
Collegiate Presswire
Comprehensive distribution of your press releases, media alerts.
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Collegiate Presswire operates as a specialized electronic newswire service, catering to the niche market of college and university media outlets across the United States. Established in 1998, the company carved a space for itself by pioneering the electronic distribution of press materials to the collegiate media landscape. One of the co-founders, Matthew Farlie, serves as the Director of Business Development, where he spearheads corporate partnerships and the company's growth strategy. The management team is composed of individuals with backgrounds in both journalism and marketing.
The firm's business model is two-pronged, serving both content creators and student media. For its clients, which range from Fortune 500 corporations to smaller entrepreneurial ventures, Collegiate Presswire provides a distribution network to disseminate press releases, media alerts, photographs, and other ready-to-run content. This allows marketers and public relations professionals to effectively target the college student demographic through their campus media. Revenue is generated by offering these distribution services and a portfolio of media services that includes online press conferences and an online advertising marketplace. For the campus media, including over 1,100 college newspapers and radio stations, Collegiate Presswire offers a variety of free editorial and on-air content. This includes daily news feeds on topics relevant to a student audience such as entertainment, technology, healthcare, and career news.
A significant milestone in the company's history was the 2002 launch of CP RadioWire, the first electronic wire service dedicated to transmitting text and multimedia press materials to college and university radio stations. A year after its founding, the company expanded its offerings to include an electronic collegiate media-monitoring system and a Features Syndicate. The syndicate provides free content like cartoons and puzzles to student media in exchange for brand-credit placement. To broaden its reach, Collegiate Presswire established strategic partnerships with content-sharing platforms. An alliance with College Publisher ensures its press releases are posted to a network of online college newspapers. Through an agreement with LexisNexis, all wire copy is archived in their news and information database. Furthermore, syndication agreements with COMTEX News Network, Moreover, and Pinnacor lead to the cross-posting of headline summaries to major news websites.
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