The Battle Of The New Distribution Services – Canada News, MarketWire And BusinessWire, Who Will Win The Race?

July 7, 2010


I’m not a big fan of news distribution services, I think the model is broke and the don’t really serve enough value to journalists, but we can’t ignore the fact that the three major services in Canada are certainly making efforts to be more relevant to the world of communications.  Canada News, MarketWire and BusinessWire have all had a series of updates to their back end technology and in some cases made some acquisition such as MarketWire did when it snapped up social media monitoring service Sysmos, earlier this week.  BusinessWire  has had a number of management changes in the last two years which will certainly have in impact on the company’s ability to grow but perhaps current Country Manager Canada Darlene Webb will be able to take the company the distance.

All three companies have some serious funding behind them which will also prepare them for future acquisitions, but what will they buy next?  If they are smart they will help their clients get their news out the door sooner as the “real-time web” continues to be force for news distribution.  Social media services such as Twitter and Facebook have quickly become the first sources that people turn to get up to the minute news.  Last week Twitter became the go to service for people across the world trying to find out information about the earthquake that hit major cities across North America.

There is a battle happening for consumer attention and services that help brands get their message into the the hands of their target audience today vs. tomorrow will win the race, after all there can only be one.


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Dave Forde


Dave “The Connector” Forde has been involved in the marketing, public relations and technology industry across Canada for over 15 years in various sales and marketing roles, he launched The Connected One network of business sites which connects buyers to the right sellers. Profectio and PR In Canada covers news about the marketing and public relations industry each day helping professionals advance their career and businesses.
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