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Rossel Group - La Voix du Nord Group gathers all cross-media publishing in a CCI NewsGate data center

Rossel Group - La Voix du Nord Group gathers all cross-media publishing in a CCI NewsGate data center

Leading Belgian/French media group Rossel - La Voix du Nord has entered into an agreement with CCI for a NewsGate data center solution. NewsGate will serve as the editorial cockpit for all print and digital media published by the group in Belgium and in France.

The NewsGate data center will host all print and digital media offerings including the Belgian national dailies Le Soir - Sudpresse and the French regional dailies of the Group La Voix Du Nord. The NewsGate solution will cover 900 concurrent users and replace current Atex Hermes installations.

Bernard Marchant, CEO, Rossel Group: "We want to be able to publish our quality content in multiple print and digital channels according to the form and nature of the individual channel. And we need to be able to react swiftly to radical changes in consumer behavior - today and in the future. For us, NewsGate is the optimum cross-media platform to meet these challenges."

Another important element in the Rossel Group's digital media strategy is the development of a Drupal-based online publishing platform that will be carried out by Audaxis, a subsidiary of the Rossel Group. Through a two-way integration between Drupal and NewsGate, editorial users will, however, be able to work exclusively out of NewsGate's cross-media publishing environment.

Jacques Hardoin, CEO, La Voix du Nord: "There is no doubt that digital media will play an increasingly large role for regional news publishers, primarily due to its instantaneous nature. At the same time, we need to maintain an efficient editorial workflow for our large print offerings. CCI has proved to be very receptive to our ideas and requirements in that area."

NewsGate is an efficient cross-media collaboration solution that supports the entire editorial process from idea and research through planning to writing, editing and publication in print or digital media. A NewsGate data center solution provides a consolidation platform for multiple editorial environments and enables content, resource and information sharing.

Dan Korsgaard, CEO, CCI : "We are very much looking forward to partner with a modern and visionary news publisher in the French speaking media market like Rossel - La Voix du Nord. With their strong focus on cross-media publishing and by their development of a Drupal-based online publishing platform, the Rossel - La Voix du Nord Group is indeed an interesting partner for CCI."

The Rossel Group is the leading newsgroup in french speaking Belgium. Characterized by its multimedia approach, the group is present in Belgium and the north of France (La Voix du Nord, Courrier Picard, Nord-Eclair). With activities in most media (incl. audio-visual), Rossel owns 16 dailies (amongst which Le Soir and the Sud-Presse publications), 30 bi-weeklies, 6 monthy publications and 30 web- and mobile sites. The group, which has experienced strong growth over the last 6 years, is comprised of over 100 companies and employs over 3.000 people.

The La Voix du Nord Group is the largest media and communication group in the North of Paris. It publishes 5 daily regional newspapers, 14 hyperlocal weekly newspapers,18 websites with mobile editions and operates a regional TV. In addition, its business portfolio includes audio-visual, display, special events and relational marketing activities. All in all, the Group is composed of 30 companies, 11 trademarks and has more than 1 300 employees.

CCI is 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. CCI is an Oracle Certified Partner and an Adobe Gold Solution Partner.

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About Kevin McCourt

Kevin McCourt is Vice President, Member Services and Events at Newspaper Association of America. He serves as a resource to newspaper and associate members, oversees mediaXchange. Prior to his current position, he held positions at NAA including VP Associate Member Services, VP Advertising and Exhibition Sales, director, real estate and online classified advertising; and director of operations, RealFind USA, a for-profit real estate advertising aggregation program. Prior to joining NAA, McCourt held positions of increasing responsibility at newspaper companies in circulation; marketing and new media; representing over 30 years experience in the newspaper media industry.