The Dialog Corporation Enhances News and Research Coverage.CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1998-- Services Now Benefit From Greater U.S. and European Content The Dialog Corporation (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 :DIALY) today announced the addition of hundreds of news sources to its Profound business intelligence service. "As a key business intelligence tool, the addition of these respected news sources to Profound is invaluable to delivering current awareness to the desktop," commented Eric Goldstein, Vice President, Business Affairs and Content for The Dialog Corporation. "It provides those users, typically business professionals, with additional information to support the decision making process." Exclusive access to key US newspapers; Wall Street Journal and Financial Times abstracts available Key U.S. news sources in full-text will also be available on Profound. The Dialog Corporation has over 190 full-text US newspapers currently available online, primarily through the Dialog service. Now users of Profound will be able to benefit from The Dialog Corporation's exclusive access to the full-text of 27 newspapers owned by the Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder (IPA: /ˈrɪdɚ/) was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. group, including The Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). and the Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer Morning newspaper, long one of the most influential dailies in the eastern U.S. Founded in 1847 as the Pennsylvania Inquirer, it took its present name c. 1860. It was a strong supporter of the Union in the American Civil War. . In addition, Profound users will be able to access the full-text of other key US titles, including The 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 Times, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , 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. , Washington Post and Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper . Abstracts from the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times will also be available via Profound for the first time. Top global news sources added Leading news databases from Responsive Database Services- Business and Industry (B&I), and Business and Management Practices (BAMP BAMP Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh BAMP Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners BAMP BSD Apache Mysql Php (web servers) BAMP Bulgarian Association of Music Producers BAMP Battlefield Automation Management Program )- have now been categorized by InfoSort and are live on Profound. B&I boasts news sources from over 900 trade and business publications covering corporate events in over 190 countries around the world. In addition, BAMP presently covers over 250 management sources, focusing on practical approaches for dealing with issues such as technology, planning, expansion and decision making. Dialog has also doubled the amount of content previously available from COMTEX Scientific Corporation, one of the world's leading wholesale news aggregators. COMTEX provides widespread coverage of breaking, global news, brought together from over 40 global newswire publishers. Additional feeds from COMTEX's national and international information providers will enhance the Dialog and Profound products with up-to-the-minute reports from sources such as Newsbytes, PC World and The Sports Network. First wave of new UK-based sources UK-based news and business information sources will also be added to Profound's Newsline in the near future, as the first wave of a number of new sources being licensed for the British Broadcasting Corporation (company) British Broadcasting Corporation - (BBC) The non-commercial UK organisation that commissions, produces and broadcasts television and radio programmes. The BBC commissioned the "BBC Micro" from Acorn Computers for use in a television series about using computers. (BBC's Electronic News Cuttings Service. These include regional titles such as the Belfast News Letter and the Glasgow Herald and the world's only English-language socialist daily newspaper, the Morning Star. Spanish Language full-text access to El Pais Additionally, the company is offering access to the full-text of El Pais in Spanish. The file is available to customers of the DataStar and Profound services. Previously, customers only had access to abstracts of El Pais via the World Reporter file, which is also available on Profound. "We have made a commitment to add more local-language sources to our online databases to meet the particular needs of the European market," added Goldstein. "The addition of El Pais in full-text marks another step along that path." New market research sources Profound has also added a number of new market research sources, including Icon Group, Baskerville Communications, IBIS Indonesia and Online Data Services. Icon Group International, Inc., a U.S.-based research provider, assists managers with their international information needs and provides global and regional management and industry reports on a wide range of sectors including human resources, operations and logistics, strategic planning, law, environment, and finance. Baskerville Communications Corporation is another U.S.-based company that creates and delivers international business information to high-growth media and related industries, ranging from the latest industry news to high-level strategic analysis covering television broadcasting, cable TV, satellite, new media and telecommunications. IBIS Business Information Service, an Australian-based research provider, has added a new report series on Profound to deliver up-to-date information on the companies, industries and economy of Indonesia  This article requires authentication or verification by an expert.Please assist in recruiting an expert or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. . These reports are designed to assist potential foreign investors in making educated investment decisions about the region. Exclusive access to new Frost & Sullivan reports Online Data Services is part of a European network of research and business consultants, covering worldwide markets. Their reports, which are available exclusively on Profound, provide strategic marketing information to facilitate understanding of market structures and dynamics. Finally, from December 1, 1998, customers of The Dialog Corporation are able to benefit from exclusive access to new Frost & Sullivan market research reports. Their new content is available exclusively through Dialog. The Dialog Corporation (http://www.dialog.com) is a leading information technology company created by the merger of M.A.I.D plc and Knight-Ridder Information Inc. The Dialog Corporation brands include the DIALOG, DataStar and Profound range of products and services. These brands provide comprehensive, authoritative sources of information to professionals worldwide. The Dialog Corporation has world headquarters in London and US headquarters in Cary, North Carolina Cary is the second largest municipality in Wake County, North Carolina and the third largest municipality in The Triangle (North Carolina) behind Raleigh and Durham. It is the seventh largest municipality in North Carolina. . The Company's American Depositary Shares American Depositary Share (ADS) Foreign stock issued in the US and registered in the ADR system. (ADS) are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "DIALY" with four Ordinary Shares comprising one ADS; its Ordinary Shares trade on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. under the symbol "DLG DLG - (DFA-based Lexical analyser Generator) The lexical analyser generator in the Purdue Compiler-Construction Tool Set. ." |
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