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PR Newswire started out in 1954 as a vendor hired by companies and agencies to send out text press releases to the media. Today, PR Newswire is hired by corporations, public relations firms and non-governmental organizations to deliver news and multimedia content. Recipients include the media, consumers and investors who access the content via the Web, RSS, e-mail, satellite, equities terminals (such as Bloomberg and Reuters), and direct feeds into newsroom editorial systems. The headquarters are in Lower Manhattan, New York City.^[1]

Public corporations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other nations, use PR Newswire as a method of reaching the investment and financial news community with important news and announcements, thus achieving the standard of "simultaneous disclosure" required by financial markets and regulatory agencies.

Headquartered in New York, PR Newswire has offices in 16 countries and sends news to outlets in 135 countries. The company has several brands and services that include ProfNet, eWatch, MEDIAtlas, MultiVu, U.S. Newswire, Vintage Filings, MediaRoom and MediaSense. It also has agreements with global news agencies such as Bloomberg, the Associated Press, Dow Jones and Thomson Reuters to send information directly to newsrooms worldwide. PR Newswire is also partner with the African Press Organization. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United Business Media Limited of London.

History[link]

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In 1954, PR Newswire was the first to create a system for electronic distribution of news releases. Prior to its establishment, companies issuing press releases to the New York media had to messenger, dictate or mail individual copies of their news releases to the city’s daily newspapers and news services. With PR Newswire, companies could send a single copy of their release to PR Newswire's newsroom, where it would be simultaneously transmitted to the city's major media points.

PR Newswire was later sold to Western Union, which had provided the telecommunications lines and teleprinters that supported the service.

PR Newswire created Investors Research Wire in 1965, which disseminated corporate news releases directly to brokerage firms and financial analysts. In 1967, the company acquired the local Los Angeles wire service.

In 1972, PR Newswire began using electronic terminals for copyediting.

In 1978, the company went digital with the adoption of the Associated Press' computerized message handling and transmission system.

In 1982, the company was purchased by United Newspapers plc (today known as United Business Media Limited) of London

In 1982, PR Newswire expanded its presence through acquisitions, beginning with the purchase of Philadelphia-based Mediawire in 1983. By the end of the 1980s, many U.S. dailies and financial institutions took PR Newswire directly into their internal information systems. PR Newswire also began archiving news releases on electronic databases, including NEXIS (now LexisNexis).

In 1996, PR Newswire began releasing news directly to consumers via the Web with the launch of www.prnewswire.com.

In 2001, PR Newswire issued the first Multimedia News Release for Touchstone Pictures promoting the film, "Pearl Harbor." The Multimedia News Release was the first press release to include b-roll, soundbites, high resolution images, and film trailer.^[2] Many refer to the Multimedia News Release as a [Social Media Press Release] or [Social Media Release].

In 2002, PR Newswire started MultiVu, its own broadcast and multimedia production company, to create and deliver video/audio news releases, multimedia news releases, satellite and radio media tours, public service announcements, electronic multimedia kits and Web video.

In October 2006, PR Newswire acquired U.S. Newswire from Medialink.^[3]

In February 2006, PR Newswire began adding social media links to every press release issued. PR Newswire began with del.icio.us and later added Digg, Reddit, Newsvine and StumbleUpon.

In January 2007, PR Newswire began including links to Technorati allowing readers to track online conversations in the blogosphere directly from press releases on http://www.prnewswire.com.^[4] PR Newswire later added functionality enabling readers to blog about each press release with one click on Blogger or Wordpress.

In April 2007, PR Newswire acquired the privately held Vintage Filings company.^[5]

In August 2007, PR Newswire acquired Notilog.^[6]

In Jan 2008, PR Newswire acquired Hispanimark,LLC and its subsidiaries, Hispanic PR Wire (http://www.hispanicprwire.com) and Hispanic Digital Network (http://www.hdnweb.com).^[7]

In November 2008, PR Newswire acquired full rights to Xinhua PR Newswire, effectively renaming it PR Newswire Asia.^[8]

In December 2008, PR Newswire moved its NY corporate headquarters from midtown Manhattan downtown to 350 Hudson Street.

In mid-2009, PR Newswire acquired The Fuel Team (http://www.thefuelteam.com)

September 2009, PR Newswire launched its new website at http://www.prnewswire.com

In September 2009, PR Newswire announced a partnership with MyPRGenie ^[9]

In the year 2010, PR Newswire is looking to set up and expand in the Indian market. Partnered with Livemango^[10] - an Indian Press Release Publisher as distribution partner.

See also[link]

	New York City portal
	Companies portal

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• PR Newswire Asia's main website
• Company profile at Yahoo! Finance
• Obituary of founder in the New York Times
• 1959 article in Time Magazine about the company

La Carmina is a Canadian blogger, author, journalist, and TV host. She specializes in Goth and Harajuku fashion and Japanese pop culture,^[1] and has been described as “kind of adorable, in a somewhat bizarre way” by Andrea Walker in The New Yorker.^[2] She appeared in one of the segments on the Tokyo episode of Bizarre Foods on Travel Channel.^[3]

Early life[link]

La Carmina was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. Her parents are from Hong Kong.^[4] She attended Columbia University and graduated in three years.^[5][6] She was accepted into Yale Law School at age 20^[4] and graduated with a JD.^[7]

Writing[link]

La Carmina's first book, Cosmos in the Carrot, was published by Parallax Press. She made the deal without an agent, but was later taken on by a New York literary agency.^[8][9] The book combines nutritional information and health advice with Buddhist notions of balance and moderation.^[10]

In September 2007, she began her La Carmina blog about Japanese and Gothic subcultures, Harajuku fashion and visual kei music.^[11][12] She is a professional blogger, and has cited sales of direct ads, Google AdSense, affiliate programs, sponsorships, RSS, search functions, and her YouTube videos as among her sources of income.^[13] Her blog has been quoted in Boing Boing^[14] and Women’s Wear Daily.^[15]

In 2009, Perigee (a division of Penguin Books) published La Carmina’s Cute Yummy Time, a cookbook based on Japanese "charaben" ("character bento"), a style of bento in which food is decorated to resemble animals, cartoon characters, and other such figures.^[16] She took all the photos and drew illustrations for the book.^[17] La Carmina’s promotional tour included book signings in US cities^[18][19] and an appearance on The Today Show.^[4][20]

The Guardian named Cute Yummy Time as one of the oddest book titles of the year,^[21] and the Washington Post recommended it in Gift Guide.^[22] Sarah DiGregorio of The Village Voice's "Fork in the Road" food blog wrote of Cute Yummy Time that "this kind of cute food (or kawaii food) seems less about eating and more about, well, looking cute and feminine while cutting food into elaborate shapes and not eating".^[23]

Mark Batty Publisher released Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo in 2009, a hardcover book with full color photos.^[24][25] In a review, The Vancouver Sun wrote, “Think of it less as a guidebook and more as a ghost train ride where whimsical, madcap and absurd images of some 30 theme restaurants materialize at every turn [...] Her tales flow effortlessly, with erudite explanations of what she sees in Tokyo's many subcultures [...] Brace yourself for a kitsch fix.”^[9]

La Carmina is a journalist for CNNGo, where she contributes articles about Asian pop culture.^[26][27] She writes a monthly “Global Gothic” column for Lip Service Webzine,^[28][29] and also writes for AOL/Huffington Post Travel^[30][31]

She was selected as one of the world's top fashion bloggers to attend LUISAVIAROMA's Firenze4Ever 2011 and 2012 events in Italy.^{[32][33][34][35]}

Television[link]

La Carmina appeared in one of several segments on the Tokyo episode of Bizarre Foods, in which she and her friends dined with host Andrew Zimmern in a theme restaurant. According to Zimmern, the footage showcased the "exotic alternative lifestyles" of Tokyo and was originally intended for an episode of Bizarre World, but was later edited for inclusion in a Bizarre Foods episode instead, a process which refocused the segment onto the restaurant itself rather than the diners.^[3]

La Carmina’s work as a TV host includes Norway TV,^[36] CNNGo TV^[37] and a Canal+ France documentary about Japanese subcultures alongside Antoine de Caunes.^[38][39] Japanese broadcaster NHK filmed a 20 minute documentary about her work in blogging and cooking.^[40][41] She will be the Asia host for educational travel TV series, Project Explorer.^[42]

In 2011, she hosted, scripted, arranged, and field produced the show Coolhunting Weird Wisconsin for Huffington Post Travel TV. In the first episode, she gave a tour of Dodgeville theme hotel The Don Q Inn.^[43][44] She also hosted, translated, and arranged a show in Tokyo for National Geographic and Fuel TV.^[31][45] Among her other hosting work includes shows for Food Network and Discovery Channel.^[46] She was the subject of an episode of NHK Kawaii TV.^[46][47]

La Carmina and the Pirates[link]

La Carmina has a coolhunting, TV production, and promotion company that provides film fixing services to broadcasters worldwide.^[48] She was interviewed and featured in the Spanish book Coolhunting Digital.^[49]

Fashion[link]

La Carmina describes her sense of fashion as "Morticia Addams meets Hello Kitty," drawing from a mix of alternative styles.^[50]

Alongside Sebastiano Serafini, she released a line of t-shirts for their HOPE collaboration, with proceeds going to benefit Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims.^[31][51] They also collaborated with jewelry designer Soho Hearts to create a panda bear Swarovski necklace to benefit Japan charities.^[47]

March 2011 Japanese earthquake disaster[link]

La Carmina has worked with actor/model Sebastiano Serafini (with whom she also contributes to LA Weekly) to raise money in Los Angeles for relief efforts in Japan, including the organization Doctors Without Borders.^[52][53]

Works[link]

• The Cosmos in a Carrot (2006) ISBN 1-888375-60-4
• Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo (2009) ISBN 0-9820754-1-3
• Cute Yummy Time (2009) ISBN 0-399-53532-2

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