Cole's Newswire August 31, 1995
Vol. 1, No. 9

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  • AUTOLOGIC INC.
    The multinational daily EL PAIS of Madrid, Spain, has bought several output devices from Autologic of Thousand Oaks, Calif., soon to be merged with Information International Inc. of Los Angeles.

    The 400,000-circulation paper installed four Pentium-based Autologic software RIPs running Windows NT, four wide-measure APS-6/108VR imagesetters, and two Autologic modular facsimile systems.

    EL PAIS prints editions in France and Mexico, and at two remote sites in Spain, Seville and Valencia, where identical systems were installed.

  • BASEVIEW PRODUCTS INC.
    A Macintosh-based supplier of publishing software, Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Baseview installed upgrades and/or new packages at more than a score of sites this summer.

    Among the products acquired by some or many of these sites were Page Director Ad Layout System, DisplayManager, NewsEditPro editorial, DragX Quark XPress pagination XTention, ClassFlow classified and IQue pagination packages.

    --CASA GRANDE (Ariz.) DISPATCH, 8,000-circ. evenings, seven IQue pagination packages.

    --ATWATER (Calif.) SIGNAL, 11,000-circ. weekly, Classified Accounts Receivables.

    --CHOWCHILLA (Calif.) NEWS, 2,000-circ. weekly, Classified Accounts Receivables.

    --LOS BANOS (Calif.) ENTERPRISE, 3,000-circ. weekly, Classified Accounts Receivables.

    --ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGIAN, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 14,000 daily, Display Manager.

    --MARCO ISLAND (Fla.) EAGLE,11,000-circ. weekly, NewsEditPro.

    --GREAT BEND (Kan.) TRIBUNE, 9,000-circ. evenings, four pagination packages.

    --BRUNSWICK (Maine) TIMES RECORD, 13,000-circ. evenings, ClassFlow.

    --Atlantic Publications, Ocean City, Md., ClassManager/Plus.

    --DELTA DEMOCRAT-TIMES, Greenville, Miss.; 13,000-circ. evenings, three copies of ClassManager/Plus

    --THE REPUBLICAN TIMES, Trenton, Mo., 3,000-circ. evenings, three copies of QTools.

    --TAOS (N.M.) NEWS, 10,000-circ. weekly, AdForce.

    --CLINTON (N.C.) SAMPSON INDEPENDENT, 7,000-circ. evenings, QSpool.

    --DUNN (N.C.) DAILY RECORD, 9,000-circ. evenings, ClassFlow.

    --GOLDSBORO (N.C.) NEWS-ARGUS, 21,000-circ. evenings, Display Manager.

    --MALONE (N.Y.) TELEGRAM, 5,000-circ. evenings, WireManager.

    --TROY (Ohio) DAILY NEWS, 11,000-circ. evenings, four copies DragX.

    --THE ARGUS OBSERVER, Ontario, Ore., 7 PM, one CommLink.

    --WATERTOWN (S.D.) PUBLIC OPINION, 15,000-circ. evenings, 14 upgrades to NewsEditPro.

  • EDGIL ASSOCIATES
    Three Pennsylvania newspapers in the Calkins Newspaper group have installed EdgCapture credit card processing software from Edgil Associates of Chelmsford, Mass.

    The main site at the BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES has been equipped with EdgCapture Multi-User Option. Satellite sites at the BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES and the DOYLESTOWN DAILY INTELLIGENCER each have one workstation

    Formatted batch files will be submitted to EdgCapture from the three workstations at intervals during the day. EdgCapture will process each file and return an updated file to a Novell file server to pass through to update the order entry system.

  • EDITORIAL SYSTEM ENGINEERING
    Several newspapers in the United States and Europe have acquired software packages from ESE of Bedford, Mass.:

    --The BOSTON HERALD has bought ESE's PageXchange for PCs and Macs; it will be used to generate copyfitting formats in the metro's legacy Atex editorial front-end. The HERALD also bought Editorial NEWS Layout for Windows.

    --The ROCHESTER (N.Y.) DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE has bought PageXchange to provide links to its Atex system.

    --The DAILY TELEGRAPH of London, England, has purchased a site license for Editorial NEWS Layout.

    --News International of London selected ESE to provide 12 Sparc ESE PageRIPs based on Harlequin's Scriptworks.

    --The MANILA (Philippines) BULLETIN selected ESE to act as its integrator, installing editorial pagination and other integration projects at the current Atex site.

    --EL PAIS of Madrid, Spain, has installed ESE's ITF-to-PostScript Converter.

    --GACETA DE CANARIAS of Madrid, Spain, has purchased a 50-seat editorial (Tbase) and pagination (Editorial NEWS Layout) package from ESE.

    --DIARIO DE NAVARRA of Pamplona, Spain, has acquired Editorial NEWS Layout.

  • HARRIS PUBLISHING SYSTEMS CORP.
    Three U.S. newspapers have made software package purchases from Harris, of Melbourne, Fla.:

    --MONTGOMERY (Ala.) ADVERTISER, CASH for Windows, 2100 News Pagination and Display Ad software.

    --YOUNGSTOWN (Ohio) VINDICATOR, Harris XP-21 Server, IMAGES photo/graphics system, NewsMaker Pagination.

    --SCRANTON (Pa.) TIMES, XP-21 Page Server, Mac AdFlow, NewsMaker editorial system.

  • LEXIS-NEXIS
    Dayton, Ohio-based LEXIS-NEXIS installed or upgraded its NewsView archive software at these newspapers:

    --BIRMINGHAM (Ala.) NEWS and POST-HERALD, NewsView upgrade.

    --MONTGOMERY (Ala.) ADVERTISER, NewsView and PhotoView.

    --Lesher Communications, Contra Costa, Calif., PhotoView and NewsView Connections.

    --VACAVILLE (Calif.) REPORTER, NewsView.

    --LAKELAND (Fla.) LEDGER, NewsView and PhotoView.

    --FLORIDA CATHOLIC, Orlando, Fla., NewsView.

    --DETROIT NEWS, NewsView Connections.

    --KALAMAZOO (Mich.) GAZETTE, NewsView and PhotoView upgrades.

    --ALBUQUERQUE (N.M.) JOURNAL and TRIBUNE, NewsView.

    --SANTA FE (N.M.) NEW MEXICAN, NewsView upgrade.

    --STATEN ISLAND (N.Y.) ADVANCE, NewsView upgrade.

    --ASHEVILLE (N.C.) CITIZEN-TIMES, NewsView and PhotoView.

    --CHATTANOOGA (Tenn.) TIMES and FREE PRESS, PhotoView and NewsView Connections.

    --AUSTIN (Texas) AMERICAN-STATESMAN, NewsView Connections.

    --USA Today Information Network, Arlington, Va., NewsView Connections.

    --EVERETT (Wash.) HERALD, NewsView.

    --PENINSULA DAILY NEWS, Port Angeles, Wash., NewsView.

    --TACOMA (Wash.) NEWS TRIBUNE, NewsView upgrade.

    --VANCOUVER (Wash.) COLUMBIAN, NewsView.

    --Times Media, Johannesburg, South Africa, NewsView.

  • MANAGING EDITOR INC.
    Advertising and editorial layout software has been installed at these sites by Managing Editor of Jenkintown, Pa.:

    --Hilltopper Publications, Los Angeles, Advertising and Editorial Layout System.

    --MULTIMEDIA WORLD, San Francisco, Advertising Layout System.

    --SunCoast Media, Venice, Fla., Advertising Layout System.

    --IDAHO FALLS (Idaho) POST REGISTER, Advertising Layout System.

    --REPORTER'S PROGRESS, Downers Grove., Ill., Advertising Layout System.

    --COLUMBUS (Ind.) REPUBLIC, Advertising Layout System.

    --Fort Wayne (Ind.) Newspapers, Classified Layout System.

    --FRANKLIN (Ind.) DAILY JOURNAL, Advertising Layout System.

    --INDIANAPOLIS STAR and NEWS, Advertising Layout System.

    --SHELBYVILLE (Ind.) NEWS, Advertising Layout System.

    --WABASH (Ind.) PLAIN DEALER, Advertising Layout System.

    --OWENSBORO (Ky.) MESSENGER-INQUIRER, Classified Layout System.

    --Patuxent Publishing, Columbia, Md., Advertising Layout System.

    --BOSTON (Mass.) HERALD, Advertising Layout System.

    --MISSISSIPPI PRESS, Pascagoula, Miss., Advertising Layout System.

    --TROY (Ohio) DAILY NEWS, Advertising Layout System.

    --Montgomery Newspapers, Fort Washington, Pa., Classified and Advertising Layout System.

    --WINDSOR PRESS, Hamburg, Pa., Classified Layout System.

    --MIDLAND (Texas) REPORTER-TELEGRAM, Advertising Layout System.

    --ARMY TIMES, Springfield, Va., Advertising Layout System.

    --PENINSULA DAILY, Port Angeles, Wash., Advertising Layout System.

    --Community Newspapers Inc., Oak Creek, Wis., Advertising Layout System.

    --THE NORTHERN STAR, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, Advertising Layout System.

    --SUNSHINE COAST DAILY, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia, Advertising Layout System.

    --KELOWNA (British Columbia) DAILY COURIER, Advertising Layout System.

    --PRINCE GEORGE (British Columbia) CITIZEN, Classified Layout System.

    --LONDON (Ontario) FREE PRESS, Classified Layout System.

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