In 1954, he founded PR Newswire, which was a cutting edge service that once distributed corporate financial news at a time when the Federal Communications Commission allowed only AT&T and Western Union to send printed messages to a third person.
PR Newswire reported that before the Keeping Families Together pilot program, there were 101 cases of abuse or neglect, compared to 13 cases after involvement in the pilot program.
Ahead of the series debut in December 2003, a reporter from the PR Newswire wrote that Tammy Lynn Michaels had been cast as Shane's "jilted lover" Lacey, who proceeds to stalk her.