Cole's Newswire logo July 8, 1998
Vol. 4, No. 27

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  • ADOBE SYSTEMS INC.
    San Jose-based Adobe has announced Adobe Open Options, a new way to license use of its software such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker and Adobe Photoshop. Four licensing programs are offered, for corporations, educators, government agencies and volume users. They provide a range of discounts and multi-year licenses.

    Adobe Open Options is available from Adobe retailers as well as the company itself. More than a dozen products are covered, from Adobe Acrobat to Adobe Streamline.

    Adobe is on the World-Wide Web at http://www.adobe.com/.

  • AUTOLOGIC INFORMATION INTERNATIONAL
    AII, an imaging device manufacturer and publishing software supplier based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., has announced 18 recent sales.

    The largest was to Southam Newspaper Group of suburban Toronto, Canada, which purchased 13 Document Distribution Systems for use at eight sites across Canada. Southam also ordered five APS 3850 Sierra Turbo Color Imagers.

    In the United States, AII's largest order was from the KALAMAZOO (Mich.) GAZETTE (60k, evening) for two Sierra Turbo Color Imagers, two APS GRAFIX RIPs and one APS Netproof.

    AII is on the World-Wide Web at http://www.autoiii.com/.

  • COMPUTING INFORMATION SERVICES INC.
    CIS, a Phoenix-based publishing software supplier, has introduced a module for facilitating web-based commerce in its CIS.PUB Open publishing management system. The new module, eCommerce, will handle on-line transactions, from confirming inventory for requested goods to sending e-mail confirmations of orders and issuing a bill number.

    CIS is on the Web at http://www.cisopen.com/.

  • COMPUTEXT INC.
    Houston-based CompuText, a supplier of classified advertising solutions for newspapers, has announced the sale of its CompuClass 5.2 ad system to the OAKLAND PRESS (82k, morning) of Pontiac, Mich. The Windows-based system, with 62 workstations using a Microsoft NT Server running an SQL database, will be installed in October.

    CompuText is on the Web at http://www.computext.com/.

  • LANTANA RESEARCH CORP.
    Lantana, a publishing tools supplier based in Fremont, Calif., has announced it has begun shipping the Macintosh and Windows versions of Crackerjack 2.0 and Crackerjack Pilot.

    The two products are used to control workflow in a PDF (Portable Document Format) production environment and provide pre-flight checks of jobs en route to output. Crackerjack Pilot can be used to set up folders linked to specific output devices which are monitored for new jobs to be output.

    Crackerjack is priced at $495 and Pilot at $795; bundled, the price is $1150. Current users may visit Lantana on the Web at http://www.lantanarips.com/ for special upgrade offers.

  • NEWSINC.
    Lapses in integrity generate unwanted heat in a slow time, laments David M. Cole, editor and publisher of NEWSINC., in the July 6 issue of the newsletter. While key conferences were held, the industry was roiled by stories of theft, falsification and error in newsgathering, Cole writes, noting that all are violations of standards taught in Journalism 101.

    Inside, NEWSINC. correspondents provide extensive coverage of three key events. At the Gannett Mid-Year Media Review in New York, the talk is about slowing ad revenues and stable newsprint prices. Conferees at Connections, part of the Newspaper Association of America's Discovery '98 conference in Orlando, Fla., examine new media for problems and promising opportunities. And other Orlando sessions about co-op advertising generate ideas for befriending this lonely orphan of the ad world.

    For more about the July 6, issue of NEWSINC., visit The Cole Group on the Web at http://colegroup.com/.

  • ONDISPLAY INC.
    OnDisplay, a provider of software for the Web based in San Ramon, Calif., has announced that Orlando Sentinel Communications, publishers of the ORLANDO (Fla.) SENTINEL (268k, all day), has selected OnDisplay's CenterStage digital asset management software for use in its multi-media publishing environment.

    The Sentinel organization produces a daily newspaper, a web site and television news content for Central Florida News 13, a joint venture with Time Warner Communications' cable company in Orlando. OnDisplay is on the Web at http://www.ondisplay.com/.

  • PUBLISHING BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC.
    PBS, a newspaper business software supplier based in Des Plaines, Ill., has announced 12 recent sales of its MediaPlus line of advertising, financial and circulation management software. Among the customers are the ALEXANDRIA (La.) DAILY TOWN TALK (38k, morning); OAKLAND PRESS (82k, morning) of Pontiac, Mich.; KINGSPORT (Tenn.) TIMES-NEWS (45k, all day), and THE SUN (38k, morning) of Bremerton, Wash.

    PBS is on the Web at http://www.pbs.com/.

  • PUBLISHING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL
    PPI, an advertising solutions supplier based in Bedford, N.H., has announced two recent sales of its AD2000 advertising system.

    The BIRMINGHAM (Ala.) NEWS (154k, morning) will install 75 workstations with DEC Alphaserver 4100 5/533 servers running an Oracle database.

    In Ohio, Amos Press Inc. of Sidney will install a 50-user system for its SIDNEY NEWS (14k, evening) and five hobby publications. Its Suburban Newspapers of Dayton unit also will use the AD2000 system when it is installed this fall. Suburban Newspapers publishes the BEAVERCREEK NEWS-CURRENT (4k, evening) and FAIRBORN DAILY HERALD (5k, evening).

    PPI is on the Web at http://www.ppius.com/.

  • X-RITE INC.
    X-Rite, a color management tools provider based in Grandville, Mich., has announced its hardware will be bundled with software from Delta E Corp. of Richmond, Calif. The $1499 bundle will include X-Rite's Digital Swatchbook, a desktop spectrophotometer, and Delta E's Mac-based color profile generator, Profiler.

    X-Rite is on the Web at http://www.xrite.com/. Delta E is at http://www.delta-e.com/.

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