Sentinel, yes - Businesswire does require a FAX from companies before they will release news. It is done that way to minimize the risk of a fake press release.
The downside is the possibility of a typo (especially in finacial releases) caused by the retyping process at Businesswire (and its counterpart, PR Newswire).
We used to use both services at my former company.
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