Scottsdale Mayor W.J. ?Jim? Lane has proclaimed October 2, 2011 to be ?Business Wire Day? in Scottsdale
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.?Business Wire will celebrate its 50th anniversary on October 2, which Scottsdale Mayor W.J. Lane has proclaimed ?Business Wire Day? in the City of Scottsdale.
Business Wire was founded in San Francisco on October 2, 1961 by Lorry I. Lokey. The Phoenix office opened its doors in 
November 1982 on Central Avenue in Phoenix before moving to its present location in Old Town Scottsdale. Business Wire Phoenix serves public and private companies in Arizona, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico.
Today, the office boasts a full-service sales and newsroom team, from Regional Manager Grant Armendariz, who originally opened the Phoenix office 29 years ago, to its newest employee, Account Executive Reggie Carter. Phoenix?s editorial team has a combined 31 years of newsroom experience, including Southwest Regional Newsroom Supervisor Shari Gutter, who has been with the company since August 1989.
?It has been a great privilege for me to get to know and work with Business Wire founder Lorry Lokey and to now be part of the Berkshire Hathaway team under Warren Buffett,? said Armendariz.
The Phoenix office actively supports many local and national organizations, including NIRI, PRSA and Business Marketing Association.?Armendariz currently serves on the board of the Phoenix chapter of NIRI and is the chairperson of programming.
About Business Wire
Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2011 as the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure. Public relations and investor relations professionals rely on Business Wire for both broad-based and targeted market reach. A recognized disclosure service in the United States, Canada and a dozen European countries, Business Wire handles XBRL tagging, document formatting and regulatory filing into EDGAR, SEDAR and other systems. Business Wire provides online newsroom hosting and integration services as well as search engine optimization, mobile distribution and detailed measurement on every press release. Its patented NX delivery platform provides simultaneous full-text posting of Business Wire content to news systems and websites in virtually any country or language. With 31 bureaus worldwide, Business Wire offers local service and global reach.
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