Editing CNW Group

{{Short description|Commercial press release service}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = CNW Group Ltd.
| logo = PRN Logo Blue.png
| type = 
| industry = [[Communication]]
| fate = Acquired by PR Newswire in 2013
| predecessor = 
| founded = 1960 (as Canada News Wire)
| founder = Joseph Adair Porter Clark
| defunct = 
| hq_location_city = [[Toronto, Ontario]]
| hq_location_country = [[Canada]]
| products = [[Press release|Press release services]]
| parent = [[Cision]]
| website = {{url|https://www.newswire.ca/}}
}}

'''CNW Group Ltd.''', also called '''Canada Newswire''' and '''CNW''', is a commercial [[press release]] service owned by [[Cision]]. Cision Distribution services in [[Canada]] are powered by Canada Newswire. The service is offered stand-alone or as part of its flagship [http://www.cision.com Cision Communications Cloud] platform for PR professionals.

==History==
CNW was founded in 1960 as Canada News Wire, by Joseph Adair Porter Clark (1921–2013) who became CEO and President of the news service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20130515.93320321/BDAStory/BDA/deaths|title=globeandmail.com: CLARK|website=v1.theglobeandmail.com}}</ref> Clark is the father of television journalist [[Tom Clark (journalist)|Tom Clark]].

CNW originally delivered text news releases to news media outlets on behalf of paying clients. This model expanded over time to include the provision of ancillary services required by investor relations and [[public relations]] professionals, including translation, photography, webcasts, media databases and media monitoring.

Canada Newswire distribution switched to using [[XHTML]] instead of [[ANPA-1312]], allowing for more formatting of releases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newswire.ca/blog/cnw-adopts-xhtml-as-new-formatting-standard.html|title=CNW adopts XHTML as new formatting standard|last=Laird|first=Amanda|date=December 10, 2010|website=Canada Newswire|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234917/https://www.newswire.ca/blog/cnw-adopts-xhtml-as-new-formatting-standard.html|archive-date=July 30, 2018|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref> In 2003, CNW entered into a commercial endorsed deal with TSX for its newswire and webcast services through a paid sponsorship agreement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsx.com/news?id=195&year=2015|title=TMX TSX {{!}} TSXV - News - Toronto Stock Exchange continues its endorsement of CNW for newswire and webcast services|website=www.tsx.com|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Digital Press Release |url=https://www.theblueprints.co/ |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>

CNW was acquired by US-based [[PR Newswire]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnw.en.mediaroom.com/aboutus-old|title=About CNW|website=CNW Group|access-date=2016-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220112108/http://cnw.en.mediaroom.com/aboutus-old|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> PR Newswire was subsequently acquired by [[Cision]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnw.en.mediaroom.com/aboutus|title=About Us|website=CNW Group}}</ref> Cision was most recently acquired by [[Platinum Equity]], announced October 22, 2019. 

On March 19, 2021 Business Insider reported Cision may be looking to spin off its Newswire unit.

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