Comtex Expands News Coverage: BBC Monitoring Added to Key Products ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comtex News Network, Inc. (OTC:CMTX) (BULLETIN BOARD: CMTX) , a leading wholesaler of electronic real-time news and content, is expanding its already comprehensive content with more economically useful information from the British Broadcasting Corporation. The BBC Monitoring content is now available to Comtex distributors. BBC Monitoring, part of the BBC World Service, supplies news, information and comment gathered from the mass media around the world. BBC Monitoring operates around the clock to monitor more than 3,000 radio, TV, press, Internet and news agency sources, translating from up to 100 languages. This extensive and growing range of sources provides distinctive, authoritative and reliable coverage of global political and economic news. "By expanding our news products, Comtex is taking yet another step in fulfilling its mission of providing our distributors with the information they need to meet the challenges of today's economy," said Kathy Ballard, Comtex's Vice President, Content. "The BBC is a leading international source of quality financial journalism, and their coverage will continue to enhance Comtex's reputation as a reliable source of superior content." "We are pleased to offer our global news coverage via Comtex," said Rosy Wolfe, Head of Sales & Marketing, BBC Monitoring. "Comtex's excellent network of distributors will give an ever-increasing audience global access to our news." BBC Monitoring content will add an average of 700-750 quality stories per day to the Comtex product line. The specific coverage includes: International Reports -- specializing in providing political and economic news. Reports are drawn from the media around the world from a wide- range of sources that offer distributors a broad spectrum of news stories. Media File -- providing news on and from the world's media. Media File offers coverage of the latest developments in broadcasting based on BBC Monitoring's own research and the broadcasters' own reports. Newsfile -- providing select breaking news. Newsfile operates around the clock to provide fast, concise coverage of major world events, focusing on the key "need to know" points. Reports are drawn from local media as well as international news agencies reporting on actions and reactions around the world. About Comtex Comtex is a leading wholesaler of real-time news and related content for the world's leading financial and business information distributors. With a specialization in the financial news and content marketplace, Comtex receives, enhances, combines, filters and distributes news and content received from more than 10,000 national and international news bureaus, agencies and publications. The resulting news and content products -- with embedded stock tickers, key words, standardized metadata, uniform formatting and custom filters -- are all designed to meet the exacting standards required by investment professionals. Comtex has offices in Alexandria, Virginia and New York City. Please Note: Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements may be identified by reference to a future period by use of forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate," "expect," "could," "intend," "may" and other words of a similar nature. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated herein, including the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances relating to the fact that Comtex is in a highly competitive industry subject to rapid technological, product and price changes. Other factors include the possibility that demand for the Company's products may not occur or continue at sufficient levels, changing global economic and competitive conditions, technological risks and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Comtex undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Comtex News Network, Inc. CONTACT: Amber Gordon of Comtex News Network, Inc., +1-703-820-2000, ext. 8011, or Web site: http://www.comtexnews.com/

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