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WebWire: new features and launches

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.

Updated . Launches from 1995 to 2004.

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.

Site
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

  1. 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.

    Source: WebWire.

  2. WebWire reorganized as a freestanding corporation

    Announced 2003.

    'WebWire reorganized in 2003 as a freestanding corporation.'

    Source: WebWire.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. WebWire created

    Announced 1995.

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

    Source: WebWire.

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