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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Carmine Gentile, Vice President of Sales
HarvestINFO, Inc.
513.701.3000 ext. 230
carmine.gentile@harvestinfo.com
Cox Ohio Publishing, a division of Cox Newspapers, Partners with HarvestINFO™ Integrated Search and Marketplace Solutions to Power Local Search and Shopping for Eight Online Newspapers
Cox Newspaper websites rely on HarvestINFO's Deal Storm, Dig It Local, and ShopMountain technology to deliver local news, shopping information, and advertising to consumers in southwestern Ohio
MASON, OH, September 13, 2006 - Cox Ohio Publishing and HarvestINFO, Inc., a leading provider of local search, shopping and advertising solutions, have announced their partnership and the launch of integrated search and marketplace solutions for eight Cox Newspaper websites including DaytonDailyNews.com, Journal-News.com, MiddletownJournal.com, and OxfordPress.com. The eight websites, consisting of four Cox dailies and four Cox weeklies, all service the southwestern Ohio market.
Cox Ohio's anchor website, www.daytondailynews.com, features Deal Storm local retailer and classified ads integrated alongside ShopMountain online retailer product content. HarvestINFO's Integrated Search platform enables consumers to easily and intuitively access both varieties of content through a single search. Relevant local information from over 200,000 of the market's most popular webpages is likewise integrated using HarvestINFO's Dig It Local local search technology. The same application of HarvestINFO solutions can be seen at www.journal-news.com, www.middletownjournal.com, and www.springfieldnewssun.com, with similar features planned for www.oxfordpress.com, www.fairfield-echo.com, www.pulsejournal.com, and www.western-star.com in the coming weeks.
"HarvestINFO has been a great partner for Cox Ohio for many years," said Ray Marcano, internet general manager, Cox Ohio Publishing. "Their newest suite of products - including Deal Storm, ShopMountain, and Dig It Local - will help us drive audience and revenue for our family of sites. Harvest's technology solutions will help us stay relevant in a very competitive market."
"We are proud to have been selected once again as technology provider for the Cox Newspapers network," said Doug Olsson, senior vice president of sales, HarvestINFO, Inc. "Working with the Cox team to deliver solutions to better serve their consumers, to create more options for local advertisers, and to increase online-based revenue is at the heart of what HarvestINFO strives to achieve with every implementation. Having achieved this with our long-time friends and partners at Cox makes the accomplishment doubly rewarding."
About HarvestINFO, Inc.
HarvestINFO, Inc. provides leading edge local search, online shopping, and online advertising technology solutions for hundreds of media clients, representing 50 publishing groups, worldwide. Since 1996, HarvestINFO has delivered solutions that enable media clients to strengthen their commitment of service to local advertisers and consumers, and compete in their local marketplace. For more information on what HarvestINFO can do for your local franchise, please visit www.harvestinfo.com.
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