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

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