PR Newswire

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PR Newswire

Industry	Communications
Founded	March 8, 1954
Founder	Herbert Muschel
Fate	Absorbed by Cision, Inc.
Headquarters	300 S Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois , United States
Services	Newswire distribution
Parent	Western Union (1971 - 1982) United Newspapers (1982 - 2015) Cision (2016 - present)
Website	www.prnewswire.com

PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases headquartered in Chicago.^[1] The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, using teleprinters at first. The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years. The business was eventually sold to Western Union and then United Newspapers of London.^[2] In December 2015, Cision Inc. announced it would acquire the company.^[3] On January 1, 2021, Cision formally merged PR Newswire into the company, ending its status as a legal entity after 66 years. Cision plans to continue utilizing the brand name for the foreseeable future in the United States, as well as in Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.