Patent ID: 8214386

Claim:
A method of providing a news release to a user, the method comprising: receiving, over a network, content provided in a series of separate data uploads from a remote computer, each upload provided using a template and providing a distinct news release section, the series of data uploads including collectively a headline, a summary, a set of key points, each of the key points consisting of no more than 40 words and the key points describing why the user should be interested in the content of the news release, and contact information enabling the user to obtain additional information about the provided content, so that the content provided includes one and only one headline section, one and only one summary section, one and only one key points section, and one and only one contact information section, wherein the content provided, along with headers identifying the provided content, constitute entire news release; storing each of the uploads of content in a computer-readable digital storage medium; providing access to the user, over a network, to data stored in the computer-readable digital storage medium, the data including the content authored and stored separately for each of the distinct news release sections, wherein providing access to the user includes: retrieving from the digital storage medium the content for each of the distinct news release sections including the headline, the summary, the key points, and the contact information; and assembling the contents of the distinct news release sections retrieved from the digital storage medium into a structured news release that is provided, as a distinct and independent unit, to the user over the network so that the user experiences a news release having a plurality of distinct sections, the sections including: the headline; the summary; the key points; and the contact information.