# eReleases: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/ereleases/
Covers: 1998
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "eReleases: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/ereleases/, updated 2026-11-11

> eReleases is on the PR software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated 1998.

"Step Into the Spotlight. A Press Release Service That Delivers." A Baltimore press release service for small businesses, startups and authors, founded in 1998. Every release goes out on a custom national Cision PR Newswire distribution, and eReleases also emails it to journalists, bloggers and influencers it hand-picks from its own 1.7 million-contact database. Editors review every release, writers draft one for $300, and a WireWatch report proves pickup within about two hours, with a PR Newswire Visibility Report. It has no AI features and no self-serve database or monitoring. Source: [ereleases.com](https://www.ereleases.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [ereleases.com](https://www.ereleases.com/)
- Founded: [1998](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-ereleases)
- Category: Press release distribution and newsrooms
- Status: Active
- Price: per release in USD: Buzz Builder $399, Newsmaker $499, PR Pro $699; add-ons $150 per extra 100 words, extra industry list or image, $200 video; press release writing $300; 30% off a first release; order online

## On the research maps

### [The PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-ereleases)

"Step Into the Spotlight. A Press Release Service That Delivers." A Baltimore press release service for small businesses, startups and authors, founded in 1998. Every release goes out on a custom national Cision PR Newswire distribution, and eReleases also emails it to journalists, bloggers and influencers it hand-picks from its own 1.7 million-contact database. Editors review every release, writers draft one for $300, and a WireWatch report proves pickup within about two hours, with a PR Newswire Visibility Report. It has no AI features and no self-serve database or monitoring. Source: [ereleases.com](https://www.ereleases.com/).

- Category: Press release distribution and newsrooms
- Price: per release in USD: Buzz Builder $399, Newsmaker $499, PR Pro $699; add-ons $150 per extra 100 words, extra industry list or image, $200 video; press release writing $300; 30% off a first release; order online
- Covers: Pitch and Measure
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed user or customer base (founded 1998 (vendor); '150,000+ Press releases distributed', '30,000+ Small businesses, startups & authors served' (founder page); 'MEK Enterprises LLC'; no funding or revenue disclosed)
- Founded: 1998

Sources: [ereleases.com](https://www.ereleases.com/) and [9 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-ereleases).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### eReleases founded

Founded, 1998. Mickie Kennedy founded eReleases in 1998 to give small businesses an affordable route to a national newswire.

Source: [eReleases](https://www.ereleases.com/about-mickie-kennedy/). From [the launch record](https://www.newsprint.com/launches/).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology