Dow Jones Newswires Announces Distribution Agreement with COMTEX News Network

Business Wire, Jan 22, 2003

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2003

Dow Jones News Service Will Be Available Via COMTEX, Easing

Integration into New Third-Party Applications

Dow Jones Newswires, a premier provider of real-time news for the financial markets, announced today a distribution agreement with COMTEX News Network, a leading aggregator and distributor of real-time news.

Dow Jones News Service will be available as a feed from COMTEX for integration into third-party financial and market information applications.

Application developers and market data content providers will be able to use COMTEX for delivery of Dow Jones News Service, a market leading news and information source for equity market professionals. This will ease integration within financial and market information user interfaces and reduce the time it takes to implement Dow Jones news into new applications and platforms. The agreement with COMTEX will bring brokers, traders, portfolio managers and institutional investors more choices for accessing Dow Jones News Service.

"Dow Jones Newswires is extremely pleased to enroll COMTEX as a distributor of Dow Jones News Service," said Joseph Lanza, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Dow Jones Newswires - Americas. "This will significantly ease integration into new interfaces, ultimately providing Dow Jones news within more of the applications critical to our audience of financial professionals."

"Being able to deliver Dow Jones News Service and COMTEX's aggregated topical wires allows our customers to choose from the best of the best for their trading applications," stated Martin Greif, Vice President Sales and Marketing, COMTEX News Network. "Our customers can quickly and easily integrate all of the news services necessary to meet their business needs."

Dow Jones News Service, used by more North American market professionals than any other financial news source, provides quick, in-depth coverage on everything that affects the stock markets. Subscribers receive company and industry news, economic and political events, and updates on all major financial markets, as well as exclusive columns, interviews with market leaders and analysis of trends. Developers and content providers who use the Dow Jones News Service feed from COMTEX will also sign separate distribution agreements with Dow Jones Newswires.

About Dow Jones

Dow Jones Newswires (www.djnewswires.com) provides real-time news for financial professionals in the equities, fixed-income, foreign exchange and energy markets. The division also offers news for financial firms' Web sites and Dow Jones Newsletters' sector-specific content. In addition to Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ; dj.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Indexes and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

About COMTEX News Network

COMTEX News Network, Inc. (OTC BB:CMTX), is a leading real-time news aggregator and distributor reaching millions of readers through more than 1,000 websites and applications throughout the world. COMTEX is a one-stop shop for real-time news and content products used in applications serving the needs of the financial services industry, individual and institutional investors, corporate information markets and government and association markets. COMTEX maximizes publisher value for more than 70 of the most recognized news agencies in the world by increasing their reach into high value applications and by generating additional revenue. COMTEX utilizes more than 20 years of news aggregation and distribution expertise and market leading technology to enhance each customer's business model. Headquartered in Alexandria, VA, COMTEX can be found on the Web at http://www.comtexnews.net.