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(BSNS WIRE) The Dialog Corporation Enhances News and Research Coverage
The Dialog Corporation Enhances News and Research Coverage
Business Editors
CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1998--
Services Now Benefit From Greater U.S. and European Content
The Dialog Corporation (NASDAQ:DIALY) today announced the
addition of hundreds of news sources to its Profound business
intelligence service.
"As a key business intelligence tool, the addition of these
respected news sources to Profound is invaluable to delivering current
awareness to the desktop," commented Eric Goldstein, Vice President,
Business Affairs and Content for The Dialog Corporation. "It provides
those users, typically business professionals, with additional
information to support the decision making process."
Exclusive access to key US newspapers;
Wall Street Journal and Financial Times abstracts available
Key U.S. news sources in full-text will also be available on
Profound. The Dialog Corporation has over 190 full-text US newspapers
currently available online, primarily through the Dialog service. Now
users of Profound will be able to benefit from The Dialog
Corporation's exclusive access to the full-text of 27 newspapers owned
by the Knight Ridder group, including The Miami Herald, San Jose
Mercury News and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In addition, Profound users will be able to access the full-text
of other key US titles, including The New York Times, Los Angeles
Times, USA Today, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. Abstracts from
the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times will also be available via
Profound for the first time.
Top global news sources added
Leading news databases from Responsive Database Services-
Business and Industry (B&I), and Business and Management Practices
(BAMP)- have now been categorized by InfoSort and are live on
Profound. B&I boasts news sources from over 900 trade and business
publications covering corporate events in over 190 countries around
the world. In addition, BAMP presently covers over 250 management
sources, focusing on practical approaches for dealing with issues such
as technology, planning, expansion and decision making.
Dialog has also doubled the amount of content previously
available from COMTEX Scientific Corporation, one of the world's
leading wholesale news aggregators. COMTEX provides widespread
coverage of breaking, global news, brought together from over 40
global newswire publishers. Additional feeds from COMTEX's national
and international information providers will enhance the Dialog and
Profound products with up-to-the-minute reports from sources such as
Newsbytes, PC World and The Sports Network.
First wave of new UK-based sources
UK-based news and business information sources will also be added
to Profound's Newsline in the near future, as the first wave of a
number of new sources being licensed for the British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC's Electronic News Cuttings Service. These include
regional titles such as the Belfast News Letter and the Glasgow Herald
and the world's only English-language socialist daily newspaper, the
Morning Star.
Spanish Language full-text access to El Pais
Additionally, the company is offering access to the full-text of
El Pais in Spanish. The file is available to customers of the DataStar
and Profound services. Previously, customers only had access to
abstracts of El Pais via the World Reporter file, which is also
available on Profound.
"We have made a commitment to add more local-language sources to
our online databases to meet the particular needs of the European
market," added Goldstein. "The addition of El Pais in full-text marks
another step along that path."
New market research sources
Profound has also added a number of new market research sources,
including Icon Group, Baskerville Communications, IBIS Indonesia and
Online Data Services. Icon Group International, Inc., a U.S.-based
research provider, assists managers with their international
information needs and provides global and regional management and
industry reports on a wide range of sectors including human resources,
operations and logistics, strategic planning, law, environment, and
finance.
Baskerville Communications Corporation is another U.S.-based
company that creates and delivers international business information
to high-growth media and related industries, ranging from the latest
industry news to high-level strategic analysis covering television
broadcasting, cable TV, satellite, new media and telecommunications.
IBIS Business Information Service, an Australian-based research
provider, has added a new report series on Profound to deliver
up-to-date information on the companies, industries and economy of
Indonesia. These reports are designed to assist potential foreign
investors in making educated investment decisions about the region.
Exclusive access to new Frost & Sullivan reports
Online Data Services is part of a European network of research
and business consultants, covering worldwide markets. Their reports,
which are available exclusively on Profound, provide strategic
marketing information to facilitate understanding of market structures
and dynamics.
Finally, from December 1, 1998, customers of The Dialog
Corporation are able to benefit from exclusive access to new Frost &
Sullivan market research reports. Their new content is available
exclusively through Dialog.
The Dialog Corporation (http://www.dialog.com) is a leading
information technology company created by the merger of M.A.I.D plc
and Knight-Ridder Information Inc. The Dialog Corporation brands
include the DIALOG, DataStar and Profound range of products and
services. These brands provide comprehensive, authoritative sources of
information to professionals worldwide. The Dialog Corporation has
world headquarters in London and US headquarters in Cary, North
Carolina. The Company's American Depositary Shares (ADS) are traded on
NASDAQ under the symbol "DIALY" with four Ordinary Shares comprising
one ADS; its Ordinary Shares trade on the London Stock Exchange under
the symbol "DLG."
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CONTACT: The Dialog Corporation plc
Sara Parker, Corporate Communications
sara_parker@dialog.com
011-44-171-930-6900
or
Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated
David C. Collins/Robert L. Rinderman -
U.S. investor relations
dialy@jcir.com
212/835-8500
or
Middleberg + Associates
Courtney Darby/Jed Hamilton - U.S. media contacts
courtney@middleberg.com
212/888-6610
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