Press release
31 January 2006

Maroc Soir Groupe, a leading newspaper publisher in Morocco, has signed comprehensive contract with KnowledgeView for a multi-platform publishing system driven by RAPID Browser and Adobe publishing software.

Moroc Soir is one of the leading publishing groups in the Kingdom of Morocco, with several newspaper and on-line titles notably 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 contract is part of the active modernisation activities of the group with the aim of increasing 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 convergent 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 important part of the group's modernisation 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 provide additional products that satisfy the news needs for different segments of the expanding 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.”

Dr. Ali Al-Assam Managing Director of KnowledgeView Ltd said “This contract, the first for the company in Morocco, represents KnowledgeView's strong entry into the expanding Moroccan media market, where KnowledgeView will have direct marketing and support centre there. We are honoured to have the confidence of such reputable media group as Moroc Soir, and we look forward to jointly provide an advanced multi-publishing example for the whole of the North African media market”.

For more information: please contact Ms. Nawal El Baba, senior marketing executive for KnowledgeView on nawal@knowledgeview.co.uk Tel:+9611345178

About Maroc Soir Groupe
Moroc Soir is one of the leading publishing groups in the Kingdom of Morocco, with several newspaper and on-line titles notably the leading French Daily Le Matin and the Arabic dailies Assabah and Assahra Al Maghribiya.

About KnowledgeView
KnowledgeView Ltd is a UK-based company with headquarters in London and offices in the Middle East. The company was founded in 1995 to develop cross-media publishing, news management and editorial sharing systems. KnowledgeView’s customers include Independent News and Media, and Media Communication Group. In the Middle East, KnowledgeView is a leading newspaper integrator providing consultancy as well as technology, acting as a marketing and technology bridge between Europe and the Arab world.

KnowledgeView’s RAPID Browser is a powerful news management and editorial sharing system for automating acquisition, classification and enhancement of news and media content; and creating packages for cross-media publishing serving convergent newsrooms, designed to streamline production and create additional revenues.

RAPID Browser has set the standard for the next generation of news management systems with its ability to gather content from a wide variety of sources such as news agencies, correspondents’ reports, RSS feeds, video and audio; and the power it puts in the hands of users to define their own ways of filtering and acting on items that match their interests. By integrating RAPID Browser with Adobe publishing software and with third-party publishing systems such as web CMS, Adobe software and mobile applications, KnowledgeView provides integrated editorial and publishing systems for newspapers.

RAPID Archive, integrated with RAPID Browser and based on XML server technology, provides strategic rich-media archiving for publishers.