The phrase "distributed a press release" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the action of sending out a formal announcement to the media.
Example: "The company distributed a press release to announce its new product launch."
Alternatives: "issued a press release" or "released a press statement."
Marine headquarters distributed a press release about the incident, stating that fifteen Iraqis had been killed by a roadside bomb.
After the PlayStation Meeting event, Sony distributed a press release that showed the leaked specs were indeed correct.
Trump's campaign also distributed a press release that pointed to Warren's previous criticisms of Clinton, such as the acceptance of contributions from Wall Street which Warren discussed in a 2003 book, The Two-Income Trap.
This morning, the company distributed a press release touting a new invention called Clicky, the Clickable Value-Wheel (make sure you watch the behind-the-scenes video below too).
On 25 June 2012, Sally Corporation distributed a press release about the ride, resulting in worldwide media attention.
Just before the start of recruitment we launched a nationwide mass media campaign to publicize the study (i.e. we distributed a press release which resulted in articles in at least 10 newspapers and magazines, three interviews on national radio and an item in a primetime television news program).
The Court found that the Linkedin groups had been used as the source for distributing a press release after the employment had ended and granted an interim injunction providing the company with exclusive control and management of the particular Linkedin accounts.
Meltwater, meanwhile, is distributing a press release which implies that the NLA will now be going after users of Google News.
Write (or hire someone to write) and distribute a press release about your new infographic.
Quite often, analysts are privately briefed on this news before it's distributed in a press release.
Xinhua then distributed a fuller press release seven days later on Tuesday, 30 January, in response to other media reports on the incident.
