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.
U.S. Newswire is based in Washington DC and was acquired from Medialink by PR Newswire on October 1, 2006.
History
- 1986 - Founded.
- 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 - Acquired by PR Newswire.[1]
- 2007 - U.S. Newswire became 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.
References
- ^ "MultiVu - PR Newswire Acquires U.S. Newswire; Transaction to benefit government, private sector public information officers". multivu.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
External links
- U.S. Newswire official site