COLE'S NEWSWIRE, June 17, 1998

June 17, 1998
Vol. 4, No. 24

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CCI EUROPE
CCI, a Danish publishing systems supplier with U.S. offices in Kennesaw, Ga., has announced two sales of its CCI NewsDesk editorial system.

The ORLANDO (Fla.) SENTINEL (268k, all day) will install 390 workstations to produce three editions in six zones plus feed content to the company's Internet site and cable news channel. Replacing a legacy Atex system, the CCI installation will have Windows NT workstations for editors, reporters and page designers and Macintoshes for photo editors and graphic artists. The SENTINEL may be visited on the Web at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/.

In Trondheim, Norway, A/S ADRESSEAVISEN (94k, morning), the nation's largest regional newspaper, will install a 150-seat editorial, multimedia and production system. CCI replaces a Norsk Data system.

CCI Europe is at http://www.ccieurope.com/.

THE COLE GROUP
The web site of the purveyors of this very newswire has been redesigned to provide users with easier access to the large compendium of newspaper and publishing technology information The Cole Group makes available on-line.

The new design -- available at http://colegroup.com -- incorporates a new navigational interface as well as reorganized sections.

The complete back issues of THE COLE PAPERS and NEWSINC. -- the Cole Group's two print newsletters -- as well as all the back issues of this electronic newsletter are now available on-line (access to the print newsletters is restricted to their subscribers).

In addition, the opening page of the site now contains a newspaper industry stock market graphic, provided by Media General Financial Services of Richmond, Va. The graphic shows a composite index of newspaper stocks versus the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as well as the industry's price/earnings ratio and a comparison with the overall stock market's price/earnings ratio.

The Cole Group's web site has been available since April 1995.

THE COLE PAPERS
Dizzyland awaits newspaper technologists and executives who will trek to NEXPO '98, writes David M. Cole, editor and publisher of THE COLE PAPERS, the monthly newsletter of technology, journalism and publishing. The June issue previews 65 companies exhibiting this year, designating seven as the booths to see.

Innovation will bubble across the floor June 20-23 in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. New products abound, as do companies new to NEXPO, while long-time exhibitors are returning with new -- and tried-and-true -- offerings of their own.

Copies of the June issue of THE COLE PAPERS will be widely available at many booths. Pick up a copy to get the best map of the show floor -- the ninth edition, in color as always, will help you get oriented and plan your show time better.

For more about the June issue of THE COLE PAPERS, visit The Cole Group on the Web at http://colegroup.com/.

GEAC PUBLISHING SYSTEMS INC.
Geac, a circulation solutions supplier based in Tampa, Fla., has announced plans to release an interface between Geac's World Class Series circulation product and Route Xpert, a route-creation package from Willow Bend Communications Inc. of Dallas.

When completed, the new link will allow Geac users to use a graphic user interface to view and edit delivery route boundaries within Route Xpert. No date was given for introducing the interface.

Geac is on the Web at http://www.publishingsystems.geac.com/. Willow Bend is at http://www.willowbend.com/.

MEDIASTREAM INC.
Philadelphia-based MediaStream, a supplier of archive software, has announced that the STAR TRIBUNE of Minneapolis is using its NewsLibrary archiving product to manage the newspaper's 250,000-item story files (dating to 1990) and sell access to the archive for $1.95 per article.

MediaStream is on the Web at http://www.krmediastream.com/.

PROIMAGE AMERICA INC.
ProImage, a newspaper production software supplier based in Or-Akiva, Israel, has announced the sale of its NewsWay workflow management software package to the LOS ANGELES TIMES (one million, morning). NewsWay is used to create and implement production schedules and manage output schemes from a standard web browser.

ProImage is on the Web at http://www.newsway.com/.

SCITEX CORP. LTD.
Scitex, an Israeli imaging systems supplier with U.S. offices in Bedford, Mass., has introduced an SMP (symmetric multiple processor) device in its Brisque Impose family of imaging and production management systems. The four-processor solution can RIP, image and manage output to multiple devices simultaneously.

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

SOFTWARE CONSTRUCTION CO.
SCC, an archive software supplier based in Atlanta, has announced that the DALLAS MORNING NEWS (485k,morning) and the EVENING ARGUS (63k, evening) of Brighton, England, have bought SCC's MediaServer workflow database system. MediaServer supports automatic indexing and storage of completed PDF pages, display ads, EPS graphics and text.

Both papers also bought SCC's MediaServer CGI, with which users on standard web browsers can access the papers' databases.

SCC is on the Web at http://www.swcc.com/.

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