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PR Newswire Waives Distribution Fees for Myanmar Related News Releases

NEW YORK, May 9 PRNewswire — PR Newswire has waived fees for all news releases relating to aid in rescue and recovery efforts for the Myanmar cyclone crisis and has taken the unprecedented step of translating and distributing many of the releases to media worldwide.

PR Newswire will waive fees through midnight on Sunday, May 11 for U.S. organizations that wish to communicate their efforts of assistance to media and public audiences in the United States, Latin America, Asia and Western Europe, in addition to the many academics, activists, CSR investment houses, NGOs, educational institutions and government bodies served by PR Newswire's corporate social responsibility partner, CSRwire.

"A crisis of this magnitude warrants immediate action from organizations in a position to help," said Dave Armon, chief operating officer, PR Newswire. "By granting access to our global communications network PR Newswire can assist those organizations who are announcing initiatives to aid the victims of the cyclone in Myanmar get their important messages to audiences around the world. Our customers and employees have come to expect that PR Newswire will offer our assistance in times of crisis such as this, and we are very happy to be able to do so."

To view news releases issued by PR Newswire members offering aid, please visit http://www.prnewswire.com/gh/cnoc/comp/683205.html, under Myanmar Cyclone.

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PR Newswire Association LLC (http://www.prnewswire.com/) provides electronic distribution, targeting, measurement and broadcast services on behalf of tens of thousands of corporate, government, association, labor, non-profit, and other customers worldwide. Using PR Newswire, these organizations reach a variety of critical audiences including the news media, the investment community, government decision-makers, and the general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments.

Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in 14 countries and routinely sends its customers' news to outlets in more than 170 countries and in more than 40 languages. Utilizing the latest in communications technology, PR Newswire content is considered a mainstay among news reporters, investors and individuals who seek breaking news from the source. PR Newswire's leading services include ProfNet(SM), eWatch(TM), MEDIAtlas(TM), Search Engine Optimization, MediaRoom, MediaSense(TM), MultiVu(TM), U.S. Newswire, the preeminent policy newswire in the industry, Vintage Filings, the fastest growing Edgar filing company, and Hispanic PR Wire, LatinClips and Hispanic Digital Network, the foremost Hispanic communications services. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United Business Media plc of London.

Contact: Rachel Meranus at +1.201.360.6776 or 646.295.5401 or rachel.meranus@prnewswire.com.

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