CNW Group

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title: "CNW Group" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["technology-companies-of-canada", "canadian-companies-established-in-1960", "press-release-agencies"] description: "Commercial press release service" topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNW_Group" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Commercial press release service ::

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Field	Value
name	CNW Group Ltd.
logo	PRN Logo Blue.png
industry	Communication
fate	Acquired by PR Newswire in 2013
founded	1960 (as Canada News Wire)
founder	Joseph Adair Porter Clark
hq_location_city	Toronto, Ontario
hq_location_country	Canada
products	Press release services
parent	Cision
website
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| 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 services | parent = Cision | website =

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 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. Clark is the father of television 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. In 2003, CNW entered into a commercial endorsed deal with TSX for its newswire and webcast services through a paid sponsorship agreement.

CNW was acquired by US-based PR Newswire in 2013. PR Newswire was subsequently acquired by Cision in 2016. 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.

References

References

1. "globeandmail.com: CLARK".
2. Laird, Amanda. (December 10, 2010). "CNW adopts XHTML as new formatting standard".
3. "TMX TSX {{!}} TSXV - News - Toronto Stock Exchange continues its endorsement of CNW for newswire and webcast services".
4. "Digital Press Release".
5. "About CNW".
6. "About Us".

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