The service is offered stand-alone or as part of its flagship Cision Communications Cloud platform for PR professionals.

This model expanded over time to include the provision of ancillary services required by investor relations and public relations professionals, including translation, photography, webcasts, media databases and media monitoring.

Canada Newswire distribution switched to using XHTML instead of ANPA-1312, allowing for more formatting of releases.

[2] In 2003, CNW entered into a commercial endorsed deal with TSX for its newswire and webcast services through a paid sponsorship agreement.

On March 19, 2021 Business Insider reported Cision may be looking to spin off its Newswire unit.