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Business Wire: what it sells, price and AI features

Business Wire is on 2 Newsprint research maps: the PR software map and the AI visibility map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Jan. 17, 2006.

Updated . Launches and events from Oct. 2, 1961 to Jan. 17, 2006.

"The News Starts Here." A Berkshire Hathaway-owned press release wire for PR and investor relations teams. It sends releases to the Associated Press, Dow Jones, Bloomberg and what it calls 92,000+ media outlets in more than 160 countries, with 160+ industry lists, specialty circuits, 70+ translation languages and regulatory disclosure. Releases carry built-in features (Release Summary, Callout Text, multimedia, Interactive Media) and NewsTrak analytics reports. Its 'AI Visibility Engine' pitch is GEO built into distribution: structured data, schema and canonical tags on every release, and direct ingestion of BusinessWire.com releases by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot. It does not sell a media database, pitching or monitoring tool. Source: businesswire.com.

Site
businesswire.com
Founded
1961
Category
Press release distribution and newsrooms
Status
Active
Price
not published; sales-led ('Get a Quote', 'See Pricing' leads to a request form); sign-up account required to send

On the research maps

  • The PR software map

    "The News Starts Here." A Berkshire Hathaway-owned press release wire for PR and investor relations teams. It sends releases to the Associated Press, Dow Jones, Bloomberg and what it calls 92,000+ media outlets in more than 160 countries, with 160+ industry lists, specialty circuits, 70+ translation languages and regulatory disclosure. Releases carry built-in features (Release Summary, Callout Text, multimedia, Interactive Media) and NewsTrak analytics reports. Its 'AI Visibility Engine' pitch is GEO built into distribution: structured data, schema and canonical tags on every release, and direct ingestion of BusinessWire.com releases by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot. It does not sell a media database, pitching or monitoring tool. Source: businesswire.com.

    Category
    Press release distribution and newsrooms
    Price
    not published; sales-led ('Get a Quote', 'See Pricing' leads to a request form); sign-up account required to send
    Covers
    Pitch and Measure
    Scale
    Enterprise incumbent: nine-figure revenue or public-company scale (founded 1961; wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE) since 2006 (Berkshire release); 'Join more than 26,000 companies that choose Business Wire' (GEO page) and '92,000+ media outlets in more than 160 countries' (media center); revenue not disclosed; tier 1 rests on public-parent incumbent scale, not a disclosed revenue figure)
    Founded
    1961

    Sources: businesswire.com and 10 more on the map.

    Business Wire on the PR software map

  • The AI visibility map

    Press release distribution and regulatory disclosure: global, national, industry and specialty circuits, translation, multimedia and Interactive Media releases, IR services, NewsTrak analytics, and GEO built into distribution for AI visibility. Source: businesswire.com.

    Category
    PR and monitoring
    Capabilities
    Content, Technical (partial) and PR and outreach (partial)
    Founded
    1961

    Sources: businesswire.com, businesswire.com, businesswire.com and businesswire.com.

    Business Wire on the AI visibility map

Launches and dated events, newest first

  1. Berkshire Hathaway agrees to acquire Business Wire

    Acquisition, . Berkshire Hathaway announces a definitive agreement to acquire Business Wire as a wholly owned subsidiary, with terms undisclosed, management staying in place and closing expected in the first quarter of 2006.

    Source: Berkshire Hathaway. From the launch record.

  2. Business Wire founded

    Founded, . Lorry I. Lokey opened Business Wire in San Francisco on 2 October 1961 with seven clients and a private-line network serving 16 Bay Area media points.

    Source: Business Wire corporate timeline (Wayback). From the launch record.

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Cite as: Newsprint, "Business Wire: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/business-wire/, updated 2026-11-12

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