Tuesday 19 February 2008

Moroc Soir Groupe of Morocco Sign Comprehensive Contract With KnowledgeView for a Multi-Platform Publishing System Driven by RAPID Browser and Adobe P


Moroc Soir is one of the leading publishing groups in the Kingdom of Morocco, with several newspaper and on-line titles especially the leading French Daily Le Matin and the Arabic dailies Assabah and Assahra Al Maghribiya. KnowledgeView is the leading publishing software and newspaper integrator in the Arab World with over 20 newspaper installations used by over 3000 journalists.

The new deal is part of the active modernization activities of the group with the attempt to rise circulation and reach, and advertising revenues. The contract aims to expand the capabilities not only of paper publishing but that of on-line and mobile, taking advantage of RAPID Browser's support for multi-publishing in a converging Newsroom mode of work. RAPID Archive will also provide group-wide rich-media archiving and facilities for local search by the newspaper customers.

Mr. Mohamed Al-Jawahiri, Managing Director of Moroc Soir Groupe said "We are pleased to work with KnowledgeView on such an significant part of the group's modernization plan. We in the group take note of the changing landscape of the media market, of changing readers' habits and the effect of the Internet. We see these changes as a great opportunity for the group to insure additional products that satisfy the news needs for different elements of the widening Moroccan economy and society. We will use the group's vast experience in publishing and KnowledgeView's expertise in multi-publishing to achieve our aims."

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