The press release was created
A) during the administration of James Monroe in the 1810s.
B) in the early twentieth century by a public relations firm working for a railroad.
C) by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.
D) by P.T.Barnum as a way of publicizing his circus.
E) by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

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The press release was developed in the early twentieth century by a public relations firm working for a railroad, as a way to distribute information to journalists and the public in a more organized and efficient way.

The Press Release Was Created