PR Wire / PA Wire or PR Wire
Updated 19 October 2026
The names are close, so people often mix them up. PA Wire is not PR Wire. If you searched for “PA wire” and landed here, this page explains the difference and helps you find the right thing.
PA Wire is the news-agency wire of PA Media, formerly the Press Association. It supplies news written by journalists to newspapers, broadcasters and other publishers. If you are looking for PA's service or its news feed, contact PA Media directly. We are not affiliated with PA Media.
PR Wire is a press release distribution service, run by Domain Farm Ltd. You send us your own press release and we publish it. Our UK network puts it on 65 regional newspaper websites, including The Scotsman, The Yorkshire Post and the Sunderland Echo, as a permanent page labelled “Ad Feature by SWNS” with nofollow links, from £395 + VAT. We also sell newswires for the US, Europe, the Gulf, Asia and Latin America.
Read how UK distribution works, how to write a press release, or see every wire we sell.
No. PA Wire is the news wire of the news agency PA Media, formerly the Press Association. PR Wire is a separate service of Domain Farm Ltd that distributes your own press releases. We are not affiliated with PA Media.
Yes. We publish releases on 65 UK regional newspaper sites as labelled Ad Features, and we sell newswires for other regions.
Companies, agencies and individuals who want to publish their own news and show where it appeared.
No. A news agency wire supplies stories written by journalists to the media. PR Wire publishes the release you send us.
Ready to send a release? One release on 65 UK regional news sites is £395 + VAT, with a coverage report showing every live link. Choose your wire or compare every wire we sell.