Factiva adds The Yomiuri Shimbun to content collection
Intensive coverage of Japan in Japanese and English
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, announced today an agreement with The Yomiuri Shimbun to add The Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese language), The Yomiuri Shimbun News Wire (Japanese language) and The Daily Yomiuri (English language) to its collection of global news and business information. The Yomiuri has the largest circulation of any newspaper worldwide.
Factiva will receive up to 1,000 articles per day from The Yomiuri collection, representing a significant increase in local Japanese language content for Factiva users. Customers throughout the world will benefit from the availability of such thorough coverage of Japanese news, politics, business and culture. Factiva is the only foreign content provider to offer both the Yomiuris Japanese daily paper and Yomiuri newswire, further reinforcing Factivas unmatched multilingual content set.
The Yomiuri Shimbun will complement a range of nearly 8,000 world-class business sources including The Wall Street Journal, Mainichi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, Weekly Toyo Keizai and the Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires. The Yomiuri has the largest circulation of any newspaper worldwide and plays an important role in the global business marketplace.
The Yomiuri collection of newspapers and newswires is extremely valuable to our customers in Japan and makes an excellent addition to the Factiva content collection, said Simon Wright, sales director for the Asia Pacific region at Factiva. This relationship, gives our customers access to valuable business insight from a leading Japanese news source that can provide a regional perspective, further enhancing our customers ability to make better business decisions.
The Yomiuri Shimbun is a leading newspaper in Japan with a daily circulation of more than ten million. As many as 1,000 reporters cover daily news in Japan and more than 100 correspondents cover news outside Japan.
We are very excited about working together with Factiva. Using our widespread network of reporters domestically in Japan and overseas, we are sure to satisfy Factiva users by providing news ranging from politics, economics, metropolitan and local news to sports and cultural affairs. We hope our new relationship with Factiva can provide useful information for Factiva customers, said Masaomi Terada, editor of ''Yomiuri On Line, The Yomiuri Shimbun's official website.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The Yomiuri Shimbun is the worlds largest daily newspaper with a circulation of 10.2 million. It is recognised by the Guinness Book of Record. (As of April 2002) Yomiuri Shimbun is a mass-market newspaper representative of Japan with a history of 127 years. The creed of the Yomiuri Shimbun is to ensure freedom and accountability of the press. Based on the tradition of exclusive reporting of political, economic, social and international issue. Our special departments cover stories of public interest such as sports, health, medicine, welfare, culture, science and entertainment. Yomiuri Shimbun has drafted proposals on a wide range of national issues such as a revision of the Constitution of Japan and ways of reinvigorating the national economy. Yomiuri Shimbun wields powerful influence as an organ of public opinion.
The Yomiuri Shimbun also emphasises online media. In March 2002, Yomiuri established a commercial satellites/digital broadcasting channel in cooperate with Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), a Yomiuri group company in order to provide the best news commentary.
About Factiva
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8,000 sources.
Factivas products and services help companies integrate news and business information into their daily workflow to increase organisational intelligence and leverage external and internal content within the knowledge management function. Factiva's content management and integration services are used by leading organisations around the world.
Built on industry standards and open architecture, Factiva products deliver flexible, extensible, customisable solutions to enable easy integration and use in the enterprise. Editorial and technical consulting, taxonomy application, integration expertise and e-learning programs reflect Factivas innovative approach to delivering solutions beyond the content.
Factiva is one of KMWorld Magazines "Top 100 Companies in Knowledge Management" and part of eContent Magazines "Top 100 content companies to watch".
For more information visit: www.factiva.com
Factiva will receive up to 1,000 articles per day from The Yomiuri collection, representing a significant increase in local Japanese language content for Factiva users. Customers throughout the world will benefit from the availability of such thorough coverage of Japanese news, politics, business and culture. Factiva is the only foreign content provider to offer both the Yomiuris Japanese daily paper and Yomiuri newswire, further reinforcing Factivas unmatched multilingual content set.
The Yomiuri Shimbun will complement a range of nearly 8,000 world-class business sources including The Wall Street Journal, Mainichi Shimbun, Sankei Shimbun, Weekly Toyo Keizai and the Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires. The Yomiuri has the largest circulation of any newspaper worldwide and plays an important role in the global business marketplace.
The Yomiuri collection of newspapers and newswires is extremely valuable to our customers in Japan and makes an excellent addition to the Factiva content collection, said Simon Wright, sales director for the Asia Pacific region at Factiva. This relationship, gives our customers access to valuable business insight from a leading Japanese news source that can provide a regional perspective, further enhancing our customers ability to make better business decisions.
The Yomiuri Shimbun is a leading newspaper in Japan with a daily circulation of more than ten million. As many as 1,000 reporters cover daily news in Japan and more than 100 correspondents cover news outside Japan.
We are very excited about working together with Factiva. Using our widespread network of reporters domestically in Japan and overseas, we are sure to satisfy Factiva users by providing news ranging from politics, economics, metropolitan and local news to sports and cultural affairs. We hope our new relationship with Factiva can provide useful information for Factiva customers, said Masaomi Terada, editor of ''Yomiuri On Line, The Yomiuri Shimbun's official website.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The Yomiuri Shimbun is the worlds largest daily newspaper with a circulation of 10.2 million. It is recognised by the Guinness Book of Record. (As of April 2002) Yomiuri Shimbun is a mass-market newspaper representative of Japan with a history of 127 years. The creed of the Yomiuri Shimbun is to ensure freedom and accountability of the press. Based on the tradition of exclusive reporting of political, economic, social and international issue. Our special departments cover stories of public interest such as sports, health, medicine, welfare, culture, science and entertainment. Yomiuri Shimbun has drafted proposals on a wide range of national issues such as a revision of the Constitution of Japan and ways of reinvigorating the national economy. Yomiuri Shimbun wields powerful influence as an organ of public opinion.
The Yomiuri Shimbun also emphasises online media. In March 2002, Yomiuri established a commercial satellites/digital broadcasting channel in cooperate with Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), a Yomiuri group company in order to provide the best news commentary.
About Factiva
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8,000 sources.
Factivas products and services help companies integrate news and business information into their daily workflow to increase organisational intelligence and leverage external and internal content within the knowledge management function. Factiva's content management and integration services are used by leading organisations around the world.
Built on industry standards and open architecture, Factiva products deliver flexible, extensible, customisable solutions to enable easy integration and use in the enterprise. Editorial and technical consulting, taxonomy application, integration expertise and e-learning programs reflect Factivas innovative approach to delivering solutions beyond the content.
Factiva is one of KMWorld Magazines "Top 100 Companies in Knowledge Management" and part of eContent Magazines "Top 100 content companies to watch".
For more information visit: www.factiva.com
