ANN ARBOR, MI (June 26, 2008) – MediaSpan Group, Inc., leading provider of proven mission-critical content management and workflow solutions for the newspaper, magazine, and Web publishing markets, has added The News-Star in Monroe, LA to its customer list.

The News-Star will join Gannett’s consolidated Jazbox editorial system in Louisiana. “We wanted to take advantage of workflow synergies with our sister Gannett sites that are already centralized on the Jazbox system,” said Kathy Spurlock, Executive Editor of The News-Star. 

“The News-Star decision recognizes the proven ability of Jazbox to support geographically dispersed publications in a centralized environment,” said Dr. F.R. Campagnoni, MediaSpan Chief Executive Officer. 

The Jazbox editorial system, which includes the OnePlan budgeting tool, and fully integrates with Adobe InDesign and InCopy, will allow The News-Star to achieve increased newsroom efficiency and cost effectiveness. 

The Jazbox installation begins in July, and The News-Star will be completely live by the end of September.  The Executive Editor said, “We expect it to be an easy transition for our staff.”   The News-Star is a daily newspaper in Monroe, LA that was founded in 1890 and is owned by Gannett Company, Inc.

About MediaSpan
MediaSpan Group, Inc. (www.mediaspangroup.com) powers digital content management, online marketing, advertising and business productivity solutions for the world's leading media companies including Citadel/ABC Radio, Sun Media, Advance Publications, MediaNews, Gannett and Radio One.  With more than 4,800 local newspaper, radio, and television properties relying on its solutions, MediaSpan is the world’s largest network of local media companies and media consumers. 
  
MediaSpan Media Software (www.mediaspansoftware.com) provides mission-critical, pre-press infrastructure tools enabling efficient content delivery to consumers across print, web and wireless platforms. MediaSpan Online Services (www.mediaspanonline.com) provides a comprehensive suite of website management and marketing solutions. The MediaSpan Network (www.mediaspannetwork.com) delivers an unparalleled national online advertising opportunity across over 1,400 local radio, newspaper and television websites in 300 U.S. DMAs. 

MediaSpan has development, support and sales offices worldwide including locations in Ann Arbor, MI, Melbourne, FL, New York, NY, London, England UK and Irvine, CA.
 
 
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