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Stats show PR wires less effective than company web channels

Stats show PR wires less effective than company web channels

By Dominic Jones on June 3, 2011

STATISTICS from trackable links in company press releases suggest that even small companies’ websites are the most heavily used sources for financial disclosure information and that dissemination via PR wire services is mostly ignored by investors.

Posted in IR News | Tagged pr wires, regulation fd, social media, Web Disclosure

Thomson Reuters ONE feed added to Yahoo! Finance

Thomson Reuters ONE feed added to Yahoo! Finance

By Dominic Jones on February 20, 2011

AFTER weeks of testing and waiting, Thomson Reuters corporate clients in North America and Europe can finally distribute their news releases directly to Yahoo! Finance.

Posted in IR News, Online IR | Tagged news releases, pr wires

IR vendors in war for US disclosure business

IR vendors in war for US disclosure business

By Dominic Jones on February 15, 2011

A MAJOR battle is shaping up in the United States between giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and the big PR wire services as they compete for control of companies’ financial disclosures.

Posted in IR News, Online IR | Tagged IR Websites, pr wires

Reuters distributes press releases in editorial feed

Reuters distributes press releases in editorial feed

By Dominic Jones on December 29, 2010

IN AN unconventional move that blurs the lines between journalism and public relations, Reuters is now distributing press releases of its parent company’s corporate clients in its editorial feed to Yahoo! Finance, the world’s most popular investing website.

Posted in IR News, Online IR | Tagged pr wires, syndication, Thomson Reuters

How to fix the 80-second disclosure gap

How to fix the 80-second disclosure gap

By Dominic Jones on August 4, 2010

NOW that we’ve shown that PR wire services can’t guarantee simultaneous access to disclosure information for all investors, let’s look at why it matters and what you can do to treat all shareholders fairly.

Posted in Disclosure, Issues, Online IR | Tagged Investor Relations, investor relations website, latency, pr wires, Quarterly Reporting, regulation fd, securities and exchange commission

Most US investors get PR wire releases 80 seconds after Wall Street

Most US investors get PR wire releases 80 seconds after Wall Street

By Dominic Jones on August 3, 2010

A SIMPLE analysis of 100 company news releases shows that the average delay between when PR wire services release the information to Wall Street and when most non-professional investors actually have access to it on Yahoo! Finance is just over 83 seconds.

Posted in Disclosure, Issues, Online IR | Tagged business, latency, pr wires, Quarterly Reporting, regulation fd, securities and exchange commission

Thomson Reuters buying Hugin is bad news for European IR and investors

By Dominic Jones on September 21, 2009

Early this morning, I posted the following on the IR Web Report Bits blog. I normally would not cross post items like this because IR Web Report is usually reserved for less personal and more detailed articles, but I think this calls for an exception. I’m sure there will be much more discussion about this [...]

Posted in IR News | Tagged pr wires, Thomson Reuters

NYSE, NASDAQ move to scrap compulsory news releases

By Dominic Jones on April 16, 2009

THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ plan to eliminate rules that currently require listed companies to issue press releases when disclosing important information. The NYSE has filed a proposed rule change (PDF 503KB, 18 pages) to amend its Listed Company Manual to allow listed companies to comply with its immediate release policy by [...]

Posted in Issues, Online IR | Tagged pr wires, regulation, regulation fd, Web Disclosure

OmniVision, PR Newswire release earnings by mistake

By Dominic Jones on June 5, 2007

A WEBSITE scheduling glitch at OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) and a mistake by PR Newswire led to the halting of the company’s stock last week. Barron’s blogger Eric Savitz pieces the story together: Sometime after noon Pacific time on Thursday, the company inadvertently posted the announcement on the investor section of its Web site. [...]

Posted in IR News | Tagged Disclosure leaks, earnings, pr wires, SEC

What really happened in Business Wire hacking case?

By Dominic Jones on June 1, 2007

THE SEC has finalized its case against two Estonian citizens and a financial services firm for hacking into Business Wire’s computer system and trading in advance of more than 360 press releases — but how the scheme was pulled off remains shrouded in mystery.

Posted in IR News | Tagged Business Wire, Disclosure leaks, news releases, pr wires, SEC, securities

Wire services target Euro gold rush

By Dominic Jones on January 23, 2007

IT IS deeply ironic that while people like me are jabbering on about the demise of the big newswires, over the pond in Europe they’re just getting their first taste of mandatory regulatory wire services.

Posted in IR News | Tagged Europe, pr wires

Social media wire releases are bogus

By Dominic Jones on January 17, 2007

THERE’s a lot of talk these days from the big wire services about “social media news releases.” However, almost all of it is meaningless because people are mostly trying to reinvent something that is actually obsolete. Newswires have latched onto social media releases because they’re looking for ways to stay relevant in a world that, [...]

Posted in Online IR, Social Media | Tagged blogs, news releases, newswires, pr wires, social networks

Another newswire sold! Sixth deal this year.

By Dominic Jones on December 22, 2006

IN THE sixth newswire deal this year, Canada’s second largest news release distributor CCNMatthews is being acquired by the private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS. The cash deal, terms of which were not disclosed, will also see Manulife Capital, the private equity group of insurer Manulife Financial, take a minority stake. CCNMatthews, which [...]

Posted in IR News | Tagged Hugin ASA, Market Wire, nasdaq, new york stock exchange, news releases, pr wires, United Business Media, Warren Buffett

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