U.S. Newswire

U.S. Newswire is a U.S. national news release wire service established in 1986 and distributes media materials on behalf of 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 - Lexis-Nexis begins archiving all U.S. Newswire releases
• 1993 - First news release wire service to distribute news for the White House Press Office
• 1995 - Launches web site
• 1999 - Merges with Medialink
• 2000 - AOL publishes U.S. Newswire feed
• 2001 - The White House Press Office under President George W. Bush start publishing on U.S. Newswire
• 2001 - Yahoo! News publishes U.S. Newswire feed
• 2002 - Launches full service photography service
• 2003 - Google News publishes U.S. Newswire feed
• 2004 - MSNBC.com publishes U.S. Newswire feed
• 2005 - News Unfiltered blog launched
• 2006 - Acquired by PR Newswire - http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/prnewswire/25626/
• 2007 - U.S. Newswire becomes 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

External links

• U.S. Newswire official site
• U.S. Newswire News Feed
• U.S. Newswire - Yahoo! News Feed
• U.S. Newswire RSS News Feed
• U.S. Newswire Twitter Feed
• PR Newswire
• PR Newswire on LinkedIn
• PR Newswire on Facebook