News-Press & Gazette Renews Contract with WorldNow for Internet Services
for Two Local TV Web Sites-and Signs New Agreement for Four Markets
NEW YORK, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldNow, the leading provider of
Internet technology, content and revenue solutions for local media Web
sites, announced today an expanded partnership with News-Press & Gazette
Broadcasting of St. Louis, MO. News-Press & Gazette renewed its contract
with WorldNow to provide platform and streaming video technology for
stations KVIA in El Paso and KESQ in Palm Springs, California.
At the same time, the company launched new agreements with WorldNow to
provide Web site platform, video services and sales support for four
additional Web sites. They are: KRDO in Colorado Springs; KTVZ in Bend,
Oregon; KJCT in Grand Junction, Colorado; KIFI in Idaho Falls.
"We've been extremely impressed with the technology and the outstanding
customer service that WorldNow has provided to our station Web sites to
date," says John Kueneke, President, News-Press & Gazette Broadcasting.
"There has been a demonstrable improvement in the content, speed and
utility of these Web sites-and viewers have really responded to the
enhanced video capability on the sites, as well. We look forward to having
WorldNow bring similar depth to these four additional sites over the next
year."
"We've enjoyed a terrifically productive relationship with the
News-Press & Gazette company on the collaboration of two of their key Web
sites, KVIA and KESQ, so we're delighted the results have encouraged them
to sign on four additional markets," says Craig Smith, Executive Vice
President, Sales and Distribution at WorldNow. "Our goal is to enable these
stations to leverage their core assets to build a profitable business
online. We look forward to helping them positively impact their bottom line
with brand new revenue streams."
About News-Press & Gazette Broadcasting
News-Press & Gazette Broadcasting is a division of the News-Press &
Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri. The Broadcasting Division operates
television and radio stations in seven Western and Southwestern markets
including El Paso-Las Cruces, Palm Springs, Bend, Colorado Springs-Pueblo,
Grand Junction-Montrose, Idaho Falls-Pocatello, and Yuma-El Centro. The
television stations are affiliated with various networks including ABC,
NBC, FOX, CW and Telemundo. The radio stations are in Colorado Springs and
Palm Springs.
About WorldNow
WorldNow, a New York based technology and sales company, provides a
comprehensive suite of online revenue solutions to over 280 local
broadcasters, newspapers and cable providers. WorldNow enables media
companies to build new businesses on the Internet through five core
products including a proprietary streaming video solution, Web site
publishing platform, online automotive classifieds, local ad sales, and a
national advertising consortium known as the Local Media Network (LMN).
Current WorldNow customers include Cox, Dispatch, Fisher, Gray, LIN
Television, Media General, Meredith, Raycom Media, The New York Times, Time
Warner Cable, Tribune, and Young. For more information about our company,
please visit, http://www.WorldNow.com and http://www.localmedianetwork.com.
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http://www.WorldNow.com
http://www.localmedianetwork.com
CONTACT:
Amy Dowden, Director of Marketing of
WorldNow, +1-212-931-1221, or adowden@worldnow.com
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