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To: RAYS who wrote (140)	1/18/1999 7:46:00 PM
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PRNewswire: January 18: Providence Journal and Infonautics Launch projo.com News Archive on the Web January 18, 1999 08:00 AM WAYNE, Pa., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Providence Journal, an A.H. Belo company, and Infonautics, Inc. INFO today announced the launch of The Providence Journal Archives on the newspaper's award-winning projo.com website (http://archives.projo.com). The comprehensive archive provides paid access to more than 1 million news and feature stories dating back to 1983. Searches are free and users are able to review an abstract of each article before it is purchased. Articles are added to the archive approximately 72 hours after publication. Archive users can conduct either natural-language or Boolean searches and can run advanced searches by newspaper section, author or date range. Multiple pricing plans are available, including pay-per-article, multi-article passes, an annual subscription, and special rates for libraries, schools, non-profit organization and corporations. "With the Providence Journal Archives, Infonautics has helped us to offer our customers a product robust enough for the professional researcher, yet with an ease-of-use that the average consumer will appreciate," said John Granatino, director of electronic publishing at the Providence Journal. "The Providence Journal recognized the revenue potential, brand development and customer value of a premium online archive," said William Burger, Vice President of Content and Media Services for Infonautics. "Infonautics delivers all the necessary components that enable publishers to launch and operate successful archives on the Internet." About Infonautics Infonautics Inc. INFO is a rapidly growing Internet information company that provides online information services for schools, libraries, consumers and businesses. Its award-winning Electric Library service was the first reference service of its type on the Internet and today is the fastest growing electronic reference product for schools and libraries, serving more than 10,000 institutions in all 50 states. Electric Library (www.elibrary.com) is also one of the largest paid subscription sites on the Web, with more than 60,000 paying subscribers. The company's newest service, Company Sleuth (www.companysleuth.com), is a free service that uncovers hard- to-find and seemingly hidden current-events-type business information on the Internet. The company also provides custom content-management and online archive services (http://www.infonautics.com/archives) to major publishers and other content creators. Infonautics was founded in November 1992, and is headquartered in Wayne, PA. INFONAUTICS and ELECTRIC LIBRARY are registered trademarks of Infonautics, Inc. or its subsidiaries. COMPANY SLEUTH is a trademark of Infonautics, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective holders. About The Providence Journal The Providence Journal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the A.H. Belo Corporation BLC . Belo is one of the nation's largest media companies with a diversified group of television, newspaper, cable and electronic media assets. The Company's television group currently reaches 14.2 percent of U.S. television households, including three stations in the top 12 television markets: WFAA-TV (ABC) in Dallas-Fort Worth; KHOU-TV (CBS) in Houston; and KING-TV (NBC) in Seattle-Tacoma. Belo's Publishing Division is headed by The Dallas Morning News (www.dallasnews.com), which has the country's eighth largest Sunday circulation, and The Providence Journal-Bulletin (www.projo.com), the leading newspaper in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Belo also owns The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California; the Messenger-Inquirer in Owensboro, Kentucky; The Eagle in Bryan-College Station, Texas; the Arlington Morning News in Arlington, Texas; and The Gleaner in Henderson, Kentucky. SOURCE Infonautics, Inc.