Lexis/Nexis Service Available on AT&T PersonaLink Services and on Sony’s Magic Link Personal Communicator
NEW YORK — September 28, 1994 — Mead Data Central has teamed with AT&T (NYSE: T) to introduce two new LEXIS(R)/NEXIS(R) products to be offered through AT&T PersonaLink(SM) Services and available on Sony's Magic Link personal communicator, a new mobile communicator device based on the Magic Cap operating platform.
The Daily News Summary, now available, is delivered free each morning to AT&T PersonaLink subscribers. The Daily News Summary provides an overview of major news items containing both national and international stories as well as business news. In addition, stock market closing, key index statistics, US dollar conversion rates and treasury data can be reviewed. National sports scores are also listed as well as a US weather map which graphically shows the weather across the country and lists regional highs, lows and conditions for specific cities.
The iMMEDIATE! ANSWERS(TM) Store, available by year end through AT&T PersonaLink Market Square(SM), is an electronic information store where subscribers can browse through a wide variety of topics including: Stress Management; Planning Your Will; Investment Opportunities; Elder Care; and European Vacations. Subscribers can purchase information packets which contain articles pertaining to the chosen topics and then receive them via several delivery methods. The information for the iMMEDIATE! ANSWERS information packets is retrieved from more than 2,300 full-text news and business information sources available on the LEXIS/NEXIS services.
The LEXIS/NEXIS services are developing additional products that will be available in future releases. One of these will allow users to create their own personal information profiles which will be used to continually monitor hundreds of news sources available on the LEXIS/NEXIS services.
"It's been very exciting for us to work with a world-class leader like AT&T toward this common goal of making information more easily accessible to new groups of users," said Joseph C. Rhyne, vice president and general manager of Business Information Services of the LEXIS/NEXIS services. "We're anticipating a great interest in our store as the information we've assembled in our iMMEDIATE! ANSWERS packets is useful and relevant to so many people in their busy lives," added Rhyne.
Mead Data Central is the world's leading provider of intelligient information services and information management software. The company's mission is to help business and legal professionals collect, manage, and use information productively. Its products and services are marketed under the familiar brand names of LEXIS and NEXIS and those of the Michie Company, Jurisoft, and the Folio Corporation. Mead Data Central is a division of the Mead Corporation (NYSE: MEA), a leader in forest products. Both companies have headquarters in Dayton, Ohio.
The Enterprise Information Services group (EIS) of the LEXIS/NEXIS services, addresses the needs of individuals, small business owners and professionals who want easily retrieved, up-to-date, comprehensive and practical information. Its products are offered to new and existing customers, such as attorneys, providing them with critical information in a mobile environment. Products already available through other platforms such as Lotus Notes, include the Standard Tracker and Custom Tracker products which are a daily delivered set of articles on a specific company or industry; PubWatch is an electronic table of contents of a specific publication; SubWatch is a list of articles related to a specific topic which are gathered from a designated set or group of publications; Enhanced Newsletters are summaries of news relating to a particular company, industry or topic prepared by a corporate or industry expert. All of the above products include the ability to order full-text articles.
The EIS products are available through electronic mail, fax, online services and groupware systems. Other examples soon to be available include: Small Business Advisor, an online collection of small business information updated daily; NEXIS(R) Express, an as-needed premiere research service which can deliver comprehensive information about topics chosen by the customer. Other products also are in development.
The mailing address for the LEXIS/NEXIS services is P.O. Box 933, Dayton, OH 45401.
CONTACT:
Steve Edwards of Mead Data Central, 513-865-1059.