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The Associate Member Blog is benefit for NAA Associate Members – it is here for Associates to post press releases and product announcements of interest to the North American Newspaper Media industry. Releases that are primarily sales material or invitations will not be posted here. Newspaper members can search the Associate Member blog for keywords, or company or product names – or just browse. You can subscribe to updates using RSS or the other networking options on the left navigation rail. NAA Associate Members can forward releases for posting to throughout NAA Community and other NAA professional networks. For information email Kevin McCourt (mailto:Kevin.McCourt@naa.org), or call him at 571-366-1055.

August 2010 - Posts

• CCI Begins Implementation of a Corporate NewsGate Data Center Solution at The Dallas Morning News

  CCI announced today that A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) has selected CCI's integrated NewsGate solution as part of A. H. Belo's broader efforts to increase efficiency within and across its print and digital publishing processes. This solution includes fully-integrated digital publishing capabilities based on technology provided by Escenic, a leading online publishing system vendor. CCI's project with A. H. Belo kicked off in May 2010 and is initially focused on The Dallas Morning News.   Aarhus, 25. August 2010.   Jim Moroney, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of The Dallas Morning News, said, "Upgrading to CCI NewsGate, with their collaboration with Escenic, helps us integrate the workflows of publishing a daily newspaper while continually updating a wide array of digital platforms, improving newsroom efficiency. Ultimately, it allows us to provide our readers with more engaging and seamless experiences - and offer our advertisers the flexibility they need to reach those audiences. We're pleased to work with CCI and Escenic - there are no better content-management partners in the publishing industry."   When selecting CCI NewsGate, A. H. Belo also focused on the built-in functionality for content sharing and shared production across multiple properties.   George Rodrigue, Managing Editor at The Dallas Morning News, said, "A greater level of content sharing and perhaps even shared production is something we certainly need to consider. A modern content management system should have this capability. Since consumption of news and information is changing so rapidly, it is important for us to build a flexible platform that can adapt to meet the future needs of our customers."   Other key features that are expected to provide efficiencies in the editorial workflow are the bundling of all content items for both print and online in NewsGate story folders and the dynamically updated story budgets.   The Dallas Morning News' websites are expected to launch on the new system around the beginning of 2011, followed by the roll-out of newspaper production, which is expected to conclude late in the first quarter of 2011. About CCI: CCI is a leading provider of editorial and advertising solutions for multimedia news environments. Our CCI AdDesk, CCI NewsGate and CCI NewsDesk products are the most robust and powerful systems in the industry, and are implemented in news organizations across five continents. We provide the platform to support evolving needs of the world's largest news organizations, and scalable solutions to help growing media brands optimize their business strategies. Constant innovation and strong customer commitment remain the cornerstones of CCI's business model. CCI is an Oracle Certified Partner and Adobe Gold Solution Partner.   About A.H. Belo Corporation A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a distinguished newspaper publishing and local news and information company that owns and operates four daily newspapers and a diverse group of Web sites. A. H. Belo publishes The Dallas Morning News, Texas' leading newspaper and winner of nine Pulitzer Prizes since 1986; The Providence Journal, the oldest continuously-published daily newspaper in the U.S. and winner of four Pulitzer Prizes; The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA), serving southern California's Inland Empire region and winner of one Pulitzer Prize; and the Denton Record-Chronicle. The Company publishes various specialty publications targeting niche audiences, and its partnerships and/or investments include the Yahoo! Newspaper Consortium and Classified Ventures, owner of cars.com. A. H. Belo also owns direct mail and commercial printing businesses. Additional information is available at www.ahbelo.com.   For further information, contact Marketing Manager, Kim Svendsen: ksve@ccieurope.com or +45 8733 5588     Posted Aug 26 2010, 03:46 PM by Kevin McCourt with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Associate Member Press Release, mediaxchange 2011, supplier

• WoodWing Releases Major Update of its Digital Magazine Tools for iPad

  Renowned publishers around the globe are using WoodWing´s Digital Magazine Tools to create and publish stunning iPad Apps. And WoodWing keeps its promise to provide enriched versions of the Tools each month. PRESS RELEASE WoodWing Releases Major Update of its Digital Magazine Tools for iPad Renowned newspaper and magazine publishers around the globe are using WoodWing´s Digital Magazine Tools to create and publish stunning iPad Apps. The new Version 1.4 of the Tools provides a multitude of new and enhanced features, expanding the creative scope. Zaandam, The Netherlands (August 11, 2010) – WoodWing Software, one of the innovation leaders in cross-media publishing solutions, today announced the release of Version 1.4 of its Digital Magazine Tools for iPad, supporting both Adobe CS4 and CS5. WoodWing´s Digital Magazine Tools for iPad are used by many renowned newspaper and magazine publishers around the globe to create iPad issues of famous publications, including Time, Sports Illustrated, Life and Fortune; the Asian newspapers South China Morning Post and Kompas; Veronica Magazine in the Netherlands and many more. A list of iPad Apps created with WoodWing´s solution is available at www.woodwing.com/en/digital-magazine/ipad-gallery. Expanding the creative scope The new release provides publishers with a number of new and enhanced features, enabling them to create iPad Apps that are even more attractive to the reader. Scrollable elements dramatically increase the creative leeway. Assigning audio files to pages provides for automatic sound when pages are opened. Two-finger swipes to switch to the next story and more. New features are available for the design of a table of contents – a vertical list that pops up in a separate window. A new scrubber in the page navigator similar to the navigation used in iBooks. Furthermore, the Digital Magazine Tools 1.4 allow for new extension possibilities. Custom Page Objects allows third parties to add their own functionality to the digital magazine code. Web elements can be shown embedded in the page, as a pop-up in the application or in the Web browser outside the app. High Acceptance by Publishers around the Globe “We are very pleased with the high acceptance of our tools by publishers around the world,” said Erik Schut, President of WoodWing Software. “In addition to the creative features, they appreciate the fact that they can create their iPad Apps using existing teams. Based on the very positive customer feedback and the great iPad Apps already done with our tools, we can say with confidence that WoodWing is a driving force in the iPad Publishing segment. And we keep our promise to provide enriched versions of our Digital Magazine Tools for iPad each month.” The WoodWing Digital Magazine Tools are integrated with WoodWing’s cross-media publishing system Enterprise and WoodWing´s content management application Content Station, enabling publishers to create their iPad Apps in a very efficient and secure way. CCI, a provider of leading newsroom solutions especially for newspapers, offers WoodWing’s iPad Reader App under an OEM agreement as part of their solutions. About WoodWing WoodWing creates the most progressive solutions available on the market for the production of print and online publications. Rapid growth worldwide and success across the full spectrum of small to large publishers demonstrate that WoodWing markets the best tools for the best price.   WoodWing Software is located in Zaandam, The Netherlands, and has regional sales companies for Europe, the USA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Customers are served through select partners. For more information, please visit www.woodwing.com. Press contact Stefan Horst PR Manager WoodWing Software T: 0049-151-12 72 63 62 E: sho@woodwing.com Posted Aug 16 2010, 11:44 AM by Kevin McCourt with 5 comment(s)

• CCI integrates WoodWing's iPad Reader

  Publishing content to the iPad, straight out of CCI's editorial solutions, in now possible. Zaandam, The Netherlands (August 2, 2010) – CCI, a provider of leading newsroom solutions, and WoodWing Software, a leading supplier of cross-media publishing solutions, today announced that CCI will offer WoodWing's iPad Reader App under an OEM agreement, as part of their solutions. WoodWing's iPad Reader App makes is possible the opportunity to publish digital publications on the iPad and freely blend content, design and interactivity within a single publication. This flexibility, combined with the support for payment models through Apples AppStore, makes the WoodWing iPad Reader an important component to drive a new business model for paid content. A growing number of renowned publishers around the world have already taken advantage of this, going live with iPad digital publications based on the WoodWing Reader App. "By integrating WoodWing's iPad Reader App into our editorial solutions, CCI is able to offer a flexible and proven solution for publishing interactive content to the iPad," said Ulrik Cramer, Solution Strategist of CCI. "This proven solution, with the DNA of a true digital publication, which includes design and payment models, gives our customers fast access to the iPad platform allowing them to leverage and explore its possibilities." Content for the iPad is created inside CCI NewsGate or CCI NewsDesk in much the same way content is created for other publishing channels. Either Adobe InDesign or CCI LayoutChamp can be applied, in combination with CCI's template-driven automated page production. Content is then packaged for a digital publication and distributed to the iPad Reader App. Customers can create a library of issues available for download inside the Reader App. The apps offer many configuration and customization possibilities, allowing publishers to distinguish themselves and fully brand the app experience. "WoodWing is very pleased with this partnership," said Hans Janssen, CEO of WoodWing Software. "CCI has a very strong customer base in the newspaper industry, and through this cooperation, newspapers can more easily add the iPad to their publishing mix. This will help to speed up the adoption of tablet devices. WoodWing will continue its efforts to make this Reader App the most flexible solution available, so that any type of publisher can offer their audience the best reading experience." About CCI CCI is part of the Stibo Group and today the leading provider of editorial and advertising solutions for multimedia news environments. Our CCI AdDesk, CCI NewsGate and CCI NewsDesk products are the most robust and powerful systems in the industry, and are implemented in news organizations across five continents. We provide the platform to support evolving needs of the world's largest news organizations, and scalable solutions to help growing media brands optimize their business strategies. Constant innovation and strong customer commitment remain the cornerstones of CCI's business model. For more information please visit www.ccieurope.com. About WoodWing WoodWing creates the most progressive solutions available on the market for the production of print and online publications. Rapid growth worldwide and success across the full spectrum of small to large publishers demonstrate that WoodWing markets the best tools for the best price. WoodWing Software is located in Zaandam, The Netherlands, and has regional sales companies for Europe, the USA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Customers are served through select partners. For more information, please visit www.woodwing.com. Press contact CCI Kim Svendsen Marketing Manager T: +45 87335401 E: ksve@ccieurope.com Press contact WoodWing Stefan Horst PR Manager T: +49 151 12 72 63 62 E: sho@woodwing.com   Posted Aug 02 2010, 11:56 AM by Kevin McCourt with 2 comment(s) Filed under: mediaxchange 2011, mediaxchange