KRI's Cooperative Strategy: Co-Development with Dow Jones, Financial Times

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The International Online meeting in London in December was the setting for a major announcement by Jeff Galt (Knight-Ridder Information), Allen Grossman (Dow Jones & Company, Inc.), and Donal Smith (Financial Times Information), of a joint project to co-develop a global news resource for corporate, research, government, and academic customers.

In a ground-breaking initiative, the three news and electronic information giants will create a comprehensive global collection of published news sources including newspapers, news magazines, and trade publications. Each organization brings impressive resources to the venture: the Knight-Ridder parent organization owns a major North …