Comtex Expands News Coverage: BBC Monitoring Added to Key Products

Comtex Expands News Coverage: BBC Monitoring Added to Key
Products 


ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comtex News Network, Inc.
(OTC:CMTX) (BULLETIN BOARD: CMTX) , a leading wholesaler of electronic
real-time news and content, is expanding its already comprehensive content with
more economically useful information from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The BBC Monitoring content is now available to Comtex distributors.

BBC Monitoring, part of the BBC World Service, supplies news, information and
comment gathered from the mass media around the world.  BBC Monitoring operates
around the clock to monitor more than 3,000 radio, TV, press, Internet and news
agency sources, translating from up to 100 languages.  This extensive and
growing range of sources provides distinctive, authoritative and reliable
coverage of global political and economic news.

"By expanding our news products, Comtex is taking yet another step in
fulfilling its mission of providing our distributors with the information they
need to meet the challenges of today's economy," said Kathy Ballard, Comtex's
Vice President, Content.  "The BBC is a leading international source of quality
financial journalism, and their coverage will continue to enhance Comtex's
reputation as a reliable source of superior content."

"We are pleased to offer our global news coverage via Comtex," said Rosy Wolfe,
Head of Sales & Marketing, BBC Monitoring.  "Comtex's excellent network of
distributors will give an ever-increasing audience global access to our news."

BBC Monitoring content will add an average of 700-750 quality stories per day
to the Comtex product line.  The specific coverage includes:

   International Reports -- specializing in providing political and economic
   news.  Reports are drawn from the media around the world from a wide-
   range of sources that offer distributors a broad spectrum of news
   stories.

   Media File -- providing news on and from the world's media.  Media File
   offers coverage of the latest developments in broadcasting based on BBC
   Monitoring's own research and the broadcasters' own reports.

   Newsfile -- providing select breaking news.  Newsfile operates around the
   clock to provide fast, concise coverage of major world events, focusing
   on the key "need to know" points.  Reports are drawn from local media as
   well as international news agencies reporting on actions and reactions
   around the world.

  About Comtex


Comtex is a leading wholesaler of real-time news and related content for the
world's leading financial and business information distributors.  With a
specialization in the financial news and content marketplace, Comtex receives,
enhances, combines, filters and distributes news and content received from more
than 10,000 national and international news bureaus, agencies and publications.
 The resulting news and content products -- with embedded stock tickers, key
words, standardized metadata, uniform formatting and custom filters -- are all
designed to meet the exacting standards required by investment professionals. 
Comtex has offices in Alexandria, Virginia and New York City.

Please Note:  Except for the historical information contained herein, this
press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties.  These forward-looking statements may be
identified by reference to a future period by use of forward-looking
terminology such as "anticipate," "expect," "could," "intend," "may" and other
words of a similar nature.  These statements involve risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated
herein, including the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances
relating to the fact that Comtex is in a highly competitive industry subject to
rapid technological, product and price changes.  Other factors include the
possibility that demand for the Company's products may not occur or continue at
sufficient levels, changing global economic and competitive conditions,
technological risks and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed
in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Comtex
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. 

DATASOURCE: Comtex News Network, Inc.



CONTACT:  Amber Gordon of Comtex News Network, Inc., [phone],

ext. 8011, or 



Web site:  http://www.comtexnews.com/

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