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4 Winners, 2 Losers in SEC’s Press Release Decision

July 31st, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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In a major announcement yesterday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provided new guidance to public companies stating that corporate Web sites and blogs are a suitable means for official information dissemination to investors, provided those sites are a “recognized channel for distribution.”
This apparently means that if the corporation has an openly available and [...]

Tagged as: blogs, corporate blogging, digital capabilities, financial services pr, information dissemination, PR firms, press release distribution, press release optimization, securities and exchange commission, social media, wire distribution

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