FreePint News Survey 2013. Results: Premium News Content & Preferences
15th November 2013

Drilling down into the detail of FreePint's Sixth Annual News Needs & Preferences Survey shows the importance of a range of variables when using premium news content products, from abstracts and alerts to native (non-English) language sources and availability of news in a mobile format. We also polled respondents about the frequency of their activities relating to news content, such as searching for current news text and advising colleagues on news resources. Results illustrate the importance information managers place on exploring new products and resources, mobile access and alerts.

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FreePint Report: Product Review of Eureka.cc & Eureka.cc Analytik
15th November 2013

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Product Review of Nexis: Sources, Content & Coverage
14th November 2013

The second part of Anne Lonergan's review of Nexis (known as Nexis.com in the US) looks at the sources, content and coverage available in this comprehensive global business information research tool. Content includes over 5 billion documents and records; 800 global newswires and blogs; coverage of over 200 million companies worldwide; and 28,000 news and business sources.

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What's the Best Way to Manage Your Intranet?
14th November 2013

James Mullan looks into five key areas which are essential when managing your intranet and making it a success. These include creating a site that's visually appealing, giving users the ability to credit or endorse co-workers, providing well organised content, minimising clicks, and offering information and photos on co-workers.

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Journey to DJX had "Customers' Needs in Mind"
13th November 2013

Following FreePint reporting and commentary last summer on Dow Jones' plans to subsume Factiva into its new DJX product, Tim Buckley Owen has been back to users, asking them whether they now feel more reassured and putting their continuing concerns to DJ's Georgene Huang. New means of communication with customers, risk of migration to competitors such as LexisNexis or Acquire Media/NewsEdge, product pricing and licensing, and the "Bloomberg factor", are among the topics covered.

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Product Review of Nexis: Introduction, Value and FreePint's View
13th November 2013

Nexis® is a comprehensive global business information research tool, providing access to thousands of sources all via one interface. Its key strengths are breadth of content; ease of use; authoritative, licensed content; strong archive; advanced search and alerting functionality; and training and support. In the first part of her review Anne Lonergan introduces the tool, known as Nexis in Europe and Nexis.com in the US, and gives feedback on the value the product offers its users who range from professional researchers to marketing specialists.

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Product Review of Eureka.cc & Eureka.cc Analytik: Executive Summary
13th November 2013

Anne Jordan's executive summary of Eureka.cc and the Analytik module explains how the services allow users to search, monitor, share and analyse content. Since FreePint last reviewed Eureka.cc in 2010, there have been a wide range of new sources, new functionality and the launch of the new Analytik module for media analysis which marks a repositioning of the product, expanding its scope from a media database to an end-to-end media monitoring and analysis tool.

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Keeping Up To Date with Regulatory Changes
12th November 2013

With the volume of compliance regulation increasing, how do you ensure that your organisation is keeping abreast of changes? What are the product and other options for tracking changes, e.g. Thomson Reuters Compliance Complete, WSJ's risk & compliance blog or open access sites? This article aims to help you understand the kinds of options available in areas such as Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT).

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Product Review of Eureka.cc & Eureka.cc Analytik: Help, Pricing & Contact Details
12th November 2013

In the final part of Anne Jordan's review she looks into the help, training & support and pricing for media monitoring and online sources directory Eureka.cc and its media analysis module Analytik. She finds the navigation for Eureka.cc to be clear and intuitive with WebEx training available if required. In Europe Eureka.cc is known as Europresse.com.

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Source Update November 2013: What's Happening with Nexis?
11th November 2013

This month's additions and takedowns in Nexis, researched and compiled by Anne Jordan.

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