press release

noun

a statement prepared and distributed to the press by a public relations firm, governmental agency, etc.

Also called news release, release.

Origin

1955-60

Examples from the web for press release

They have a press release here which is also where the image above is from.
If you want to send out a press release, write a draft first and include it with your email.
Yet last week's statistics were accompanied only by a low-key press release and almost no media coverage.
The true import of new research will not be known for years and will not come in the form of a press release.
And you can't read that press release and not come away thinking they're biased.
No word in the press release about which strategy works better.
The press release should have focused more on the sources of the cuts.
Probably reflecting the wording in the press release.
In the press release they're not clear about the curved line emanating to the right of the nucleus.
If you want the official news, you can read our press release.

British Dictionary definitions for press release

noun

an official announcement or account of a news item circulated to the press