LexisNexis™ Bolsters News Coverage With Addition of Ethnic and Regional News Sources

DAYTON, OH, April 29, 2002 - LexisNexis™, the global leader in legal, news and business information services, today announced the additions of Ethnic Newsline and Regional Newsline to LexisNexis™ Academic Universe and LexisNexis™ at nexis.com, providing more robust and diverse newspaper coverage to support critical decisions.

Ethnic Newsline contains articles selected from the ethnic and minority press in America, representing the viewpoints of African Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Chicanos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and European Americans.  The collection includes such publications as American Indian Report, Black Scholar, Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire, Chicago Jewish News, ColorLines, Deep South Jewish Voice, Hispanic Business and Middle East Quarterly.

 Regional Newsline includes articles on news, stories and events of local and regional interest within the United States.  The collection spans the country and includes such publications as Bennington Banner (VT), Connecticut Post, Fairbanks Daily News Miner (AK), Las Cruces Sun News (NM), Opelika-Auburn News (AL), The Oakland Tribune (CA) and Pasadena Star-News (CA), San Antonio Current (TX), The News Virginian (VA), Weekly Planet Tampa (FL) and Winston-Salem Journal (NC).

 “Our customers want to have access to the most comprehensive news database when searching LexisNexis,” said Timothy J. Fusco, vice president, Business and Academic Publishing for LexisNexis Corporate & Federal Markets.  “For many academic and business researchers, this culturally and geographically focused information is often the missing piece of the puzzle, vital to enabling the most thorough results.”

Fusco added that LexisNexis will continue to grow its Ethnic Newsline and Regional Newsline coverage.

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