MEI Press Release

Press Release

Managing Editor® Inc. Speeds Content
Transmission with Customer
Communication Software

FaxAction™ receives editorial or advertising materials via fax,
e-mail, web, electronic file transfer, or scanned hard copy

JENKINTOWN, PA (JUNE 14, 2001) — Managing Editor® Inc. (MEI), a Philadelphia based
software company, presents FaxAction™, the customer communication
software that handles virtually any type of electronic submission, 24 hours a day.
By using FaxAction, newspapers can receive editorial or advertising materials
transmitted by fax, e-mail, web, electronic file transfer, or scanned hard copy, and
confirm receipt of the information within seconds. FaxAction will also integrate
with MEI’s Roundhouse® ad tracking system so clients can submit materials
directly to the Roundhouse database. MEI will conduct demonstrations of
FaxAction in booth #2603 at NEXPO 2001 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention
Center in New Orleans, June 16-19.

FaxAction eliminates the need to re-key advertising content by offering users
remote text entry and web-based advertising forms. The FaxAction Data
Management System contains software components that provide high-end OCR
functions, enhance text quality, and link FaxAction information to a publishing
system’s ad costing and tracking process. Editorial submissions are handled by
the FaxAction editorial module, which can receive letters to the editor, statistics,
obituaries, press releases, and more. The FaxAction software then enhances
typed information, links the text to graphic or photo files, and routes it to the
proper folders and baskets.

"By offering round-the-clock submission of advertising elements, FaxAction will
help newspapers provide great customer service for their advertising clients,"
said Mark Leister, vice president of business development. "MEI has always
been committed to developing and distributing technology that newspaper
publishers need to stay competitive, and FaxAction technology provides
newspapers with a convenient, effective tool for their customers."

A network-compatible system, the FaxAction server, which runs on Windows
NT, is fully integrated with a variety of front-end systems. The FaxAction client
software can run on Windows, OS/2, and Macintosh operating systems.

"FaxAction has been successfully implemented by dozens of newspapers across
the country, with great results," said Karl Costenbader, president of Competent
Technologies, the developer of FaxAction. "We’re excited about the distribution
opportunities MEI can provide for FaxAction, and MEI’s superior integration
expertise will benefit newspapers that implement this technology."

About MEI

Managing Editor Inc. is an industry leader in the development and integration of
quality, proven software solutions for the evolving publishing industry. The
company’s Page Director® Series of Advertising and Classified Layout Systems
and the Roundhouse® Ad Tracking System deliver automated pagination and
workflow solutions to newspaper and magazine publishers, as well as to other
print and electronic publishing markets. Founded in 1990, the company was
named a laureate of both the 1999 and 2000 Computerworld Smithsonian
Collections. Managing Editor is a portfolio company of Adobe Ventures LP, the
investment arm of Adobe Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: ADBE). For additional
information, please visit http://www.maned.com.

Editor’s Note

Additional information about Managing Editor Inc. and all other public relations
materials from Managing Editor Inc. can be found online at
http://www.maned.com/news/pr.html

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