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Yomiuri Starts Its Electronic Edition Worldwide
Source: OnlineJournalism.com, Japan Media Review
Via Pressnet: The Yomiuri Shimbun started distributing electronic versions of Japanese daily papers in major cities around the world this month. The electronic edition of Yomiuri contains 28 pages printed in black-and-white in A3-sized. It is a mix of special pages from its satellite-transmitted edition for overseas subscribers and the main sections from the Yomiuri Shimbun dail edition. Circulation is estimated to reach a total of 2,000 hotels, bookstores and other sites in 55 countries. The price differs by geographic location. In the United States, for instance, the paper costs two dollars. A Yomiuri official in charge of the project commented: "We are receiving inquiries from business people planning to make overseas trips asking us where they can get the Yomiuri Shimbun." This electronic delivery is a cooperative venture between NewspaperDirect in Canada and its Japanese agent, Konica Business Machine, in Tokyo. The Yomiuri transmit PDF files of its newspaper pages to NewspaperDirect's servers on daily basis, and the date will be transmitted to ND's "print stations" in major public transport facilities, hotels and bookstore worldwide.
Keiko Mori
Japan Media Review Staff Writer
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