Cole's Newswire, Sept. 30, 1995

September 30, 1995
Vol. 1, No. 11

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York-based AP has sold 11 NewsCamera 2000s, the digital news camera created by AP and Eastman Kodak, to Metroland Printing and Publishing.

Metroland publishes the MISSISSAUGA (Ont.) NEWS, which will use four cameras; the remaining seven will be in use at Metroland's two other Ontario papers in Oshawa and Scarborough. Metroland is owned by Torstar, which publishes the TORONTO STAR.

BASEVIEW PRODUCTS INC.
Baseview, a division of the Harris Publishing Systems Corp. of Melbourne, Fla., based in Ann Arbor, Mich., has installed products for editorial, advertising and circulation at a score of sites one month this summer (not all products acquired are listed for each site):

-- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TIMES, Fayetteville, Ark., FractionFont, Baseview Library System, ClassFlow, AdForce.

-- SPARTAN DAILY, San Jose (Calif.) State University, 20 NewsEdit workstations.

-- MARCO ISLAND (Fla.) EAGLE, ClassManager/Plus, ClassFlow, Fraction Font.

-- ORLANDO (Fla.) BUSINESS JOURNAL, ClassManager/Plus, Classified Accounts Receivable module.

-- MONROE (Ga.) WALTON TRIBUNE, upgraded ClassManager/Plus.

-- SWAINSBORO (Ga.) BLADE, two pagination packages, four copies of NewsEditPro.

-- GOSHEN (Ind.) NEWS, AdminPro, 10 copies of NewsEditPro, six pagination packages.

-- LEBANON (Ind.) REPORTER, two copies of CirculationPro.

-- FORT MADISON (Iowa) DAILY DEMOCRAT, WireManager, Classified Accounts Receivables module, AdForce.

-- HAMILTON (Iowa) DAILY GATE CITY and JOURNAL PILOT of Carthage, Ill., AdminPro, CommLink, ClassManager/Plus.

-- KEOKUK (Iowa) DAILY GATE CITY, AdminPro, NewsEditPro, three pagination packages, Baseview Library System.

-- WEST POINT (Iowa) BONNY BUYER and BURLINGTON (Iowa) SHOPPER SPREE, ClassManager/Plus.

-- GREAT BEND (Kan.) TRIBUNE, CirculationPro.

-- FREDERICK (Md.) NEWS-POST, NewsEdit upgrade, WireManager.

-- OTSEGO (Mich.) COMMUNITY SHOPPER GUIDE, ClassManager/Plus.

-- DUNN (N.C.) DAILY RECORD, AdminPro, 11 copies of NewsEditPro, six copies of DragX.

-- ELY (Nev.) DAILY TIMES, WireManager upgrade, two copies of QTools.

-- BAYSIDE (N.Y.) TIMES, four pagination packages.

-- NOTICIAS DEL MUNDO of New York, two copies of WireManager, ClassFlow.

-- Free Press Newspapers, Quakerstown, Pa., Classified accounts Receivables module.

-- MURFREESBORO (Tenn.) DAILY NEWS JOURNAL, IQuePro admin and searcher, 12 copies of NewsEditPro, seven pagination packages.

-- SMYRNA (Tenn.) RUTHERFORD COURIER, AdminPro, CommLink/Plus, QSpool.

-- THE WINGSPREAD, Randolph AFB, Universal City, Texas, ClassManager/Plus, ClassFlow.

MONOTYPE SYSTEMS
Monotype, an output device company based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., reported a 75 percent jump in sales in its first fiscal 1995 quarter, but did not provide dollar amounts. It reported these recent installations:

NEWSPAPERS -- SOUTHWEST TIMES RECORD, Fort Smith, Ark., Sun RipExpresses, LaserPlex, ImageMaster 1500.

-- THE PANTAGRAPH, Bloomington, Ill., Sun RipExpress, ImageMaster 1500.

-- CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, ExpressMaster 1200.

-- LA PORTE (Ind.) HERALD-ARGUS, PC RipExpress, ImageMaster 1000.

-- RICHMOND (Ind.) PALLADIUM ITEM, PC RipExpresses, LaserPlex, ImageMaster 1000s, PaperMaster 600 plain paper proofer.

-- HAGERSTOWN (Md.) HERALD-MAIL, ExpressMaster 6000.

-- TRAVERSE CITY (Mich.) RECORD-EAGLE, PC RipExpress, ImageMaster 1500.

-- INDEPENDENCE (Mo.) EXAMINER, PowerMac RipExpress, ExpressMaster 1270.

-- ST. JOSEPH (Mo.) NEWS-PRESS & GAZETTE, dual MGS3 OPI server/spooler, Sun RipExpresses, LaserPlex, 2 ExpressMaster 4000s.

-- GALLUP (N.M.) INDEPENDENT, PaperMaster 600s.

-- STAR-GAZETTE, Elmira, N.Y., dual MGS3 OPI server/spooler systems, ExpressMaster, PaperMaster 600 plain paper proofer.

-- MARIETTA (Ohio) TIMES, PC RipExpresses, ImageMaster 1000s.

-- CHAMBERSBURG (Pa.) PUBLIC OPINION, PowerMac RipExpress, LaserPlex, ImageMaster 1000.

-- DuBOIS (Pa.) COURIER-EXPRESS, PowerMac RipExpress.

-- SCRANTON (Pa.) TIMES, PC RipExpresses, ExpressMaster.

-- PACIFIC PRESS, Vancouver, Canada, Sun RipExpress.

NON-NEWSPAPER CUSTOMERS -- Soabar Division, Avery Dennison, Greensboro N.C., PaperMaster 600.

-- Wegman's Food Market, Rochester, N.Y., 2 Sun RipExpresses, LaserPlex, PaperMaster 600, Proof Positive color proofer.

-- Intergraph Retail Solutions Group, Radnor, Pa., PC RipExpresses.

PrePRESS SOLUTIONS
The imagesetter manufacturer based in East Hanover, N.J., has installed Panther Family imagesetting systems at seven sites: WILKES-BARRE (Pa.) TIMES LEADER; CLEVELAND (Tenn.) DAILY BANNER; Cleveland, W.Va., Newspapers; AUBURN (Calif.) JOURNAL; Penny Saver, Rancho Cordovo, Calif.; GRAND ISLAND (Neb.) INDEPENDENT, and CHICO (Calif.) ENTERPRISE RECORD.

PUBLISHING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL
Manchester, N.H.-based PPI has announced these sales of its Advertising Management System and concurrent installation of software from Managing Editor Inc. of Jenkintown, Pa., and Informatel

-- THE PANTAGRAPH, Bloomington, Ill., PPI classified advertising, ME classified pagination; replacing Dewar system.

-- THE REPUBLIC, Columbus, Ind., PPI classified and ROP order entry, ME classified; replacing Dewar system.

-- Patuxent Publishing, Columbia, Md., PPI classified order entry, PPI AdLink and Informatel classified pagination; 27 workstations replacing Intertext system.

-- Gazette Newspapers, Gaithersburg, Md., PPI AdLink, classified order entry, billing and receivables; 25 workstations, replacing an Atex system.

-- THE MONITOR and MONADNOCK LEDGER, Concord, N.H., PPI classified, billing and receivables, ME classified pagination; replacing CText.

-- NASHUA (N.H.) TELEGRAPH, PPI classified and ROP order entry, ME classified pagination; replacing Crosfield CSI system.

-- SCRANTON (Pa.) TIMES and TRIBUNE, PPI classified and ROP order entry, ME classified pagination; 14 workstations replacing SII System/22.

SOFTWARE CONSULTING SERVICES
Installation of an on-line archive and sales of more traditional products for newspaper have been announced by SCS of Nazareth, Pa.

At the MANCHESTER (N.H.) UNION LEADER, SCS worked with the regional phone company, NYNEX, to put the paper's SCS Personal Librarian database on-line. After paying a monthly fee, up to 16 users may probe the database's 100,000-story trove simultaneously.

In other sales:

-- SCS/LinX news pagination systems have been acquired by the FORT LAUDERDALE (Fla.) SUN-SENTINEL, RENO (Nev.) GAZETTE-JOURNAL, PARSIPPANY (N.J.) RECORD, BELLEVUE (Wash.) JOURNAL AMERICAN and LA NACION of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

-- SCS/Layout 8000 was sold to HUNTSVILLE (Ala.) TIMES; CHICAGO SUN-TIMES; CUMBERLAND (Md.) TIMES-NEWS; Woburn (Mass.) Community Newspapers; LINCOLN (Neb.) JOURNAL-STAR; MANSFIELD (Ohio) NEWS JOURNAL; BELLEVUE (Wash.) JOURNAL AMERICAN; LA NACION of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and A.Z. RONSE of Belgium;

-- Upgrades were made at the MONTGOMERY (Ala.) ADVERTISER; PALM BEACH POST of West Palm Beach, Fla.; RENO (Nev.) GAZETTE-JOURNAL; PARSIPPANY (N.J.) RECORD; NEW YORK DAILY NEWS; UNIONTOWN (Pa.) HERALD-STANDARD; CLARKSBURG (W.Va.) EXPONENT and RICHMOND (Va.) TIMES-DISPATCH.

-- FORT MYERS (Fla.) NEWS-PRESS acquired SCS/AdTrack, SCS/Layout 8000 and SCS/Report Writer.

-- IOWA CITY (Iowa) PRESS-CITIZEN, SCS/Display Ad Makeup.

-- Custom programming enhancements were completed at the AUGUSTA (Maine) MORNING SENTINEL and REGINA (Canada) LEADER-POST.

SYSDECO MEDIA GROUP, ATEX AMERICAS DIVISION
The Atex division of Norway's Sysdeco Group AS, based in Bedford, Mass., has announced several recent installations:

-- In a contract worth $968,000, the INDIANAPOLIS STAR and NEWS has bought 100 seats of Enterprise, Atex's advertising sales system, and its classified pagination package.

-- The RENO (Nev.) GAZETTE JOURNAL will install eight seats of Press2Go for Layout, Atex's interface to Quark XPress.

-- The TORONTO (Canada) GLOBE AND MAIL has acquired the RS/6000-based Atex Communications Manager and Gateway system, as well as disk-farm storage devices.

-- In its first purchase from Atex, the FINANCIAL TIMES of London, England, is getting the Enterprise advertising management system, replacing an SII system.

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