CNW Group
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CNW Group is a commercial news release
service established in 1960 and jointly owned by PR Newswire
and The Press Association
. CNW distributes media materials on behalf of a variety of customers such as companies, governments, non-profit agencies and other establishments.
CNW distributes informational and promotional items for media outlets in a variety of formats such as press releases
, photograph
s, corporate webcasts
and B-Roll video footage.
The company is known in French
as Groupe CNW and provides a substantial amount of media content in that language. Branch offices in Montreal
and Quebec City
are operated under the company's CNW Telbec division.
CNW Group was formerly known as Canada NewsWire until 2004. Competitors in Canada include Marketwire
and BusinessWire.
CNW was also a partner in the radio syndication service Canada's Business Network
before the latter ceased broadcasting in November 2005.
In May 2008, CNW announced that Carolyn McGill-Davidson, currently senior vice-president of sales and marketing, will succeed Tom Enright as president of the firm in fall 2008. Enright, a ten year veteran of CNW Group, will step into the role of deputy chairman.
News release
A press release, news release, media release, press statement or video release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something ostensibly newsworthy...
service established in 1960 and jointly owned by PR Newswire
PR Newswire
PR Newswire started out in 1954 as a vendor hired by companies and agencies to send out text press releases to the media. Today, PR Newswire is hired by corporations, public relations firms and non-governmental organizations to deliver news and multimedia content...
and The Press Association
Press Association
The Press Association is the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland, supplying multimedia news content to almost all national and regional newspapers, television and radio news, as well as many websites with text, pictures, video and data content globally...
. CNW distributes media materials on behalf of a variety of customers such as companies, governments, non-profit agencies and other establishments.
CNW distributes informational and promotional items for media outlets in a variety of formats such as press releases
News release
A press release, news release, media release, press statement or video release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something ostensibly newsworthy...
, photograph
Photograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
s, corporate webcasts
Webcast
A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand...
and B-Roll video footage.
The company is known in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
as Groupe CNW and provides a substantial amount of media content in that language. Branch offices in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
are operated under the company's CNW Telbec division.
CNW Group was formerly known as Canada NewsWire until 2004. Competitors in Canada include Marketwire
Marketwire
Marketwire is a full-service newswire and communications workflow solutions company headquartered in Toronto, Canada with offices throughout Canada, the United States, South America, and Asia. Marketwire was founded in 1993 and incorporated in the U.S in 1999...
and BusinessWire.
CNW was also a partner in the radio syndication service Canada's Business Network
Canada's Business Network
Canada's Business Network is a radio syndication service in Canada, which offers business-oriented programming to Canadian and international radio stations....
before the latter ceased broadcasting in November 2005.
In May 2008, CNW announced that Carolyn McGill-Davidson, currently senior vice-president of sales and marketing, will succeed Tom Enright as president of the firm in fall 2008. Enright, a ten year veteran of CNW Group, will step into the role of deputy chairman.