For this episode of the Planet

MicroCap Podcast, I wanted to learn more about the importance of different communications

tools that MicroCap companies use on a regular basis. There's many communications tools that MicroCap companies use to communicate their stories. Some are required, some are not. But, If you’ve ever done

research on a public company and looked at the company’s news feed on Yahoo

Finance or StockNewsNow.com, you’ve probably read one of the following: a press

release, an SEC Filing, XBRL filing, or an Edgar or SEDAR Filing. These are

tools that public companies use to communicate their corporate messages. I want

to understand these tools a little better because, besides when management

talks to media like, StockNewsNow.com, its these documents that will help you

and I know what a public company is currently up to. And when it comes to

MicroCap stocks – transparency and information is incredibly valuable.To help me with this task, I spoke

with Bradley Smith, Director of Marketing, Investor Relations and Regulatory

Compliance Services for PR Newswire and Vintage Group, a global

provider of corporate communications tools and services, enabling marketers to

distribute: press releases, SEC Filings, Edgar Filings, XBRL, and more. The Planet MicroCap Podcast is brought to you by SNN Incorporated, publishers of StockNewsNow.com, The Official MicroCap News Source, and the MicroCap Review Magazine, the leading magazine in the MicroCap market - check out the latest issue here: MicroCap Review Summer/Fall 2015In this episode, Mr. Smith and I discuss the following topics:- Who is PR Newswire/Vintage Group? What does the company do?- Companies are required by

regulatory authorities to provide the public with specific current events,

material changes, and compliance oriented information, explain the business

relationship public companies should have with their information service

providers.- What constitutes when

information is public? When the company sends it to PR Newswire or when say

Yahoo finance publishes it?- What are Press Releases, XBRL tagging and

filing, SEC Filings, Edgar Filings, and SEDAR Filings- What’s the difference

between Press Releases and SEC Filings?- Why do

all public companies, including MicroCaps, have to disseminate, report and

distribute their information and press releases?- As a

MicroCap investor, why should we pay attention to all of these various

documents?- Before the Internet, how did investors, or

anyone for that matter, access this information?- Where can we find this information?- You can follow Bradley Smith @BHSMITHFor more information about PR Newswire and The Vintage Group, go to: www.PRNewswire.com and www.TheVintageGroup.comYou can follow the Planet MicroCap Podcast on Twitter @BobbyKKraft, and you can also listen to this interview on StockNewsNow.com