# WebWire: new features and launches

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/webwire/
Covers: 1995 to 2004
Updated: 2026-10-28
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "WebWire: new features and launches", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/webwire/, updated 2026-10-28

> We confirmed 4 product launches from WebWire since 1997. The latest, Full search-engine indexing and early Google News integration, became available in 2004. We also record 1 new company.

WebWire sells pay-per-release news and press release distribution to companies and organizations. Its tiers range from posts on its own news site and Google News to syndication on news websites and delivery over PR Newswire wires. Each release comes with a clipping report that shows where it ran.

## Facts

- Site: [webwire.com](https://www.webwire.com/)
- Founded: 1995
- Category: Press release distribution and newsrooms
- Status: Active
- Price: per release in USD: WebPost $39.95, WebRelease from $398 (UK edition $485), Targeted Media from $95, Wire Service from $455; the national US1 newsline lists $1,145 for 400 words plus $365 per extra 100 words; releases over 400 words cost $80 per extra 100 words on WebRelease; pay per submission by card or PayPal, no refunds after review; self-serve with a free account

## Every dated launch, newest first

### Full search-engine indexing and early Google News integration

Available 2004.

WebWire release pages are indexed by Google, Bing and Yahoo and feed news aggregators including the earliest Google News; the FAQ says nearly 100 percent of its stories are searchable in Google News.

Features: [Distribution and newsroom](https://www.newsprint.com/features/#feature-distribution-and-newsroom).

Source: [WebWire](https://www.webwire.com/AboutUs.asp).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/webwire/#launch-V093

### WebWire reorganized as a freestanding corporation

Announced 2003.

'WebWire reorganized in 2003 as a freestanding corporation.'

Source: [WebWire](https://www.webwire.com/AboutUs.asp).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/webwire/#launch-E519

### WebWire moves online

Available 1998.

The About page says WebWire 'moved online in 1998' as proof the early Internet could support sophisticated databases, delivering press releases to early Internet users.

Source: [WebWire](https://www.webwire.com/AboutUs.asp).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/webwire/#launch-E518

### WebWire launched

Available 1997.

FAQ: 'WebWire.com was established in 1995, launched in 1997'. The Wayback Machine holds a capture of webwire.com dated 1997-04-17.

Source: [WebWire](https://www.webwire.com/faq.asp).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/webwire/#launch-E517

### WebWire created

Announced 1995.

Michael Schwartz, then president of a US communications services company, created WebWire in 1995 as an experiment.

Source: [WebWire](https://www.webwire.com/AboutUs.asp).

Link: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/webwire/#launch-E516

## Methodology and corrections

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