U.S. Newswire was a U.S. national news release wire service established in 1986 which distributed media materials for a variety of customers, particularly the U.S. government and non-profit agencies. U.S. Newswire was based in Washington, D.C. and was acquired from Medialink by

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on October 1, 2006. Following its acquisition, U.S. Newswire was renamed PR Newswire Public Interest Services and eventually, in 2014, shut down as a separate division with operations merged into the parent company's general operations.

History

* 1986 – U.S. Newswire is founded by William McCarren (president) and Mark Bagley (executive vice president). Company headquarters is established in the National Press Building in Washington, D.C. * 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 – Launch of website * 1999 – Merged with Medialink * 2000 –

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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 –

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began to publish U.S. Newswire feed * 2004 – MSNBC.com began to publish U.S. Newswire feed * 2005 – News Unfiltered blog launched * 2006 – U.S. Newswire acquired by

for $23 million * 2007 – U.S. Newswire re-branded as 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. * 2014 – PR Newswire Public Interest Services business is dissolved and folded into general PR Newswire operations * 2015 – PR Newswire was sold to global media company,

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, for $841 million

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