Washington, D.C. and was acquired from Medialink by PR Newswire on October 1, 2006.

Following its acquisition, U.S. Newswire was renamed PR Newswire Public Interest Services and eventually, in 2014, shut down as a separate division with operations merged into the parent company's general operations.

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 – Launch of website 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 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 and folded into general PR Newswire operations 2015 – PR Newswire was sold to global media company, Cision, for $841 million

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