COLE'S NEWSWIRE, Oct. 14, 1998

Oct. 14, 1998
Vol. 4, No. 41

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BASEVIEW PRODUCTS INC.
Baseview, a subsidiary of Harris Publishing Systems Corp. based in Ann Arbor, Mich., has announced the recent installation of its AdManagerPro web publishing software at the LA GRANGE (Ga.) DAILY NEWS (13k, morning). The paper's web site is http://www.lagrangenews.com/.

Baseview is at http://www.baseview.com/.

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

In California, the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER (364k, morning) of Santa Ana will install 420 editorial workstations, which will be used to produce the daily paper as well as 26 weekly newspapers and channel content to the paper's web site, http://www.ocregister.com/. The Windows NT workstations will be served by an Oracle SQL database.

In Illinois, the CHICAGO TRIBUNE (656k, morning) will join other Tribune Co. papers in adopting CCI NewsDesk Editorial. In replacing a front-end made by CText Inc. of Ann Arbor, Mich., the TRIBUNE will install 700 editorial seats running on Windows NT, which will be used to produce the daily and its web site, http://www.chicagotribune.com/.

CCI is on the Web at http://www.ccieurope.dk/.

CE ENGINEERING INC.
CE, an access solutions provider based in Loomis, Calif., has announced that the LOS ANGELES TIMES has licensed 1100 copies of the LAN version of its Decade 97 product, providing an interface into Tandem-based publishing systems made by System Integrators Inc. of Sacramento. Designed for a local area network, Decade 97 runs on Windows using the TCP/IP networking protocol.

CE is on the Web at http://www.ceengineering.com/.

NEWSINC.
Economic distress is beginning to land on our doorsteps, NEWSINC. Editor and Publisher David M. Cole writes in the Oct. 12 issue. Classified linage is beginning to slip, and stock prices are falling, warning that tougher times could lie ahead. Inside, Correspondent Jon Fine assesses the impact of these economic trends, talking with the LOS ANGELES TIMES about its publicly announced plans to consider cost-cutting.

Also inside, Senior Editor Pete Wetmore reports on a pullback of another kind, the decision by Gannett Suburban Newspapers to consolidate multiple titles under one in order to provide readers with later and better news coverage.

Wetmore also provides an update on the "tear down the walls" strategy at the LOS ANGELES TIMES; a year after it was initiated, it has brought about surprising results. And a deal to provide newspaper classifieds to a nonnewspaper web site sparks a discussion of successful ways to get classifieds on-line. Finally, New(s) Media Columnist Steven E. Brier explores the impact of the September hacking of the NEW YORK TIMES web site.

For more about the Oct. 12 issue of NEWSINC., visit The Cole Group on the Web at http://colegroup.com/.

SCITEX INC.
Scitex, an Israeli supplier of imaging systems with U.S. offices in Bedford, Mass., has announced that it will acquire the super-wide-format printer unit of the Matan group, whose products are used to print billboard signs. Scitex will integrate the Matan unit into its wide-format printing division, Idanit Technologies Ltd.

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

STUDIO VERSO
San Francisco-based Studio Verso, a web site design and development company, has announced it has overhauled the gateway for the HomeArts Network, a woman-oriented web site run by Hearst New Media & Technology of New York. The site, at http://www.homearts.com/, features content drawn from 11 Hearst magazines.

Studio Verso is on the Web at http://www.verso.com/. Hearst is at http://www.hearstcorp.com/.

SYSTEM INTEGRATORS INC.
SII, the Sacramento-based publishing systems supplier celebrating its 25th year, has introduced products to create a groupware environment for newspapers. Based on Lotus Notes and developed in concert with Associated Newspapers of London (EVENING STANDARD, THE MAIL and MAIL ON SUNDAY), the new offering will provide a migration path for current System/55 sites.

In celebrating its 25th anniversary, SII unveiled a new logo and reported it enjoyed a record fiscal year ended Sept. 30, with revenues rising 68 percent on a 218 percent gain in product sales.

SII also has announced that it will not renew a joint marketing agreement with ICL Grafimedia of Finland, although it will continue to market ICL Grafimedia's MediaVu text and graphics archiving solution and will support current users. SII also will resume marketing its products directly to Scandinavian customers.

SII is on the Web at http://www.sii.com/.

THUNDERSTONE SOFTWARE
Thunderstone, a Cleveland-based provider of text-searching software, has announced creation of a migration and support program for users of products made by the now-defunct Personal Library Software Inc. The migration path would carry users of PLS, which was acquired by America Online but then discontinued, to Thunderstone's relational database management system.

Discounts are available to any current PLS user who converts to Thunderstone in the next two years. Technical support would be free.

Thunderstone is on the Web at http://www.thunderstone.com/.

UNISYS CORP.
Unisys, a publishing solutions supplier based in Blue Bell, Pa., has announced it is introducing the 4.0 version of its publishing suite -- Hermes, WireCenter and DocCenter -- as well as a beta version of Hermes On-Line, a tool for channeling content onto the World-Wide Web.

Unisys also has announced that its publishing solutions have received ISO 9001 certification from the International Organization for Standardization that the products meet the group's standards for quality.

Unisys is on the Web at http://www.unisys.com/.

WAVESHIFT INC.
Waveshift, a supplier of community publishing tools for the Web based in Cameron Park, Calif., has announced that its YourTown software is now running on the company's largest site to date, Arizona Central, the web site of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC in Phoenix.

AZNeighbors, at http://www.azneighbors.com/, offers users the opportunity to join in an on-line community by self-publishing information about their organizations and activities. Nonprofit groups across Arizona are being encouraged to participate.

Waveshift is on the Web at http://www.waveshift.com/.

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