DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL AND FREEDOM NEWSPAPERS SIGN ENTERPRISE–WIDE AGREEMENT
Salt Lake City, – December 17, 2007 – Digital Technology International, the newspaper industry’s leading source for integrated new media business software systems, today announced a licensing agreement with the Newspapers and Interactive Divisions of Freedom Communications, Inc., to install NewsSpeed®, the DTI suite of editorial solutions, and WebSpeed®, the DTI Web publishing suite of solutions, at substantially all of the Freedom properties. This is in addition to the MediaPlus® Circulation solutions already in use across the news group. The agreement also includes options to license DTI ClassSpeed® advertising suite, making the total contract an enterprise–wide arrangement with all of the DTI solutions.
The Newspapers Division of Freedom Communications includes 33 paid dailies and 88 weeklies in 11 states, including shoppers and interactive businesses, with a combined circulation of 1.2 million subscribers.
The print publications owned by Freedom Communications are complemented by companion Web sites and interactive initiatives, which have been consistently attracting a growing audience, making the Freedom sites some of the top online destinations in their respective communities. The DTI WebSpeed® solution will be used to publish these growing online properties.
“This is an exciting project, to bring an enterprise–wide publishing solution to the Freedom Newspaper group,” said Don Oldham, CEO, DTI. “Once the installation is complete, the newspapers will run nearly all of their publishing and circulation systems through DTI, bringing a holistic, consistent environment that opens the doors for greater sharing and innovation throughout the organization.”
As the Freedom properties are brought online with the DTI system, DTI implementers will use Liquid Media to tie the new systems with existing systems until the full change to DTI is complete. Liquid Media is an innovative integration technology that enables newspapers to seamlessly share their information and creative assets throughout the enterprise and through any form of media. Through Liquid Media, newspapers can flow data into any system, existing or new, regardless of platform.
About Digital Technology International
DTI is a proven provider of editorial, advertising, circulation, Web publishing, production and business systems for the newspaper and media industries, helping news media organizations integrate business matters and operate more efficiently, manage data more effectively and sell more successfully. From single systems to fully integrated environments, DTI helps customers generate new revenue, share information across their enterprise, manage resources and get the data they need to make more informed business decisions. Today, the company’s solutions are installed in hundreds of newspapers of all sizes at points around the globe. DTI is headquartered near Salt Lake City, with corporate offices in St. Paul, U.S.; Montreal, Quebec; Brentwood, United Kingdom and Darmstadt, Germany. Regional offices are located in Panama, Mexico City, Norway, and Finland. For more information, visit www.dtint.com.
About Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., is a privately owned, diverse media company of newspapers, broadcast television stations and interactive media businesses. The company’s news publications have a combined circulation of more than one million subscribers. The broadcast division owns eight stations including five CBS, two ABC network affiliates and one CW affiliate.
