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Business Wire announces redesigned home page on the world wide web.


NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 1996--Business Wire announced Monday that it has completely redesigned its home page (http://www.hnt.com/bizwire) on the world wide web.

"Our revamped home page offers public and investor relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
 professionals unparalleled opportunities to communicate with just about every conceivable con·ceive  
v. con·ceived, con·ceiv·ing, con·ceives

v.tr.
1. To become pregnant with (offspring).

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 target market and geographic location," said Michael Lissauer, vice president of marketing and creative services Creative Services are a subsector of the creative industries, a part of the economy that creates wealth by offering creativity for hire to other businesses. Examples include:
  • Design and Production agencies
 for Business Wire. "Our home page and Internet presence is the most compelling manifestation man·i·fes·ta·tion
n.
An indication of the existence, reality, or presence of something, especially an illness.


manifestation
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 of the way business is being conducted today and how it will be conducted in the future."

Business Wire's home page features both comprehensive marketing information about the company and five unique and exclusive Internet services. Marketing information is segmented into: (1) Access Business Wire, (2) The Acknowledged Leader in High Tech News Delivery, (3) Unparalleled Worldwide Distribution, (4) Strategic Information Services See Information Systems. , and (5) Privileges of Membership. Business Wire's home page is the only international media relations wire Internet site which has complete listings of national circuits, trade lists, product fact sheets and rates on all major services. The Business Wire home page consists of over 100 static pages, as well to 300-600 dynamic pages daily.

Business Wire's state-of-the-art Internet services include The Personal Web Box, Corporate News on the Net, The Electronic Media Kit, and Corporate Profile on the Net.

The Personal Web Box displays Business Wire's full file, as well as news from Ziff Davis Ziff Davis Inc. (ZD) is an American magazine publisher and Internet Information company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive,  Interactive, Intell.X/Data Times and First Call Corporate Release in a customized manner based upon industry key word and category.

Corporate News on the Net enables Business Wire member companies to purchase a location on our web site for the inclusion of their news releases, corporate profile and quarterly reports. Corporate News on the Net also links to the company's home page, their specific page in EDGAR Edgar or Eadgar (both: ĕd`gər), 943?–975, king of the English (959–75), son of Edmund, king of Wessex. In 957 the Mercians and Northumbrians rebelled against Edgar's brother Edwy and chose Edgar as their king.  and to their current stock quote.

The Electronic Media Kit gives Business Wire members an opportunity to create a "virtual" media kit by replicating an existing hard copy media kit electronically on the Business Wire home page. It includes pertinent news releases, as well as graphics and photos and a link to the company's home page.

The Business Wire web site lists member's Corporate Profiles and links, upon request, to their home page.

Since Business Wire's home page opened for business in June 1995, it has been receiving approximately 10,000-15,000 hits per day and it was featured as a Netscape "What's New" web site. Business Wire has worked very closely with Boston-based Harrison & Troxell in the development, upgrading and maintenance of its home page. Business Wire is linked to more than 200 other web sites, particularly in the high tech and financial industries.

Business Wire is a leading source of news on major U.S. corporations, including Fortune 1000 and NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
 companies.

The strategic information company electronically disseminates full-text news releases for public and investor relations professionals simultaneously to the news media, on-line services and databases, and the investment community worldwide. Business Wire also provides relevant intelligence to member companies. The company has 17 offices throughout 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.  and affiliates around the world.

CONTACT: Business Wire, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 

Michael Lissauer, 212/575-8822
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