GlobeNewswire Review (2026), Pricing, Owner and Reliability

By the PR Gun Research desk. Prices verified November 1, 2026.

GlobeNewswire is a press release wire run by Notified, which Equiniti (EQ) acquired in May 2025. It doesn't publish prices, so as of November 1, 2026, GlobeNewswire pricing is quote only. It's built for PR and investor relations teams, including public companies sending earnings and material news. GlobeNewswire says more than 10,000 customers use it for over 230,000 releases a year. Its Trustpilot rating was 1.9 from 13 reviews on November 1, 2026. Small businesses that want a fixed price will need to look elsewhere.

What is GlobeNewswire, and who owns it?

GlobeNewswire is a newswire that publishes press releases for companies, agencies and PR teams. Its home page says it "helps PR and IR teams publish their news" to journalists, investors, search engines and AI answer engines.

Notified's about page says "Notified operates GlobeNewswire" and that Notified "is an affiliate of Equiniti Group Limited (EQ) and was acquired by EQ in May 2025." So the full chain today is GlobeNewswire, run by Notified, owned by EQ.

That's why some people search for "GlobeNewswire by Notified." It's the same service. You'll also see it misspelled as "Global Newswire" or "Globe Newswire."

The company says GlobeNewswire has served organizations "for over 30 years." Neither site gives an exact founding year that we found, so we don't state one.

How much does GlobeNewswire cost?

There's no public rate card. We checked the GlobeNewswire home page, Notified's home page, its about page and its PR solutions pages on November 1, 2026, and none showed a price. GlobeNewswire's own about-us and contact-us addresses returned "not found" errors that day.

The home page offers two paths instead, "Send a Press Release" and "Request a Demo." Expect to talk to sales before you get a number.

Here's how that compares with other big wires and a few fixed-price services, for one 400-word U.S. release.

The three biggest names in that table, GlobeNewswire, PR Newswire and Business Wire, all ask national buyers to get a quote. Our PR Newswire pricing and Business Wire pricing pages show what each one does publish.

What do you get with GlobeNewswire?

Because the packages aren't public, we can only report what GlobeNewswire says about the service as a whole. Its home page lists these points.

• Media-rich releases
• "Expert editorial support"
• Reach to journalists, investors, search engines and AI answer engines
• "Measurable performance"
• A place in Notified's "Content OS platform," which also covers measurement
• Use for corporate announcements, product launches, earnings releases and material news

What's missing from the public pages is just as important. There's no price, no word limit, no turnaround time and no refund policy. Get each one in writing as part of your quote.

What do GlobeNewswire releases look like in PR Gun's data?

PR Gun keeps a database of published press releases. Here's what it shows for GlobeNewswire, next to PR Newswire.

• In PR Gun's database, the median GlobeNewswire release was 708 words, across 6,085 GlobeNewswire releases published May 6 to October 18, 2026.
• The median GlobeNewswire headline was 106 characters, the longest of the 11 wires in our 2026 table.
• 63.9% of those 6,085 GlobeNewswire releases had an email address visible in the published text, and 44.9% included a phone number.
• 46.1% of the GlobeNewswire releases included a quote (the words "said," "says" or "stated"), compared with 56.3% of 82,398 PR Newswire releases published January 4 to October 31, 2026.
• Only 0.8% of GlobeNewswire headlines were written in all capital letters.

The email gap with PR Newswire is large, but read it carefully. Only 4.0% of PR Newswire releases showed an email in the text, and PR Newswire pages often hide or obscure contact emails. So the figure measures what a reader can see, not what the company supplied.

For headline length advice, see our press release statistics.

Is GlobeNewswire reliable, and is it a reliable source?

These are two different questions, and people search for both.

Is it a reliable service? It's an established wire with a named operator and parent company, and it says it handles more than 230,000 releases a year. On November 1, 2026, its Trustpilot page showed 1.9 ("Poor") from 13 reviews, and Trustpilot noted the company hadn't invited customers to review. Notified's own profile showed 2.4 from 6 reviews. Both samples are small.

The GlobeNewswire home page shows customer quotes credited to G2. G2 blocked our requests, so we couldn't check the rating behind them.

Is a GlobeNewswire release a reliable source? A release on GlobeNewswire is the issuing company's own announcement. GlobeNewswire describes itself as a way for PR and IR teams to publish their news. Treat what you read there the way you'd treat a statement from the company, and check key claims against independent reporting or filings.

Who is GlobeNewswire a good fit for?

Public company. This is GlobeNewswire's home turf. Its pages lead with investor relations, earnings releases and material news. If you need a wire for disclosure, it belongs on your shortlist next to PR Newswire and Business Wire. Get quotes from all three.

Agency. Agencies with public-company clients will likely meet GlobeNewswire anyway. For private clients with small budgets, the quote process adds a step that fixed-price services skip.

Startup. If you're announcing a seed round or a launch, you probably don't need an IR-grade wire. A service with a published price lets you budget before you talk to anyone.

Small business. Same story. Without a public price, you can't compare GlobeNewswire on cost until you've been through a sales call.

GlobeNewswire pros and cons

PR Newswire vs. GlobeNewswire

Both are quote only, so you can't compare price from public pages. You can compare what gets published. In PR Gun's data, the median GlobeNewswire release (708 words) is longer than the median PR Newswire release (615 words), and its headlines run longer too, 106 characters against 97. PR Newswire is owned by Cision. GlobeNewswire is run by Notified and owned by EQ. Our PR Newswire vs. Business Wire page covers the third big wire.

If you've ruled GlobeNewswire out, our GlobeNewswire alternatives page compares cheaper options, and PR Gun vs. GlobeNewswire puts the two side by side.

Frequently asked questions

What is GlobeNewswire?

GlobeNewswire is a press release distribution wire for PR and investor relations teams. It's operated by Notified, which Equiniti Group Limited (EQ) acquired in May 2025.

How much does GlobeNewswire cost?

GlobeNewswire doesn't publish prices. As of November 1, 2026, it's quote only. You request a demo or start a release, and sales gives you a price.

Is GlobeNewswire reliable?

It's an established wire that says it handles more than 230,000 releases a year for 10,000+ customers. Its Trustpilot rating was 1.9 from 13 reviews on November 1, 2026, a small sample.

Is GlobeNewswire a reliable source?

A GlobeNewswire release is the issuing company's own announcement, not independent reporting. Treat it as a company statement and check key facts elsewhere.

Is GlobeNewswire owned by Notified?

Yes. Notified operates GlobeNewswire, and Notified has been part of Equiniti Group Limited (EQ) since EQ acquired it in May 2025.

What's the difference between PR Newswire and GlobeNewswire?

Different owners (Cision for PR Newswire, Notified and EQ for GlobeNewswire), and both are quote only. In PR Gun's data, GlobeNewswire releases ran longer, with a 708-word median against 615 for PR Newswire.