COLE'S NEWSWIRE, Nov. 24, 1999

Nov. 24, 1999
Vol. 5, No. 49

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ADONE L.L.C.
The New York-based Internet classifieds company has acquired Franchise Solutions, an Internet integrator of franchise and business opportunity advertising. Terms were not disclosed. The features will be incorporated into the Business Opportunity category of AdOne's ClassifiedWarehouse.com advertising site.

AdOne also announced another company in its "PartnerPlus" program, which offers Internet technology solutions to its newspaper affiliates. CareerSite Corp. of Ann Arbor, Mich., creators of CareerSite.com and Recruiter, joins on-line developer Pentawave Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., makers of AutoChooser and IdealHire inventory management and prospect-advertiser matching software.

The companies are on the Web at http://www.classifiedswarehouse.com/, http://www.careersite.com/ and http://www.pentawave.com/.

ARBORTEXT INC.
This provider of XTensible Mark-up Language-based software, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., has announced its release Dec. 15 of Epic 3.0 and Adept 9.0 e-Content software. The packages now have a common user interface, which simplifies migration from Adept to more feature-rich Epic, which lets companies create and deliver information electronically and in print, including personalization.

Arbortext also will release Adept Editor LE (Lite Edition), a simplified XML/SGML editor for occasional or less technically adept contributors.

New modular program packaging allows customers to buy just options they need, such as print publishing for paper and PDF output, web publishing, CD-ROM publishing, translation between XML and Microsoft Word, conversions for document management systems and convertions to DocBook Application.

Pricing for Epic 3.0 and Adept 9.0 varies, depending on number of seats, type of licensing and number of modules.

Arbortext is on the Web at http://www.arbortext.com/.

AURELON GROUP BV
This newly formed holding company headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has acquired the assets of Visu Technologies BV from van Ginneken en Mostaard BV. Financial details were not disclosed.

Aurelon now owns the CoCo and ICISS color imaging and correction applications, which it will market through regional subsidiaries.

North America's Aurelon Inc. will be based in Orange County, Calif.

Visu Technologies is on the Web at http://www.visutechnologies.com/.

CNI CORP.
CNI, a publishing systems supplier and integrator based in Milford, N.H., has announced several recent installations.

CNI develops editorial, advertising, ad production tracking and pagination systems for the newspaper and publishing industries and concentrates on integrating multiple systems.

At FLORIDA TODAY in Melbourne, CNI installed a Display Ad Tracking and Management system, which includes an ad proof faxing system and DVD-based network archiving system.

The NEWS-PRESS of Ft. Myers, Fla., also installed a Display Ad Tracking and Management system, with an automated fail-over scheme on its network server.

In Indiana, the SOUTH BEND NEWS TRIBUNE incorporated Managing Editor's ALS ad dummying system with its Display Ad Tracking and Management system, complete with ad proof faxing and DVD archive.

CNI combined several brands in its package for the JOURNAL INQUIRER of Manchester, Conn. Built on an AD2000 advertising system by Publishing Partners Inc., the system includes new network servers, ad faxing, Managing Editor's Class Force pagination and Ad Force ad layout software.

CNI is on the Web at http://www.cnicorp.com/.

EDGIL ASSOCIATES INC.
Edgil, the Chelmsford, Mass.-based supplier of business automation tools for newspapers, has released EdgCapture 3.0, incorporating Windows NT-based technology and improvements in the credit card transaction software.

Enhancements include customizable graphic user interface screens, advanced fraud detection, robust payment reports and an optional card swipe interface for point of sale transactions.

Edgil is on the Web at http://www.edgil.com/.

GROUP LOGIC
Group Logic, an Arlington, Va.-based graphic arts software publisher, has ported ExtremeZ*IP 1.1 to Windows NT on Compaq Computer Corp.'s Alpha microprocessor. ExtremeZ*IP enables Macintosh workstations to access files on a Windows NT server up to five times faster than with NT's built-in Services for Macintosh (SFM), the company said, and extends the life of their systems, in the wake of Microsoft and Compaq cancelling Windows 2000 for the Alpha microprocessor.

Pricing for the Alpha version of ExtremeZ*IP 1.1 is not yet set. A downloadable demonstration version is available.

Group Logic is on the Web at http://www.grouplogic.com/.

IPTECH
IPTech, a supplier of production management software based in San Luis Obispo, Calif., has announced that ECRM of Tewksbury, Mass., will offer its digital PDF workflow solutions through an OEM agreement.

IPTech's TurboRIP, ImpozeIt and CanOPI will support ECRM's imagesetters and platesetters, including its new Wildcat' and Tigercat' platesetting devices.

IPTech is on the Web at http://www.iptech.com/; ECRM is at http://www.ecrm.com/.

NEWSINC.
The fate of the two joint operating agreements -- one in Honolulu and one in San Francisco -- appear to be intertwined, despite the fact that they came to pass in decidedly different ways, writes Editor-Publisher David M. Cole in the Nov. 22 issue of NEWSINC., the biweekly newsletter on the business of the newspaper business (published by the providers of this very newswire). Cole says that the Hearst Corp. actually put the SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER up for sale, while Gannett Co. Inc. and Liberty Newspapers never offered the HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN.

Senior Editor Pete Wetmore looks that the latest ruling from the U.S. District Court of Appeals in the case of the state of Hawaii versus Gannett, regarding the shutdown of the STAR-BULLETIN. Wetmore also analyzes the latest FAS-FAX newspaper circulation figures, finding that though there are declines, the industry no longer seems to be in a free-fall.

Also inside the Nov. 22 issue of NEWSINC., Correspondent Julius Duscha visits the annual meeting of the Audit Bureau of Circulations and hears speakers explain the power of print -- especially newspapers and magazines -- in a web-crazed world. Circulators also gave specific examples of circulation gains achieved by attacking the student market.

NEWSINC. is on the web at http://colegroup.com/newsinc/.

T/ONE INC.
T/One, a supplier of image transmission and archiving solutions based in Quincy, Mass., has announced October installations of its Merlin 4.0 picture desk and asset management system at both the BIRMINGHAM (Ala.) NEWS and the HUNTSVILLE (Ala.) TIMES.

The 150,000-circulation BIRMINGHAM NEWS purchased the Merlin and TRAX systems to operate on both Macintosh and Windows workstations. Merlin Webmaster makes stored images available to anyone with a web browser.

The system, which will be shared with its JOA partner, the 22,000-daily BIRMINGHAM POST-HERALD, operates on a Compaq Proliant 6000 dual-CPU Windows NT server with a RAID level 5 disk array.

In the same week, the 62,000-circulation HUNTSVILLE TIMES installed Merlin as its picture desk and photo/graphics archiving system on its own Intergraph multiple-CPU Windows NT Server hardware.

T/One is on the Web at http://www.t-1.com/.

TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES
Chicago-based TMS, a multimedia content provider and a unit of the Tribune Co. of Chicago, has announced that it has reorganized its TV and movie information business lines and renamed TMS Database and Advertising Products as TMS Entertainment Products.

The change reflects the company's growth, diversification and industry convergence, the company said. It covers products acquired in purchases of movie showtime data provider Premier DataVision, cable TV guide publisher JDTV and TV and entertainment Web site UltimateTV.

The reorganized division is responsible for developing and distributing entertainment-related programming data and editorial content to the newspaper, on-line, cable TV and movie industries. The division also will represent TV "tune-in" advertising in print and on-line for the broadcast and cable industries.

Headquarters will remain in Chicago, production facilities in Glens Falls, N.Y., and offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Denver and Milwaukee.

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

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