Business Wire today announced its entry into the Canadian market
with the opening of a full-service office in Toronto´s financial
district.
Business Wire´s North American expansion will provide Canadian
clients with direct access to the industry´s largest and most
comprehensive global media and investor relations network; regulatory
disclosure services in Canada, the United States and Europe; advanced
social media, SEO and XBRL applications; and the ability to seamlessly
coordinate international communication projects via the company´s 31
offices on three continents.
Business Wire has been serving the Canadian market indirectly
since the early 1980s via reciprocal affiliations with other service
providers.
"We look forward to developing direct relationships with Canadian
clients, and introducing them to our ´gold standard´ suite of products
and services," said Cathy Baron Tamraz, Business Wire´s president and
CEO, in making the announcement. "Canada is an extremely important
market whose international influence continues to expand. The timing
is right for Business Wire to have a direct presence and elevate the
bar in terms of products and services."
Business Wire´s office, located at 144 Front Street West, is in
the heart of Toronto´s business center. The office phone number is
416-593-0208. The office will be staffed by editors, account managers,
and media relations personnel.
Additional details concerning Business Wire´s news distribution
platform, executive management, and Canadian service capabilities will
soon be announced.
About Business Wire
Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is utilized by
thousands of member companies and organizations to transmit their
full-text news releases, regulatory filings, photos and other
multimedia content to journalists, news media, trade publications,
institutional and individual investors, financial
information services, regulatory authorities, Internet portals,
information web sites, business-to-business decision-makers and
consumers worldwide. With a news distribution network spanning 150
countries and 45 languages, Business Wire´s multi-channel delivery
network has access to some 60 international and national news agency
networks throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and
Africa.
The Business Wire news network is powered by its patented
NX high-speed data platform and supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code to
deliver the most sophisticated news file to enhance news release
interactivity, customization and search engine optimization. Business
Wire has 30 bureaus in cities including New York, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels,
Tokyo and Sydney with reciprocal offices throughout the world.
Business Wire was founded in 1961.
