Business Wire and Pims Enter Into an Agreement to Develop 'BW PressCenter,' A Desktop Accessible Global List Management Service.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2002 Business Wire has entered into an agreement with Pims, the leading source of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. and European media intelligence, to create BW PressCenter, a proprietary desktop application list management product, Lorry Lokey, president and chief executive officer, announced today. The Pims Database will serve as the nucleus of Business Wire's planned global media database, which will make its debut this Fall. The service will be accessible via Business Wire Connect, the secure Internet interface developed by Business Wire for the submission of member news releases. Business Wire's goal is to provide users with a comprehensive, robust database that is compiled from multiple sources. In addition to the Pims Database, which includes the respected Matthews Media Directories in Canada, and the Pims Media Directories in the United Kingdom, Business Wire will feature exhaustive listings from Business Wire Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , which are researched in-country, and updated on a daily basis. Negotiations are currently underway with other leading regional providers with specialized knowledge of their geographical coverage area. The reciprocal agreement Reciprocal agreement is an agreement between two U.S. states to allow members of the Bar association from each state to practice in the other. Thus, lawyers who wish to practice in two states do not have to take the bar examination in both states. will provide Business Wire's clients with access to the Pims Database, one of the most accurate and authoritative databases on the market, specializing in media, IR and public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. contacts. Both companies will profit from a revenue share arrangement. Additionally, Pims' dozen offices will give their client base access to Business Wire's worldwide media and investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. networks, and Business Wire will promote Pims' printing, mailing and fulfilment services. "Pims is widely recognized for the quality of its data, and as a trusted supplier of media data," noted Lokey. "Pims has been publishing media and investor relations directories in the UK for two decades while also building an extensive North American contact database for its news distribution businesses. We plan to build on Pims' impressive foundation to develop a world-class global database that we intend to market at an attractive price point." "We are pleased to be partnering with Business Wire on this exciting opportunity," comments Julian Henchley, Chairman of Pims Holdings Limited. "Business Wire is a leading global news distributor and we have a long relationship of working together on many different initiatives. This service will extend the reach of the Pims data to Business Wire's extensive client base." Both Business Wire and Pims have been sanctioned by the UK's Financial Services Authority The Financial Services Authority ("FSA") is an independent non-departmental public body and quasi-judicial body that regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom. Its main office is based in Canary Wharf, London, with another office in Edinburgh. (FSA FSA Financial Services Authority FSA Food Standards Agency (UK) FSA Farm Service Agency (USDA) FSA Financial Services Agency (Japan) ) to operate as Primary Information Providers under the new regulatory news model recently introduced in the United Kingdom. The companies will continue to maintain independent disclosure operations. About Pims: Pims Holdings Limited (Pims) has been providing cohesive marketing, communications and printing solutions since 1982. With its headquarters based in London, United Kingdom, Pims has expanded their business over the last 20 years, and now has the largest digital printing installation in Europe, and has recently been approved by the FSA in the UK to act as a Regulatory Information Service for the dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there of regulatory and non-regulatory news. Pims has offices in four cities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. for its integrated digital printing, distribution and fulfilment operations. Pims also operates a newswire in Canada under the brand name CCNMatthews (previously CCN CCN Cloud Condensation Nuclei CCN Church Communication Network CCN Conseil Canadien des Normes (Standards Council of Canada) CCN Critical Care Nurse CCN Certified Clinical Nutritionist CCN Community Care Network CCN Cyclin Newswire). The company's strength lies in delivering integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. , expertise and global reach, from Pims contact databases to news distribution, print, IT and fulfillment services 24/7. Pims now has a total of 500 employees operating from 12 offices across the UK and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. About Business Wire: Business Wire was founded in 1961 by its president, Lorry I. Lokey, veteran journalist and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most executive. Business Wire's multi-channel distribution platform provides real-time, simultaneous access to key target audiences--the news media, trade publications, institutional and individual investors, business-to-business decision-makers, and consumers. The company electronically disseminates more than 1,000 full-text news releases daily to the news media, the Internet, online services and databases, and the global investment community. Business Wire has network access to more than 60 international and national newswires, financial information providers, and web-based news services throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Business Wire has 26 U.S. offices, plus Frankfurt, London and Brussels offices, and reciprocal offices worldwide. Note: A Photo is available at URLs: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.061802/bb1 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.061802/bb1a |
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