List of press release agencies
This is a list of notable press release agencies. A press release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something ostensibly newsworthy. Public relations is the practice of managing the spread of information between an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) and the public.[1]
Press release agencies
- Business Wire – an international press release agency. Founded in 1961. It is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
- CNW Group – formerly a Canadian-based commercial press release service that had bureaus in Toronto, Montreal (as CNW Telbec), Calgary and Vancouver, has been absorbed by Cision.
- newswiredistribution network.
- PR Newswire – a distributor of press releases based in New York City.[2] The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations,[3] at first using teleprinters. PR Newswire was acquired by Cision in 2016.
- Sovfoto – established in 1932 as the only agency to represent Soviet photojournalism in America.[4][5] It continues today as a commercial entity Sovfoto/Eastfoto. Collections from its archive are held also at MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Canada which in 2001 was donated 23,116 vintage gelatin silver prints dating from 1936 to 1957,[6] while the University of Massachusetts Amherst holds the Tass Sovfoto Photograph Collection, 1919–1963, the majority being from 1943–1963.[7]
- Talk to the Press – a press and publicity agency that was founded in 2007 by media expert and former national newspaper journalist Natasha Courtenay-Smith.
- Washington DC and was acquired from Medialink by PR Newswire on October 1, 2006.[10]
- Topic News Media – a Taiwan based press release distribution agency focused on the Asian market, with media partnerships in several Asian countries including China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan.[11]
- Pressat – a UK based press release distribution agency focused on the UK/European market, with media partnerships within several of these countries including Germany, UK, Spain and Italy. [12]
See also
- Lists portal
Telecommunication portal
References
- ^ Grunig, James E; Hunt, Todd (1984), Managing Public Relations (6th ed.), Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- ^ Todd Spangler (June 17, 2016). "PR Newswire CEO Bob Gray to Exit as Cision Completes $841 Million Acquisition". Variety. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-13-270397-0. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ISSN 1045-8158
- ISSN 1045-8158
- ISBN 9780973882933
- ^ "Press Release Distribution Site". Issuewire.
- ^ Information Broker. Burwell Enterprises. 1992. p. 20. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Library Systems Newsletter. Library Technology Reports, American Library Association. 1998. p. 7. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Information Broker. Burwell Enterprises. 1992. pp. 8–12. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ "New Media Partnerships To Strategically Advance Topic News Media Outreach in Asia". Yahoo! Finance. October 12, 2022. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
- ^ "Pressat forms partnerships with PA and Reuters". Prolific North. March 25, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2023.