COLE'S NEWSWIRE, Dec. 17, 1997

Dec. 17, 1997
Vol. 3, No. 51

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AMERICAN COMPUTER INNOVATORS, INC.
ACI, a publishing systems supplier based in Amherst, Mass., has announced the sale of its OpenPages multimedia publishing solution to NETWORK WORLD, a newsweekly about network computing.

OpenPages handles text and graphics layout, article fit and placement, archiving, automatic HTML generation and delivery of outbound copy, such as to newswires.

ACI is on the World-Wide Web at http://www.aci-openpages.com/.

BASEVIEW PRODUCTS INC.
Baseview, a subsidiary of Harris Publishing Systems Corp. based in Ann Arbor, Mich., has begun delivering product updates and other news to its clients via e-mail each week. The electronic delivery to about 1000 recipients augments the company's quarterly newsletter, VIEWPOINT.

Baseview is on the Web at http://www.baseview.com/.

BOSTON GLOBE
The BOSTON GLOBE has opened a transactions site on the World-Wide Web, where people can place ads and subscribe to the paper. Other services at Globe EXTRAnet (http://www.boston.com/extranet/.) include placing requests for back issues, e-mailing a news tip, submitting a free listing, find phone and fax numbers for newsroom personnel and requesting a speaker from the GLOBE.

CANTO SOFTWARE
San Francisco-based Canto, a supplier of media management tools, has shipped its new Windows-based version of Cumulus 4.0. Available in seven languages, Cumulus can assist in smoothing workflow with its search and categorization capabilities.

An upgrade for the Mac version starts at $494 for a five-client license; the Windows version is $2495.

Canto is on the Web at http://www.canto-software.com/.

CCI EUROPE
CCI, a publishing systems supplier based in Aarhus, Denmark, with U.S. offices in Kennesaw, Ga., has announced the sale of a CCI NewsDesk Editorial and Pagination System to USA TODAY (1.6m, morning). CCI will replace a 15-year-old Atex front-end and take USA TODAY into daily editorial pagination. The system will handle 550 users at USA TODAY using an Oracle database running on IBM RS/6000 hardware.

CCI Europe may be visited on the Web at http://www.cci.dk/.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Digital Technology International, a publishing systems supplier based in Orem, Utah, has announced these recent installations:

-- SAN LUIS OBISPO (Calif.) TELEGRAM-TRIBUNE (35k, morning): 21-seat classified and graphics system.

-- BUFFALO (N.Y.) NEWS (262k, all day): advertising and graphics systems upgrade, including 15 AdSpeed display ad production workstations,

-- WACO (Texas) TRIBUNE HERALD (42k, morning): advertising, editorial and production systems.

DT is on the Web at http://www.dtint.com/.

OPTRONICS INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Optronics, an imaging systems supplier based in Chelmsford, Mass., has announced that Kubota Electronic America Corp. (KEAC) of San Jose, Calif., will sell Optronics' computer-to-plate (CTP) systems and related products as turnkey solutions integrated with KEAC products.

KEAC will integrate Optronics' Aurora and Electra external drum CTP systems, screening technologies and Color Production System with KEAC's file servers, storage devices and networking products.

KEAC also will sell ColorGetter Falcon, Hawk, Osprey and Eagle drum scanners made by Optronics.

Optronics is on the Web at http://www.optronics-intl.com/.

ROASTER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Roaster Technologies, a Java development pioneer based in Cambridge, Mass., ceased business Dec. 11. The company's board of directors put the firm's technological assets up for sale, including Java-based Roaster 4, Macintosh Java Virtual Machine source code, PowerPC JIT technology and Mac-based Roaster 3.0 and 3.1. More information is available from John Dhabolt at dhabolt@roaster.com.

SCITEX CORP. LTD.
Scitex, an Israeli imaging systems supplier with U.S. offices in Bedford, Mass., has announced the sale of the 1000th EverSmart flatbed scanner, six months after its introduction. The EverSmart and EverSmart Pro can scan originals of any thickness up to paper size A3 (11.8" x 18").

Scitex is on the Web at http://www.scitex.com/.

TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
Chicago-based TMS has announced that four newspapers have added TV Week Interactive to their web sites: LOS ANGELES TIMES, WILMINGTON (Del.) NEWS-JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST and SEATTLE TIMES.

TV Week Interactive is an on-line television listings database, which users can search for programming information over a two-week period and create personalized listings grids and logs.

TMS is on the Web at http://www.tribune.tms.com/.

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