GlobeNewswire: Owner, History and AI Citation Share
GlobeNewswire is a press release distribution and regulatory filing network operated by Notified, which agreed in 2025 to be acquired by Equiniti, according to PRWeek. It launched in 1998, was renamed from PrimeNewswire in 2008 and was owned by Nasdaq from 2006 to 2018. In EPR's Wire Service Citation Audit 2026 it had the highest AI citation share of the five wires tested, at 31.3%.
Updated October 18, 2026. Part of EPR's wire services coverage.
Company info
Founded: 1998
Former name: PrimeNewswire, renamed GlobeNewswire in 2008
Operator: Notified, headquartered in New York
Ownership: Notified was owned by West Technology Group, and Equiniti agreed in 2025 to acquire it. Confirm the current status with the company.
GlobeNewswire is operated by Notified. Notified was owned by West Technology Group, and PRWeek reported in 2025 that Equiniti would acquire it. Nasdaq owned GlobeNewswire from September 2006 until April 2018, when West Corporation bought Nasdaq's public relations and digital media businesses.
What is GlobeNewswire's history?
1998: GlobeNewswire was established to remove the 15-minute delay in disclosing financial releases to all media.
2006: Nasdaq took ownership.
2008: PrimeNewswire changed its name to GlobeNewswire to reflect its international scope.
2018: West Corporation acquired the business from Nasdaq. Marketwired, which Nasdaq had bought in 2016, was folded into GlobeNewswire the same year.
2021: The business adopted the Notified name. In September, GlobeNewswire published a fake release claiming Walmart would accept Litecoin payments.
2024: Notified announced an integration with identity verification service CLEAR, so verified submitters' releases could carry a verified badge.
What does GlobeNewswire do for PR teams?
GlobeNewswire distributes corporate press releases, financial disclosures and multimedia to media, the investment community and the public. It also handles regulatory filing for public companies. Its Media Snippets feature, introduced in 2018, packages a release for phone and laptop viewing. The company asks customers to contact sales for pricing.
How much does GlobeNewswire cost?
GlobeNewswire does not publish a full price list. EPR's audit used third-party estimates of about $350 for a 400-word national release and $600 to $900 for a typical domestic release, against $850 to $940 starting prices listed by PR Newswire and Business Wire. These are estimates, not quotes, so confirm with a written quote.
How do AI engines cite GlobeNewswire?
GlobeNewswire had the highest citation share in EPR's audit, ahead of Business Wire and PR Newswire. The table shows the scores.
Wire
Citation share
Where it won
GlobeNewswire
31.3%
Small and mid-cap biotech
Business Wire
18.8%
Mid-cap medtech and B2B SaaS
PR Newswire
16.7%
Large-cap B2B
TMX Newsfile
12.5%
US-listed junior mining
ACCESS Newswire
12.5%
Canadian-listed junior mining
GlobeNewswire placed second in junior mining, and its release path was open to AI crawlers when EPR checked in June 2026. The audit is a pilot of 24 prompts with two engines tested directly, so treat it as directional. Wire choice also tracks client type, which means the result partly reflects who uses each wire.
When should a company use GlobeNewswire?
GlobeNewswire fits small and mid-cap biotech, regulated disclosure and companies that want a lower-cost wire with open crawler access. It adds little AI visibility for mega-cap consumer technology brands, where editorial coverage outranks any wire in AI answers. For which releases need a wire at all, see the Press Release Retrieval Study 2026.
GlobeNewswire is operated by Notified. Notified was owned by West Technology Group, and Equiniti agreed in 2025 to acquire it, according to PRWeek.
Is GlobeNewswire the same as Notified?
No. GlobeNewswire is the newswire product and Notified is the company that operates it, along with investor relations and media monitoring tools.
When was GlobeNewswire founded?
GlobeNewswire was established in 1998. It operated as PrimeNewswire until 2008.
How does GlobeNewswire compare with other wires?
All three major U.S. wires distribute releases and support regulatory disclosure. In EPR's audit GlobeNewswire led on AI citation share, and it is estimated to cost less per release. See the Business Wire profile and the PR Newswire profile.
Does GlobeNewswire help with AI visibility?
In EPR's pilot audit, GlobeNewswire releases were cited directly by AI engines more often than releases from the other four wires, especially in biotech. Editorial coverage of a release is still cited more than the release itself.
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