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Weekly News Digest
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October 18, 2004 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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CQ Acquires Congressional Transcription Business
Congressional Quarterly, Inc. (CQ), a provider of news and analysis on Congress, politics, and public policy, announced the acquisition of the political business of Federal Document Clearing House's FDCH e-Media, which it re-christened CQ Transcriptions. CQ Transcriptions provides congressional hearing transcripts and testimony and licenses its content to publishers and distributors, including the Associated Press, LexisNexis, EBSCO, and Factiva.CQ Transcriptions will contract with a third party to produce the verbatim transcripts of speeches, press conferences, and news events, with particular emphasis on the Office of the President, Congress, the State Department, the Pentagon, and the Department of Justice. Congressional coverage will be particularly comprehensive, focusing on testimony submitted before congressional committee hearings, press releases, and "Dear Colleague" letters issued by congressional and committee offices. With more than 100 reporters, editors, and researchers on Capitol Hill, CQ keeps readers updated in print and online on a weekly, daily, and real-time basis. CQ's product line includes CQ Weekly, CQ Today, CQ.com, CQ Homeland Security, CQ Budget Tracker, Governing Magazine, and a line of books and directories under the CQ Press imprint. CQ is owned by the Times Publishing Co. of St. Petersburg, Fla., publisher of the St. Petersburg Times and other publications. Source: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
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Brandi Scardilli
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