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== History == [[File:LEE, IVY L. LCCN2016860103.jpg|thumb|Ivy Lee, 1905]] [[File:1906AtlanticCityTrainWreck.jpg|thumb|Atlantic City Train Wreck, 1906. The first event that created a press release. The release was done by Ivy Lee.]] [[Ivy Lee]], known as the father of modern public relations, made the first press release in October 1906 about a railroad accident involving the Pennsylvania Railroad. The accident caused the death of fifty people in Atlantic City, New Jersey (known as the [[1906 Atlantic City train wreck|Atlantic City train wreck]]). Lee documented the accident and gave out reports to fellow reporters. The biggest turning point was the honesty that Lee wrote regarding the accident and how truthful it was.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-10|title=The First Press Release|url=https://www.newsmuseum.pt/en/spin-wall/first-press-release|access-date=2021-06-11|website=NewsMuseum|language=en|archive-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611182012/https://www.newsmuseum.pt/en/spin-wall/first-press-release|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' distributed his exact statement and observations. Due to Lee's influence, press releases have evolved into a necessity for key details among companies to disclose to the public. Since then, press releases have been used to inform other journalists, PR's, and other media relation people of important events, statistics, and announcements.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rampton|first=John|title=Are Press Releases Dead?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnrampton/2016/07/14/are-press-releases-dead/|access-date=2021-06-11|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611182000/https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnrampton/2016/07/14/are-press-releases-dead/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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