EWatch
Encyclopedia
eWatch, acquired by PR Newswire
in 2000, was founded in 1995 as an automated service to monitor Web sites, chat rooms, Usenet
groups, Web publications, online service forums and investor message boards for mentions of a specific organization, issue, product or service. eWatch also monitors for mentions of an organization’s peers and/or competition, and includes audience numbers to help communications professionals determine the impact of their media relations campaigns.
Today, eWatch monitors more than 11,000 print and 12,000 online news outlets, including blogs, for company mentions.
PR Newswire
PR Newswire started out in 1954 as a vendor hired by companies and agencies to send out text press releases to the media. Today, PR Newswire is hired by corporations, public relations firms and non-governmental organizations to deliver news and multimedia content...
in 2000, was founded in 1995 as an automated service to monitor Web sites, chat rooms, Usenet
Usenet
Usenet is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. It developed from the general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name.Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979 and it was established in 1980...
groups, Web publications, online service forums and investor message boards for mentions of a specific organization, issue, product or service. eWatch also monitors for mentions of an organization’s peers and/or competition, and includes audience numbers to help communications professionals determine the impact of their media relations campaigns.
Today, eWatch monitors more than 11,000 print and 12,000 online news outlets, including blogs, for company mentions.