Soliciting User Input on the Big Three

News Products from Dialog NewsRoom, Dow Jones Factiva, and Nexis to be compared - share your opinions on these products, whether you use one, two or all three!

VIP Magazine is preparing its annual comparative review of news products from the Big Three. New this year is an anonymous survey for users to provide their opinions and feedback on these products. The survey is open to all users at: http://digbig.com/4xtac

'For the past few years, we've tried different approaches to encouraging users to provide their input on this project', notes Robin Neidorf, General Manager of Free Pint Limited, which publishes VIP Magazine. 'It's difficult for users to be candid unless they know they will not be identified. The anonymous survey enables us to pull together aggregated impressions of these products to put our researchers' product tests into context.'

The results of the survey will be published in VIP Magazine. Neither the editorial team nor the vendors will have access to any information from the survey, other than in aggregated format, to ensure anonymity.

Anyone who uses *any* of the three products for news content is welcome to complete the survey at http://digbig.com/4xtac. If respondents only use one or two of the products, they can skip the questions relating to the other products.

Information for Editors

VIP Magazine is a monthly publication of in-depth product reviews and news analysis for the premium content industry. It is available by paid annual subscription and is delivered in digital (PDF) format by email. VIP is published by Free Pint Limited.

Pamela Clark, senior editor of VIP, has played many different roles in the information sector throughout her career. She has worked in local government, accountancy, management consulting and investment banking in the UK, Continental Europe and the US, most recently as Director, Corporate Research & Development, AIG, in New York. Pamela builds on all this experience to connect with subscribers and vendors, determine which products and areas of focus to highlight in VIP, and provide insightful comment on the news affecting information purchasers, users and vendors. Contact Pamela Clark by email to pamela.clark@freepint.com

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