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Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1992 09:20:48 EDT
From:         Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>
Subject:      Dow Jones News/Retrieval Available Through the Internet (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 16:53:08 EDT
From: Allison Pihl <pihl@nisc.jvnc.net>
To: com-priv@psi.com
Subject: Dow Jones News/Retrieval Available Through the Internet


DOW JONES NEWS/RETRIEVAL AVAILABLE THROUGH INTERNET

PRINCETON, NJ, September 1, 1992 --  Dow Jones News/Retrieval is now available
to academic and commercial institutions through the Internet, a global data
communications network consisting of more than 6,000 individual networks spread
over 40 countries.

Access to News/Retrieval's world business news, industry information and
global market analyses was previously available only through a dial-up
connection.  Now academic institutions on the Internet may access
News/Retrieval directly.  Commercial organizations may now access
News/Retrieval through a connection to Global Enterprise Service's JvNCnet.

"We are offering News/Retrieval through the Internet to address the specific
needs of the academic community as well as corporations that find the network
useful to their businesses," said Allen Grossman, executive director of
product marketing and development for Dow Jones Information Services.
"Having News/Retrieval on the Internet allows our academic customers to reach
a variety of services from the same connection at a lower cost and at a much
faster speed," he noted.

Dow Jones News/Retrieval is a leading provider of online business and financial
news, company profiles and full-text articles from more than 1,300 publications,
and is the exclusive online provider of the full text of The Wall Street
Journal and its international editions, Barron's and the Dow Jones family of
domestic and international newswires.

Dow Jones News/Retrieval is published by Dow Jones Information Services, a
unit of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., a leading international business news and
information company. Dow Jones Information Services publishes other electronic
services and includes Telerate, Inc., a worldwide provider of real-time
information and transaction services.  Dow Jones & Company, Inc. also
publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international editions, Barron's
and the Ottaway group of community newspapers.

Global Enterprise Service's JvNCnet is a communications network that provides
Internet access and network services to academic, commercial and government
organizations both nationally and internationally.


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Editorial inquiries:  Maggie Landis of Dow Jones, 609-520-4638

Customer inquiries:  Dow Jones Information Services Customer Service,
800-522-3567 ext. 134.

Global Enterprise Services, Inc, JvNCnet inquiries:  800-35-TIGER or
(609) 258-2400.  Elecronic mail inquiries:  market@jvnc.net.

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