CNN, Martindale-Hubbell Announce Alliance; Publisher of Lawyer Directory to Be Exclusive Provider for CNN.com, CNNfn.com.Business Editors & Legal Writers NEW PROVIDENCE New Providence, city, United States New Providence, borough (1990 pop. 11,439), Union co., NE N.J.; settled c.1720, set off and inc. 1899. It is largely residential but has some light industry. Roses and fruit are grown there commercially. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2001 CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. and Martindale-Hubbell, publisher of the most comprehensive directory of the worldwide legal profession, have signed an agreement that makes Martindale-Hubbell the exclusive lawyer directory provider for CNN.com and CNNfn.com. The two-year agreement will also give the CNN sites access to other content resources of Martindale-Hubbell. "Martindale-Hubbell's lawyer directory and additional content will fit well within areas of CNN.com and CNNfn.com," said Mitch Gelman, senior vice president and executive producer of CNN.com. "We believe our users will benefit from this alliance." Carol D. Cooper, publisher of New Providence-based Martindale- Hubbell, said: "CNN.com is a widely respected news and information destination on the Internet, and we believe this agreement will provide significantly increased exposure for the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory A database containing information about attorneys and law firms around the world. Primarily lawyers use the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory to assist them in the practice of their profession. . Moreover, this will further strengthen our position as the dominant resource on the Internet for information about lawyers and law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
The directory is accessible from CNN.com's Law Center, located at http://www.CNN.com/Law, and from CNNfn.com's Services section, located at http://www.cnnfn.com/services. The agreement provisions include the following: -- CNN.com has placed the Martindale-Hubbell lawyer directory search box in the Law Center section home page; -- CNNfn.com Services section offers a Martindale-Hubbell lawyer directory search link; -- A Martindale-Hubbell lawyer directory search link will be available in criminal and civil legal stories found in the CNN.com's Law Center. CNN.com's Law Center currently provides comprehensive coverage of legal issues and a number of resource features to help put the major legal news stories of the day into context. CNN.com is the only major news site with a section dedicated to legal news. CNNfn.com's Services section provides a wide range of financial and business tools, such as ways to find an appropriate broker, an insurance center with comparison quotes, a travel center and a flight tracker. The Martindale-Hubbell Legal Network is powered by a database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms around the world. The purpose of this unrivaled network is to connect lawyers and law firms with their clients and potential clients, to facilitate communication between members of the legal profession, and to make available a wide range of biographical bi·o·graph·i·cal also bi·o·graph·ic adj. 1. Containing, consisting of, or relating to the facts or events in a person's life. 2. Of or relating to biography as a literary form. information and professional credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. regarding attorneys in private, corporate and government practice. The Martindale-Hubbell Legal Network is available to users on the Internet at www.martindale.com; www.lawyers.com; lexis.com, the flagship legal research system from Lexis-Nexis; lexisONE(SM), the Lexis-Nexis resource for small-practice legal professionals; Lexis- Nexis(R) services; on 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). ; and via the 26-volume Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell is part of the Lexis-Nexis Group, the legal division of Reed Elsevier plc. Martindale-Hubbell has headquarters at 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, N.J. 07974; telephone 800/526-4902, ext. 3773. For more information, visit the corporate Web site at www.martindale.com. CNN, a division of Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. Inc., an AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner company, is one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information. Its reach extends to 15 cable and satellite television networks; three private place-based networks; two radio networks; 15 Web sites, including CNN.com, the first major news and information Web site; CNN Mobile, which provides news and information to mobile devices; and CNN Newsource CNN Newsource is an affiliation Video Relay Service from CNN. The service is subscription based and provides CNN content to television stations affiliated with CNN, including terrestrial stations and international stations. , the world's most extensively syndicated news service. |
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