ProQuest - Gannett agreement

["Okerson, Ann" <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

Of possible interest, a power move by ProQuest.  Ann Okerson

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Subject: ProQuest and Gannett sign agreement

ProQuest Boosting Local, Regional, and Military News Coverage 
with Exclusive Access to 85 Gannett Titles

http://www.proquest.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/09/20090407.shtml

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 7, 2009 - ProQuest has signed a long-term 
agreement to be the exclusive provider of 85 full-text newspaper 
titles from the world-leading news and information provider 
Gannett Company, Inc. An additional 7 U.S. military newspapers 
will be available from ProQuest to libraries and educational 
institutions worldwide on a non-exclusive basis. These titles 
will be made available through ProQuest Newsstand, ProQuest 
Archiver(tm), and ProQuest's Newspapers in Microfilm, and as an 
add-on package to ProQuest Central. Six of the largest Gannett 
titles are also slated to be produced as ProQuest Historical 
Newspapers.

See full release at link above...

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