United States
US press release distribution with a live URL for every placement.
One national release, distributed across the news and syndication sites Google indexes and AI answer engines read, delivered as a coverage report of real URLs. Fixed price, no retainer, no sales call.
Fixed one-time prices. No retainer, no sales call. Publish-or-refund guarantee on everything we name.
Recommended package
Advanced $799 one time
The marquee names, guaranteed and named, each with its own live URL.
Street Insider
Morningstar
Guaranteed and named, each with a live URL in your coverage report: Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, AP News, MarketWatch, Street Insider, Morningstar. Plus a 500+ premium financial and news network and the full 300+ site Standard reach. If a named outlet is missing from your report, that outlet's portion is refunded at $100 per outlet.
- We write it, or you supply itA release drafted from your intake, approved by you before anything goes out.
- 5 to 14 business daysTurnaround starts when you approve the draft. Every live URL lands in one report.
- Optional add-on, +$299AP News plus a feature across the USA TODAY Network of 100+ real US daily papers.
Need something lighter? Standard is $199: 300+ site syndication indexed by Google and discoverable by AI, with a coverage report, in 2 to 5 business days. No individually named outlets.
What national distribution actually covers
Your release goes out on a US newswire and syndicates from there. The network is national in shape: business and finance sites, general news sites, regional news properties, the web arms of local ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS affiliates, and radio station sites. Which specific properties pick up a given release rotates by story, category and day, which is why we document what went live instead of promising a fixed list up front.
Standard ($199) covers the 300+ site network and the report. Advanced ($799) adds six outlets we name in writing: Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, AP News, MarketWatch, Street Insider and Morningstar, each delivered as its own live URL.
Why national beats "local PR" for search and AI
A local PR retainer buys relationships and pitching. That is slow, it is priced monthly, and nobody can guarantee a journalist writes anything. National distribution buys the part that is actually purchasable: your announcement, in your words, published on domains that Google already indexes and that AI answer engines already crawl.
The search benefit is not geographic anyway. When someone in your city Googles your company name, Google serves the strongest pages about you regardless of where those pages are hosted. A story on a national finance site outranks a mention in a neighborhood blog, and it is the kind of third-party page AI systems draw on when they summarize who you are.
The AP News and US papers add-on
For +$299 your release also runs through AP News and gets featured across the USA TODAY Network, which is 100+ real US daily newspapers. This is network distribution: the release is placed into the network, and no single named paper is guaranteed to run it. What you get back is the live URLs that resulted, in the same report as everything else.
This is the add-on people take when the audience is American consumers rather than investors, or when the phrase "AP News" is the one that has to appear on the website and in the deck.
One report, every state
Pressfront is a Tampa, Florida company, and we run the same national distribution for a software team in Austin, a construction firm in Phoenix, a clinic in Raleigh and a manufacturer in Chicago. The state you operate in changes the story angle and the boilerplate, not the wire. We build state pages because the searches are local even when the answer is national.
Pick your state below for the version of this written for your market, or just start here. Same two prices either way: Standard $199, Advanced $799.
How it works
- Tell us the storyA short intake: what you're announcing, who you are, where people should click. Ten minutes.
- Approve the draftWe write the release (or use yours) and send it for approval. Nothing goes out until you say so.
- Get the reportDistribution runs, links go live, and every URL lands in one coverage report you can point to.
Who this is for
A good fit
- A US business with a launch, funding round, hire, partnership, award or milestone
- Anyone who wants "as seen on" credibility without a monthly PR retainer
- Founders who need a document of live URLs, not a reach estimate
- Businesses building the third-party footprint Google and AI systems read
Not a fit
- You want a reporter to independently write a feature about you
- You need dofollow SEO links (wire links are nofollow everywhere, by policy)
- You want placements only in one specific city's paper
- You have no announcement yet, just a desire to be in the news
Straight answers
How do I distribute a press release in the United States?
Pick a package, fill in a ten minute intake, approve the draft, and we run it on a US newswire. Standard is $199 and covers a 300+ site national network with a coverage report of live URLs in 2 to 5 business days. Advanced is $799, adds six outlets guaranteed by name, and delivers in 5 to 14 business days. Everything starts from your draft approval, not your payment.
What is the best press release distribution service in the US?
It depends what you are buying. If you want a reach estimate and a monthly plan, the legacy wires sell that. If you want a fixed one time price and a document listing every live URL, that is what Pressfront is built for. Advanced at $799 names Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, AP News, MarketWatch, Street Insider and Morningstar in writing, with $100 per outlet refunded if one is missing from your report.
Can I send a press release nationwide?
Yes, that is the default. Every Pressfront release is national distribution; we do not sell city only or state only circuits. A national release is what gets picked up by finance and news sites that rank for your company name, and it is the same distribution whether you are in Miami or Seattle. The +$299 add-on extends it to AP News and the USA TODAY Network of 100+ US daily papers.
Does national distribution help me rank locally?
It helps in the way anyone can honestly claim. Brand searches are not geographic: when a customer near you searches your company name, Google ranks the strongest pages about you wherever they live. National news placements are usually stronger than anything local you could get on your own, and they are the kind of third party page AI answer engines read when someone asks about your category. We do not promise rankings or that an AI will name you.
How much does US press release distribution cost?
Two fixed one time prices. Standard is $199 for the 300+ site national network plus a coverage report. Advanced is $799 and adds six named, guaranteed outlets plus a 500+ premium financial and news network on top of Standard reach. The AP News and US newspapers add-on is +$299. Writing is included in both. No subscription, no retainer, no per word or per region surcharges.
One national release. One report of live links.
Standard $199. Advanced $799. Add AP News and 100+ US dailies for $299.
Honest fine print, because it matters: these are press-release distribution and syndication placements, not independent editorial coverage or a journalist writing about you. Outlet names describe where a release can appear or syndicate, based on relevance and each outlet's policies; they are not endorsements. Links are nofollow (the wires' standard policy) and still build brand-search visibility, "as seen on" credibility, and AI discoverability. Exact placements vary by story and availability. Our guarantee covers distribution, live links and a report, or your money back, not rankings, traffic, permanence, or AI citation, which no honest service can promise.