Business Wire Gains Visibility on the French Market Thanks to Its New French-Language Website www.businesswire.fr

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Business Wire announced the launch of www.businesswire.fr, a dedicated website in French for its clients based in France and the French speaking regions of Belgium and Switzerland. This reflects Business Wire’s commitment to continuously improve the quality of its services worldwide.

“Our France website shows our commitment to integrate into the French market, making worldwide communications easier than ever for French PR and IR professionals”

Business Wire’s multi-channel network places company press releases directly into major news and consumer websites, including Yahoo! and MSN, delivers to media via its patented NX network and via agreements with international press agencies such as Agence France-Press, Associated Press, Press Association and Jiji Press, feeds directly into financial news services such as Reuters, Bloomberg and Dow Jones, optimizes content for enhanced search engine optimization, and reaches individual journalists, trade publications, institutional and individual investors, and business-to-business decision-makers via RSS and personal news feeds.

Business Wire also offers disclosure circuits throughout the European Union in compliance with the European Transparency Obligations Directive (TOD) and market-specific regulatory requirements. Business Wire is a leading disclosure service in the United States and Canada.

The company’s four European bureaus – in Paris, London, Frankfurt and Brussels – continue to enjoy sustained growth in market penetration.

“Business Wire's market penetration shows an exceptionally fast growth rate, as confirmed by the large number of CAC 40 companies that use Business Wire to satisfy their TOD regulatory disclosure obligations, and to reach global consumers and investors," said Cathy Baron Tamraz, President and CEO, in making the announcement. "Our France website shows our commitment to integrate into the French market, making worldwide communications easier than ever for French PR and IR professionals”.

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 by Chairman Lorry I. Lokey, veteran journalist and public relations executive. Cathy Baron Tamraz is president and CEO.