Earlier this year, PR Newswire acquired U.S. Newswire, a leading distributor of public interest press releases. On Tuesday, December 19, 2006, U.S. Newswire content will be integrated with the PR Newswire public interest feed, and will be available from PR Newswire.

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The combined feed will be identified with dual sources in the dateline of each release, appearing as /PRNewswire-USNewswire/, and will be available to any interested media outlet through the PR Newswire folder carried on the AP Datafeature or AP Express newsroom feed. Reporters can also register to receive this feed via e-mail through PR Newswire's media-only Web site, PR Newswire for Journalists (http://media.prnewswire.com/).

The PR Newswire-U.S. Newswire feed constitutes the industry's leading source of public interest-focused press releases, media advisories, statements, schedules and backgrounders from key government, association, political and advocacy organizations, including:

  * Domestic Policy - The White House, Speaker of the House, Senate Majority
    Leader, Office of Senator Susan Collins, Senate Homeland Security and
    Governmental Affairs Committee
  * Foreign Policy - U.S. Citizen & Immigration Services
  * Cabinet Agencies - Dept. of Defense, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of Labor,
    Dept. of Justice, Dept. of Interior, Dept. of Health and Human Services,
    Dept. of Education, Dept. of Veteran Affairs
  * Government Agencies - Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Consumer Product
    Safety Commission
  * Associations - AARP, AFL-CIO, American Medical Association, American Red
    Cross, American Diabetes Association, National Center for Missing and
    Exploited Children, American Academy of Actuaries, Small Business
    Administration, Alliance to Save Energy, Center for Public Integrity,
    The Center for Responsible Lending, American Federation of State, County
    and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Government Employees,
    American Gas Association, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, NASD,
    SOS Children's Villages USA, United Way of America
  * Presidential Campaigns - DNC, RNC, 2008 Candidates

To learn more about receiving up-to-the-minute public interest news releases from PR Newswire, call the PR Newswire media services help desk at 800-387-8448 or email mediasite@prnewswire.com.

CONTACT: Rachel (Asche) Meranus, Director of Public Relations, PR Newswire, +1.212.282.1929 or rachel.meranus@prnewswire.com.

PR Newswire - Dec. 18

SOURCE: PR Newswire