CD-ROM Yearbook Company Begins Trading on OTC Bulletin Board.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1998--CD-ROM Yearbook Co. Inc. (OTC/BB:CDRH CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health (US FDA) ), a leader in multimedia educational publishing, has commenced the trading of shares of its common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system. , it was announced Monday by Keith C. Moore, chief financial officer of the company. CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). Yearbook Co. is a California provider of CD-ROM-based, interactive audio- and video-enabled yearbooks to high schools nationwide. Enhancing print yearbooks and taking them a step further with a multimedia dimension, the CD-ROM Yearbook is complementary and provides an opportunity to include all facets of the current school year in one content-rich version. The company's timely, value-added curriculum increases student involvement through the use of the latest computer hardware and software technologies, and the result is a self-produced multimedia yearbook incorporating the sights and sounds of the school year along with significant fundraising activities. (R)OTC Bulletin Board is a registered mark of the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. Inc. Recent studies show a booming market of schools and teens who have grown up with computers and multimedia technologies that are now an important part of their daily lives. USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. in a poll showed that 98 percent of all teenagers in the U.S. have used a computer and that nearly 19 million kids have access to home computers. The poll asked students what they "could easily live without," and 49 percent said a VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. , 28 percent said a TV, while only 23 percent said a computer. Computer Intelligence research found that more than 50 percent of U.S. households with children have personal computers or PCs. If you have children, and don't have a PC in your home, you are now in the minority. Finally, more than 94 percent of the teachers and school superintendents Noun 1. school superintendent - the superintendent of a school system overseer, superintendent - a person who directs and manages an organization surveyed by Jostens Learning Corp. said computer technology has improved teaching and learning in U.S. schools. For more information on the CD-ROM Yearbook Co., contact Moore at 714/488-8567, e-mail: kmoore@cdromyearbook.com, or visit www.cdromyearbook.com or www.businesswire.com. CONTACT: CD-ROM Yearbook Co. Keith C. Moore, 714/488-8567 kmoore@cdromyearbook.com www.cdromyearbook.com |
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