[Office.Com Partners With Leading Content Providers To Offer Seamless Access to Business News and Financial Information]
Partnerships help move small and mid-sized businesses from Main Street to Wall Street
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Office.com(SM), an online business service from WinStar Communications, Inc. scheduled to launch this fall, today announced a series of partnerships designed to increase access to general news, business and financial information of interest to small and medium-sized businesses. In addition to proprietary content developed by Office.com, the following organizations and companies will provide content services to users on the Office.com Web site: COMTEX, Data Broadcasting, Knight Ridder/Tribune, Market Guide Inc., MarketWatch.com, and Stockpoint.
"Providing real-time access to breaking news, business and financial information is an integral component of Office.com's services," said Jeff Cutler, senior vice president and general manager of Office.com. "Businesses today demand access to cutting-edge content to run their day-to-day operations. These six companies were chosen as partners based on their proven success for delivering the best and freshest content available on the Internet
today."
Following is further information about content provided by Office.com's new content partners:
-- COMTEX is a leading content 'infostructure' company serving more than 250 information distributors, including Office.com, with real-time news to benefit millions of end users in the Internet, personal investor, Wall Street and corporate markets. Each day, COMTEX electronically sorts up to 15,000 stories from more than 45 global newswires to create its subject-specific CustomWires, headline and vertical market news products to satisfy its diverse client base.
-- Data Broadcasting Corporation (NASDAQ:DBCC), a leading provider of streaming, real-time market data through its flagship product, eSignal, will provide stock quotes, financial and business information to Office.com users upon launch.
-- Knight Ridder/Tribune will provide content from both KRT Business News and the KRT News Service. The two services offer timely news and analysis from newspapers and other sources throughout the United States. Knight Ridder/Tribune is a joint venture owned by Knight Ridder, based in San Jose, Calif., and Tribune Co., based in Chicago.
-- Market Guide has been providing the professional investment community with the highest quality investment information for more than 15 years. New companies are added and updated continually to make Market Guide's Database the most timely and comprehensive financial databases in the industry. Market Guide makes this same quality information on more than 12,000 publicly traded companies available to all Office.com users.
-- MarketWatch.com (NASDAQ:MKTW) is a leading Web-based provider of comprehensive, real-time business news, financial programming and analytic tools. The editorial team contributes financial and economic reports to national CBS radio news feeds, the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, and CBS News' This Morning. MarketWatch.com, now a publicly traded company, was launched in 1997 as a joint venture between CBS Broadcasting Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, and Data Broadcasting Corporation, the country's leading provider of real-time financial and market information for the individual investor.
-- Stockpoint is a leading global provider of comprehensive financial information solutions for businesses seeking a financial component to their Internet strategy. Stockpoint excels in seamlessly integrating customizable, sophisticated financial content and applications into client Web sites, such as Office.com.
The initial launch of Office.com is scheduled for this fall. At that time, users will not only be able to access integrated business news and financial content, but also take advantage of many commerce and communications tools. The site will also provide timely information on the latest business trends and strategies, discussions with business leaders, and the marketing, legal and technical information necessary to operate a successful business.
About Office.com
Office.com, a service from WinStar, is the first complete and relevant destination site to meet the needs of businesspeople by focusing the power of the Internet for the workworld. Office.com combines deep, industry- specific content, community, commerce and communications services from best-of-breed partners and in-house experts, helping people in business work smarter, faster and more efficiently.
In 1998, Office.com debuted its "Business Tools" and related content in Yahoo!'s Small Business channel. In April of 1999, CBS acquired a one-third stake in Office.com in exchange for $42 million in promotion and advertising across CBS properties. Office.com was recently ranked a Top Ten Online Business Center (OBC) by Cahners In-Stat Group, which rated the value to end users, partners and potential investors.
For more information on Office.com, and the 145 industries and professions it serves, visit office.com. |
