PR Newswire

American distributor of press releases
Organization business Q376399
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PR Newswire

Summary

PR Newswire is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (660 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • PR Newswire is in the country of United States[3].
  • PR Newswire's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • PR Newswire's instance of is recorded as information resource[5].
  • PR Newswire's founder is recorded as Herb Muschel[6].
  • PR Newswire's headquarters location is recorded as Manhattan[7].
  • PR Newswire is a type of PR Platform[8].
  • PR Newswire's industry is recorded as press release[9].
  • March 8, 1954 marks the founding of PR Newswire[10].
  • PR Newswire was dissolved in January 1, 2021[11].
  • PR Newswire's location of formation is recorded as Manhattan[12].
  • PR Newswire's parent organization or unit is recorded as Western Union[13].
  • PR Newswire's parent organization or unit is recorded as UBM plc[14].
  • PR Newswire's parent organization or unit is recorded as Cision[15].
  • PR Newswire's official website is recorded as https://www.prnewswire.com/[16].
  • PR Newswire's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/pr-newswire-history/[17].
  • PR Newswire's product or material produced is recorded as press release[18].
  • PR Newswire's search formatter URL is recorded as https://www.prnewswire.com/search/all/?keyword=$1[19].
  • PR Newswire's search formatter URL is recorded as https://www.prnewswire.com/search/news/?keyword=$1[20].
  • PR Newswire's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+113519'}[21].
  • PR Newswire's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+121277'}[22].
  • PR Newswire's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+126781'}[23].
  • PR Newswire's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+125509'}[24].
  • PR Newswire's P14750 is recorded as DB09-416B-AFA5-ABA2-B575[25].

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Founding

PR Newswire's founder is recorded as Herb Muschel[6]. March 8, 1954 marks the founding of it[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as Manhattan[12].

Operations

PR Newswire's headquarters location is recorded as Manhattan[7]. Parent organizations include Western Union[13], a business[26], in United States[27], founded in 1851[28], headquartered in Greenwood Village[29]; UBM plc[14], a business[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1918[32], headquartered in London[33]; and Cision[15], a business[34], in Sweden[35], founded in 1867[36], headquartered in Chicago[37].

Industry

PR Newswire's industry is recorded as press release[9].

Ownership

PR Newswire's product or material produced is recorded as press release[18].

Dissolution

PR Newswire was dissolved in January 1, 2021[11].

Why It Matters

PR Newswire ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (660 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Search formatter url https://www.prnewswire.com/search/all/?keyword=$1, https://www.prnewswire.com/search/news/?keyword=$1
    Alternativeto software id prnewswire
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4354]]: https://www.prnewswire.com/search/news/?keyword=$1"
  2. 2d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/pr-newswire
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.prnewswire.com/, Cleanup: deprecate/remove blocklisted URL claims ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  3. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 DB09-416B-AFA5-ABA2-B575
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: DB09-416B-AFA5-ABA2-B575, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  4. 8w ago · Beko · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry press release
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P452]]: [[Q207184]], ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/45c3307eb72c|details]])"
  5. 17w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product or material produced press release
    Founded by
    Subclass of
    Inception +1954-03-08T00:00:00Z
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P2088]]: pr-newswire, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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