Boardwatch Magazine is pleased to announce the addition of the Newsbytes News Network to our stable of text publications distributed to hundreds of bulletin boards and online systems around the globe. Newsbytes pioneered electronic publishing - appearing on THE SOURCE as early as 1983. Today, it appears daily on commercial services such as ZiffNet, Dialog, GEnie, and America Online bringing current news of the personal computer industry to over 4.5 million online readers with a speed and timeliness only an electronic publication can achieve. A team of 19 reporters contribute news and articles from bureaus around the globe, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, San Antonio, Newark, New York, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Toronto, Tokyo London, Brussels, Monscow, Hongkong, and Syndney Australia. Newsbytes is used as a news source by radio commentators, print magazines covering the PC industry, and others. Boardwatch distribution consists of twice weekly delivery of the full text of Newsbytes. Stories filed Monday-Wednesday are available by 6:00 PM from the Boardwatch BBS as NBWED.ZIP file and on Friday by 6:00 PM as NBFRI.ZIP. This files are compressed with PKWare's PKZIP program to an average size of 80 KB. Each file contains eight component files with permanent file names. With each edition, you can download the .ZIP file, UNZIP it over the current files to update your system - like all Boardwatch distribution products, your maintenance update effort is kept to the absolute minimum. These filenames never change: GENERAL.TXT General Computing News TELECOM.TXT Telecommunications/Online News and Developments IBM.TXT IBM Specific News and Reviews APPLE.TXT Apple Computer/Macintosh News and Events UNIX.TXT News of UNIX Computing and Networking BUSINESS.TXT Business Computing Applications and News TRENDS.TXT Trends and Developments in the Computer Industry GOVT.TXT Computer Use in Government Each file contains dozens of stories under the chosen topic. Newsbytes is easy to display on a BBS system, and easy for callers to read and enjoy. You may dial our system at (303)973-4222 and view the Newsbyte product displayed online at no charge and no obligation. DELIVERY: Newsbytes is available each Wednesday and Friday by 6:00 PM. Files may be downloaded by script or manually from our multiline distribution system in Denver Colorado. Data number (303)973-4222 - V.32bis 14,400 bps. 8 data bits, No parity, 1 stop bit (8N1). This system uses U.S. Robotics 16.8kbps Courier Dual Standard Modems. Files may also be requested from FidoNet 1:104/555 as NEWSBYTE.ZIP or using magic filename NEWSBYTE. The appropriate file is automatically sent based on the current day's availability. PRICING: License to display Newsbytes on your BBS is available at prices beginning at $25 per month. Actual price is based on readership using the formula 0.005 X READERS X BBS ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATE to derive monthly license fee (same formula used for USA Today Decisionlines Distribution). The minimum subscription period is six months with a two month discount for annual subscriptions ($250 per year on base rate). TO ORDER: Contact Gary Funk, Director Online Services, at (303)973-6038 voice, (303)986-8754 fax, or (303)973-4222 data. Electronic mail inquiries may be directed by Internet to gfunk@boardwatch.com or FidoNet to Gary Funk at 1:104/555. Mail inquiries to: Gary Funk Boardwatch Magazine 7586 West Jewell Ave., Suite 200 Lakewood, CO 80232