HEARST NEWSPAPERS SELECTS EDITORIAL SOLUTION FROM DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Salt Lake City, – January 10, 2008 – Digital Technology International, the newspaper industry’s leading source for integrated enterprise–wide news media business software systems, today announced that Hearst Newspapers has agreed to license the DTI editorial suite NewsSpeed® for the Houston Chronicle and Albany Times Union. The newspapers have also laid a plan to work with DTI on future innovations to maximize workflow and content management. One of the largest newspapers in the United States, the Houston Chronicle is ranked number 10 according to circulation. The Albany Times Union is the leading daily newspaper covering New York’s Capital Region.
“Through our partnership with DTI, we will be able to provide our employees at the Houston Chronicle and Albany Times Union with new, state–of–the–art newsroom computer systems,“ said George Irish, president of Hearst Newspapers. “This, in turn, will allow us to continue bringing the best possible product–both print and digital–to our readers.”
Working with a partner that could innovate for the future was key among the selection criteria Hearst used when choosing DTI, a long-–time leader in newspaper publishing technology. NewsSpeed® was the first editorial publishing solution to feature enterprise–wide integration of Adobe InDesign and InCopy in a multi–user, collaborative environment, enabling high design on a daily newspaper deadline.
DTI will enable the Hearst newspapers to be strong locally and also work together as partners, allowing the potential to share content through Liquid Media. 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.
“We look forward to working in partnership with Hearst Newspapers,” said Don Oldham, CEO of DTI. “We believe together we can bring new innovation to the Houston Chronicle and Albany Times Union in this time of change in the newspaper industry.”
Both properties are expected to go live with NewsSpeed® in 2008. The Houston Chronicle will install 360 seats, and the Albany Times Union will have 150.
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 Hearst Corporation
Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com) is one of the nation’s largest diversified media companies. Its major interests include ownership of 12 daily and 31 weekly newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, and Albany Times Union; as well as interests in an additional 47 daily and 38 non–daily newspapers owned by MediaNews Group which include the Denver Post and Salt Lake Tribune; nearly 200 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan and O, The Oprah Magazine; 29 television stations through Hearst–Argyle Television (NYSE:HTV) which reach a combined 18% of U.S. viewers; ownership in leading cable networks, including Lifetime, A&E, The History Channel and ESPN; as well as business publishing, including a joint venture interest in Fitch Ratings; Internet businesses, television production, newspaper features distribution and real estate.
