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Template:AI-generated Template:Short description A newswire, also called a wire service, is a service that distributes news content to media organizations and other subscribers. The term has two related but distinct meanings. In journalism, it refers to a news agency that gathers and reports news and supplies it to newspapers, broadcasters, and online outlets. In public relations, it refers to a commercial service that distributes press releases and other announcements written by the organizations that issue them.[1][2]
The difference lies in who produces the material and who is editorially responsible for it. A news agency employs journalists and editors to produce its reports. A press release distribution service transmits material that its clients wrote and paid to distribute.[3]
Etymology
The word wire refers to the telegraph lines that news agencies used to send reports between cities in the 19th century. The name stayed in use as transmission moved to teleprinter networks, satellite links, and later the Internet.[1]
News agencies
News agencies emerged in the mid-19th century, when the telegraph made it practical to sell the same reports to many publications at once. Early agencies included Agence Havas (founded 1835), the Associated Press (1846), and Reuters (1851).[4][5]
Agencies sell their reports to subscribing outlets. Those outlets may publish the reports as they are, edit them, or use them as source material for their own coverage. Major present-day agencies include Reuters, the Associated Press, and Agence France-Presse.[1]
Press release distribution services
In public relations, newswire usually refers to a commercial service that distributes announcements for a fee. Its customers include businesses, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and public relations firms. These services send releases to newsrooms, journalists, financial information providers, and online publishing platforms. Publicly traded companies also use them to meet disclosure requirements.[2]
Well-known services include PR Newswire, Business Wire, GlobeNewswire, and EZ Newswire.[2][6]
Unlike agency reporting, a distributed press release is not subject to independent editorial review. A recipient that receives or republishes a release has not thereby verified or endorsed its content.[3]
Terminology
In journalism, newswire, wire service, and news agency are often used interchangeably. In public relations, newswire more commonly means a press release distribution service. This overlap can make the term ambiguous. The distinction is not technological. It concerns the source of the material: independently produced journalism, or an announcement written by the issuing organization.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Template:Cite encyclopedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Williams, Grace (12 June 2019). "The true value of a newswire service". PR Daily. https://www.prdaily.com/the-true-value-of-a-newswire-service/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chastain, Lindsey (17 December 2023). "What's the difference between newswire and press release distribution wire agencies?". https://www.axiapr.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-newswire-and-press-release-distribution-wire-agencies.
- ↑ Silberstein-Loeb, Jonathan (2014). The International Distribution of News: The Associated Press, Press Association, and Reuters, 1848–1947. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-03593-7.
- ↑ Boyd-Barrett, Oliver (1980). The International News Agencies. London: Constable.
- ↑ Schultz, Ray (17 September 2024). "Reuters Signs News Distribution Deal With EZ Newswire". MediaPost. https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/399513/reuters-signs-news-distribution-deal-with-ez-newsw.html.