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How to Write a Press Release: 2026 Guide With Data
Write a press release that earns coverage and AI citations: headline rule, lede formula, quote, boilerplate and wire rules, backed by data from 250 releases.
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Corporate Communications
The Communications Department of 2030
The 2030 communications department is smaller, more strategic, and measures Citation Share against revenue. Ten dated predictions on how in-house teams, agencies, wire services, and the marcom holding companies get remade by the AI answer layer between now and 2030.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
The Wire Service Citation Audit 2026: How Claude and Google AI Overviews Cite PR Newswire, Business Wire, GlobeNewswire, Newsfile, and ACCESS Newswire
The first independent measurement of how AI engines cite the wire services. GlobeNewswire 31.3%. Business Wire 18.8%. PR Newswire 16.7%. Newsfile and ACCESS Newswire 12.5% each — but both win their target vertical outright.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
PR Newswire: The First Wire Service
PR Newswire — founded 1954 by Herbert Muschel as the first commercial press release distribution service. Now a Cision subsidiary under Platinum Equity. The wire mechanics, ProfNet, the competitive set against Business Wire, GlobeNewswire, ACCESS, and Newsfile, and the structural pressure reshaping the wire model in 2026.
Digital PR & Communications
Media Outreach in 2026: How Modern PR Operators Pitch the Outlets That Still Matter
Media outreach in 2026 — the two-discipline model. Why the wire layer (AP, Reuters, Bloomberg) anchors AI retrieval, why pitch lists should be 40 names not 200, and how the strongest operations actually structure coverage for citation.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
What Counts as PR News: The Categories That Define the Discipline
PR news in 2026 is broader, faster, and more retrieval-aware than the trade press has yet adapted to cover. The five categories every practitioner, journalist, and operator should now be tracking — including the ones most agencies still don't know exist.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
Business Wire: The Berkshire Hathaway-Owned Newswire
Business Wire is the global press release distribution network owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 2006. Founded 1961 by Lorry I. Lokey in San Francisco. ~60,000 media outlets and financial terminals. Primary U.S. competitor to Cision's PR Newswire. SEC Reg FD compliance positioning.