PR Newswire Association

PR Newswire is a global provider of multimedia distribution services, enabling corporations and public relations agencies to effectively communicate with key audiences. Headquartered in New York, the company operates an extensive international network that reaches over 200,000 media points and 10,000 websites, allowing clients to amplify their press releases and marketing content across various channels, including traditional, digital, mobile, and social media. PR Newswire offers a range of solutions tailored for professional communicators, including targeted audience engagement, rapid message delivery, and comprehensive monitoring and analysis of communication efforts. Its services include distributing press releases, targeting relevant journalists and media outlets, and providing insights into brand visibility and competitive landscape. Additionally, the company offers Agility, an integrated platform that enhances media monitoring and engagement capabilities. Founded in 1954, PR Newswire continues to support clients in making data-driven business decisions through effective communication strategies.

Kevin Akeroyd

CEO

Yujie Chen

SVP, Asia Pacific

Dave Haapaoja

Senior Vice President, Global Operations

Herbert Muschel

Founder

Krister Wennberg

Senior Director Content and Audience Development EMEIA and North America

Past deals in Public Relations

CNW Group

Acquisition in 2013

CNW Group provides newswire and webcast services. It provides its clients with news distribution services; images; video production; and distribution services for web and TV video projects. It is the owner of Mediavantage, a web-based application for media intelligence and public relations management to monitor, manage, and measure messages across print, TV, online, and social media. It is also the owner of MediaRoom, a content management system that enables users to operate the media section of company websites. CNW Group provides financials, webcasts, and events. Its financial information and news cover a wide range of topics such as acquisitions, mergers, takeovers, contracts, banking, finance, mining and metals, electronics, and much more. Webinars provided by the company is primarily focused on announcements made by its clients. In addition, it also provides details such as quarterly financial results and earnings. The group is also known for organizing events related to its area of focus. CNW Group is known in the Canadian commercial newswire industry as its pioneer. It was endorsed by the TMX for the caliber of its newswire and webcast services. It is also known for its consistency in providing its clientele with its services. The group has updated the technology behind its renowned global newswire. Its newsfeed is now formatted in XHTML which means that a news release and accompanying multimedia assets can be simultaneously delivered in a single transmission to web audiences and newsrooms that prefer to have audio and visual footage alongside traditional text. In addition, it provides conference calls, event promotion, media advisory, media daybook, news release distribution, communications workflow, measurement and reporting, organization profile, photography assignment, photography distribution, podcasts, website CMS services, social media, transcription, translation, XBRL services, and much more. CNW Group was founded in 1960 and is based in Toronto, Canada. CNW Group Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of PR Newswire Association LLC.

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