Patent ID: 8635244

Claim:
A method of providing a news release to a user, the method comprising: providing access to the user, over a network, to data stored in a computer-readable digital storage medium, the data including content authored and uploaded separately and using a template for each news release section of a series of distinct news release sections, the sections including a headline, a summary, a set of key points, wherein each key point consists 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 wherein providing access to the user includes: retrieving from the digital storage medium the content for each distinct news release section 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.