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Cision PR Newswire Overview

What is Cision PR Newswire?

PR Newswire is the worldwide leader for targeted content distribution, connecting brands with the right journalists, influencers and outlets across multiple media platforms, geographies and vertical industries. Our award-winning solutions streamline the communication workflow, empowering brands to identify the right influencers, craft and distribute meaningful campaigns and measure their business impact. Powered by cultivated media relationships, exclusive partnerships and innovative AI technology with PR best practices built-in, PR Newswire will help you reach and engage your target audiences on the channels they trust. We’ve earned the reputation for over 70 years as the industry’s most reliable distribution network with the broadest reach. Our credibility, digital authority, technology innovation and white-glove service can help you maximize media coverage and engagement from the audiences you target globally.

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Cision PR Newswire helps communication teams gain earned media and prove business impact by delivering press releases and other content via the industry's largest, most trusted content amplification network.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

For over 70 years, PR Newswire has connected your stories with the right audiences in the right chanels to provide maximum results. With 75K+ media outlets and websites and direct access to 400K+ journalists and influencers across 170+ countries and in 40+ different languages, our distribution network provides unmatched global reach.

As the most trusted source globally, media and journalists source PR Newswire content more than its competitors. With 2X the website traffic of any other wire service—more people will see your news when you distribute with PR Newswire. Access powerful insights with PR-specific AI technology built-in that’s based on extensive performance data and industry best practices. Easily incorporate recommendations reflected in your brand voice and desired tone for your news. And further amplify your news with paid options offering guaranteed visibility.


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Cision
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Chicago, IL
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Cision is a leading global provider of earned media software and services to public relations and marketing communications professionals. Cision’s software allows users to identify key influencers, craft and distribute strategic content, and measure meaningful impact. Cision has over 4,800 employees with offices in 24 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.


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Tony P.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
1.0 out of 5
"We were migrated from CISION/PRweb"
Support was quick to respond whenever we needed assistance.
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Erika M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Most Comprehensive Wire Service"
The many distribution options - local, regional and national and lots of features to choose from.
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3.0 out of 5
"Cision is very reliable"
The newswire support team is always on top of it
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Cision PR Newswire Demo - PR Newswire Online Member Center
From creation to amplification, manage your entire press release campaign effortlessly in one intuitive platform. Safely upload your press releases to our platform, equipped with multi-factor authentication to ensure your account's security. Your news is then thoroughly proofread by our editorial...
Cision PR Newswire Demo - PR Newswire AI
From AI-powered press release writing and editing tools to data-driven insights, our AI features empower you to create and distribute compelling brand stories with unparalleled efficiency. Accessible through our customer platform, leverage AI to generate ideas and enhance productivity, so you can...
Cision PR Newswire Demo - PR Newswire Visibility Reports
Every release receives a complimentary Visibility Report to provide insights on overall success. See online pickup, traffic, audience data, engagement metrics and industry benchmarks as well as viewers and engagement for specific lists. Additional metrics are available for amplification solutions...
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Cision PR Newswire Pros and Cons

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Jaime L.
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Content
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

It monitors social and can publish press releases from platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

Clunky UX, customer service is horrific. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Was hoping to just have a go-to PR hub, but there are better platforms out there that can get the job done seamlessly -- especially in the social side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

I like the easy interface and accessibility to publishers and journalistic sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

I don't like the slowness in approval time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cision PR Newswire:

Consider getting the upgraded version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Promotion of ongoing company initiatives and product updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Government Relations
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

News releases are distributed to hundreds of inboxes and are searchable on the web. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

Not much to dislike; wire services are pretty standard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's good to know wire releases make their way to nearly every news desk in our region. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Outsourcing/Offshoring
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

The ability to create targeted media lists Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

Too expensive.... however i guess this is the price of convenience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Saves time on media release distribution. Adds a great push to efforts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amanda P.
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Assistant Account Executive
Marketing and Advertising
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

The program is super easy to navigate and great customer service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

Placement for images with your release can be in a wonky area Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cision PR Newswire:

Yes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're disseminating news on behalf of our clients Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

Cision PR makes researching reporters and publications and pitching stories quick and easy tasks. Building and saving up to date and unique distribution lists geared towards industry or topic specific outlets makes the pitching process efficient, so news is always timely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

Contact and outlet data can often be out of date or inaccurate. Often times, I find that reporters are not associated with the topics Cision reports, which hurts relationships with these reporters. Impression data could be updated as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cision PR reduces the need for manual research and increases efficiency in a fast-paced marketing agency. Building media lists and researching new publications to pitch news stories in a short period of time makes PR an added benefit to clients and makes time spent on PR worthwhile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

ability to boost information to media seamlessly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

email subscription on receiving end of news sometimes feels excessive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

keeping up with industry information and getting news to media Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maggie H.
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PR Coordinator
Restaurants
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

I love the media list tool, they have really allowed users to search for multiple different things to find the correct journalists you need. Their email distribution is also great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

Some of the functionality is a little messy and could use some clean up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cision is allowing us to send out multiple press releases a week and we realized the media monitoring emails are very useful for our sales team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gary W.
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Writing and Editing
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

I like the ease of searching by keyword and industry vertical. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

Pricing can be difficult to justify for the budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used Cision as a PR pro and as a journalist. It has the broadest reach of any distribution service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Newspapers
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Cision PR Newswire?

There’s a ton of info on PR Newswire. When I’m searching for a press release I’ve missed, I can often find it there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cision PR Newswire?

The releases supplied there aren’t always as robust as I’d like, but I guess that’s on whomever compiles the release and not PR Newswire. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cision PR Newswire solving and how is that benefiting you?

Getting information about products and events I’m writing about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.