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.

Awan, launched on 18 November 2007, is the first Arabic newspaper to employ a convergent newsroom approach in the Middle East. The newsroom is a beehive of activity, working in a systematic and coherent way to publish to paper, web and mobile platforms.

With over 3000 journalists and informational professionals using RAPID Browser in more than 30 media organisations, it has become necessary to establish the users' group, allowing users real input on how RAPID Browser is developed to serve their needs. The KnowledgeView users' group will feature an online site on and at least one users' get-together per year.

The successful informal users group meeting, held in Abu Dhabi in June 2007, and attended by leading users of RAPID Browser and RAPID Archive, recommended the establishment of the users' group.

KnowledgeView Limited and Picsel Technologies, a dynamic mobile platform provider, signed a partnership to enable media companies to distribute rich media news stories directly to mobile.

The two companies will integrate KnowledgeView’s RAPID Browser software with Picsel’s Mobile Content Solution. The combined product will enable journalists and editors using KnowledgeView’s technology to read, share and publish news stories via branded mobile channels.

A one-day conference was organized on October 31 in Kuwait in the Sheraton Hotel by M. A. Kharafi Group, KnowledgeView and IFRA, under the patronage of Sheikh Faisal Khalifa Al-Malek Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister of Information, to talk about the latest publishing trends and strategies in the newspaper industry.

KnowledgeView and Jordanian software company ProSys have installed RAPID browser software for Al Syjjyl Newspaper which is now considered the first weekly Jordanian newspaper to use such a software in a hosted environment in the Arab world.

The hosted software, RAPID Browser, will maximize the return on the capital investment for Al Syjjyl by providing accurate and reliable management information and reducing operation costs. The weekly newspaper will not need a server to acquire news feeds from all over the news agencies.

KnowledgeView and Ifra have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in providing Ifra Newsplex training workshops in the Middle East region.

The two entities will jointly host these events, while KnowledgeView will manage and market them.

The training course will initially comprise the following:

KnowledgeView has successfully completed in December 2006 the installation of an integrated news management, editorial production and archiving system for the Al-Watan Qatar newspaper, published by Dar Al Watan Press Establishment. The successful completion of this installation has transformed editorial production in All-Watan to digital workflow with immediate benefits greatly improved editorial efficiency and better editorial quality.

Okaz is the leading newspaper publisher in Saudi Arabia. The publishing and archiving system from KnowledgeView is a central component of the Okaz board’s plan to modernize its entire operations. The system will be used by the Arabic language daily Okaz, the English language daily Saudi Gazette, and other publications.

Awan is part of the Hiwar Media Group of Kuwait, where the RAPID Browser and RAPID Archive systems will form the foundation for a modern convergent newsroom, publishing to paper, web, TV and mobile.

More than 220 media groups took part in Ifra’s 6th International Newsroom Summit, for which KnowledgeView was one of the key sponsors.

Participants at the summit, held on 19-20 April in Paris, listened to speakers from major media companies that have embarked on the path of convergent Newsroom as a way of increasing interaction with new kinds of information consumer at the age of the Internet and generating new revenues. Participants entered into lively discussions on best ways of managing this major change in the methods of work, investment needed, returns on investment and conditions for success.