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Press Release

TL;DR: A formal, distributable announcement of company news in standardized format.

What is Press Release?

A press release is a formal, distributable announcement of company news — funding, product launch, partnership, hire — in a standardized format with quote, boilerplate, and contact info. In the AI era, press releases double as structured data for AI answer engines, which makes their headline, lede, and structure increasingly important. Crackle PR writes press releases in AEO format by default — Q&A blocks, Speakable schema, named-expert quotes, structured data — because a release that can't be lifted cleanly by an answer engine is a release that pays for wire distribution and gets none of the AI upside.

Do press releases still work?

Related terms

  • AEO News Release — A press release explicitly structured for Answer Engine Optimization with AI-extractable Q&A and data.
  • Wire Service — Paid distribution networks (Business Wire, PR Newswire) that syndicate releases to thousands of sites.