Reuters Media to Extend Reach into Newsrooms Using InfoDesk Solution
NEW YORK
NY-REUTERS Dec. 3, 2003
Business Editors / High-Tech Writers
Reuters (Nasdaq: RTRSY; London: RTR), the global
information company, and InfoDesk, Inc., a leading provider of
real-time information distribution services and technology, today
announced a marketing agreement that will allow Reuters to broaden its
reach into North and South American media outlets and government
agencies.
Reuters Media customers now have the option to receive Reuters
news using InfoDesk's Internet based news delivery platform and
content management capabilities and will be able to obtain InfoDesk
directly through Reuters. "We are pleased to leverage InfoDesk's easy
to use, plug-and-play content management solution to reach hundreds of
new desktops throughout the Americas. This agreement underscores our
commitment to offering our clients options in receiving Reuters
content," said Michael Salk, Vice President, Media.
InfoDesk will help Reuters reach additional media companies in
Latin America by addressing the need for a low-cost and reliable
content delivery platform with key functionality.
"We are extremely pleased to be working with Reuters, a company
known for providing indispensable information. This agreement marks an
important milestone for InfoDesk and underscores our approach to
marketing our services," commented Sterling Stites, President and
Chief Executive Officer, InfoDesk.
About Reuters
Reuters (www.about.reuters.com), the global information company,
provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in the
financial services, media and corporate markets. Our information is
trusted and drives decision making across the globe based on our
reputation for speed, accuracy and independence. We have 16,000 staff
in 94 countries, including some 2,400 editorial staff in 197 bureaux
serving approximately 130 countries, making Reuters the world's
largest international multimedia news agency. In 2002, the Reuters
Group had revenues of GBP3.6 billion.
Reuters and the sphere logo are the trade-marks of the Reuters
group of companies.
About InfoDesk
InfoDesk, Inc. (www.idsk.com) is a leading provider of, digital
content distribution services and technology to publishers and
corporations. The company's solution enables real-time personalized
distribution, over IP networks, of text, photographs, audio and video
to a comprehensive range of devices and applications and automates Web
site publishing. The solution supports a wide range of structured and
unstructured data formats including popular XML and ANPA standards and
enables publishers to quickly customize and target content products to
meet market and customer needs. InfoDesk distributes information from
the world's leading information brands including Reuters, the
Associated Press, Dow Jones, Agence France Presse, Knight Ridder
Tribune, Financial Times, Reed Business Information and many others.
Reuters
Samantha Topping, +646 223 5223
Samantha.topping@reuters.com
or
Susan Allsopp, +44 20 7542 8404
susan.allsopp@reuters.com
or
InfoDesk
Lynn Epstein, +914 798 2422
lynn@idsk.com
CATEGORY: Contract/Agreement;
INDUSTRY: Other Communications;
Publishing;
Communications;
Software;
Data Management;
Technology;
STATE: New York;
REGION: North America;
COUNTRY: United States;
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