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PRNEWS company history timeline

1954

1954:PR Newswire is founded in New York City by Herbert Muschel, the originator of TV Guide.

1971

In 1971 PR Newswire was acquired by Western Union Corporation.

1989

Another new service introduced late in 1989 was called Entertainet, an entertainment-oriented news and sports network.

1999

Also in 1999 PR Newswire added video news release services and launched the investor relations web site service vIRtual IQ. vIRtual IQ allowed companies to provide financial data online on web pages developed and housed by PR Newswire.

2000

The service proved popular, and in 2000 PR Newswire acquired eWatch, the company that provided the service, from WAVO Corp.

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