Full-text newswire and blog feeds from Newstex now available to FPinfomart customers GUILFORD, Conn., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Newstex, http://www.newstex.com/ the Content On Demand(TM) company, today announced an alliance to deliver Newstex Content On Demand (TM) and Newstex Blogs On Demand(TM) through FPinfomart, CanWest MediaWorks' industry leading news and business information service in Canada, available at FPinfomart.ca The agreement calls for Newstex to provide Content On Demand-tailored, real-time news and commentary from thousands of branded newswires, newspapers, magazines, financial and business sources, official government feeds as well as Blogs On Demand-full-text blog content from premier Weblogs in a wide variety of categories. As a content source for FPinfomart, Canada's leading provider of media monitoring, financial and corporate data, Newstex newsfeeds will join more than 275 Canadian news sources, plus authoritative company profiles. As Canada's one-stop shop for Information Professionals, Business Communicators, Knowledge Workers, Researchers, FPinfomart.ca serves Canadian professionals who need timely, reliable, in-depth Canadian news and business information. "This announcement with Newstex signifies a new era for FPinfomart as we enhance our offering to our business customers with comprehensive, trusted news and information feeds from around the world," said Arturo Duran, President, Interactive and Business Integration, CanWest MediaWorks Inc. "With access to blogs, transcripts, and enhanced international content, FPinfomart customers will benefit from a one-stop source for complete, Canadian and international news and business coverage." "The services from CanWest Interactive lead the Canada market because of the company's keen understanding of how people use information in business and their personal life," said Larry Schwartz, Newstex President. "Delivering our Newstex Newsfeeds to is an important component of our strategy to deliver our content through the information products that people rely upon every day." About Newstex Newstex offers Content On Demand, including tailored, real-time news and commentary from thousands of branded newswires, newspapers, magazines, financial and business sources, official government feeds and blogs. Newstex collects full-text digital news and commentary feeds, standardizes the content format, adds stock ticker symbols, indexes stories using PeopleTickering and topical categories, and instantly delivers the result via easy-to-integrate XML or RSS newsfeeds. The revolutionary Newstex Blogs On Demand product delivers value-added full-text blog content. Newstex processes blogs in real-time through its NewsRouter(TM) technology to automatically tag each blog post with key data such as company names, stock tickers, key executives and government officials, and detailed topical categories for distribution to downstream enterprise customers to ensure greater exposure and reach for this valuable content. Blogs On Demand and Content On Demand from Newstex are the fastest ways for content distributors and enterprise customers to cost-effectively integrate full-text premium newsfeeds and the top blogs at reduced cost, minimum risk and optimum ROI. Newstex is included in the 2006 EContent 100 list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry and Newstex was named top new IT enterprise in Information Today's 2006 People's Choice Awards. For more information, please visit http://www.newstex.com/ . About FPinfomart FPinfomart is 74% indirectly owned by CanWest Global Communications Corp, (NYSE: CWG; TSX: CGS and CGS.A, http://www.canwestglobal.com/), and 26% indirectly owned by the CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund (TSX: CWM.UN; http://www.cwmincomefund.com/). CanWest Global Communications Corp., an international media company, is Canada's largest media company and largest publisher of daily newspapers. The Company also owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in free-to-air and subscription-based television networks, out-of-home advertising, web sites, and radio stations and networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, the United States and the United Kingdom. Newstex / Media Contact David M. Scott Freshspot Marketing for Newstex 617-513-9548 CanWest MediaWorks Inc. / Media Contact Tammy Bender Public Relations Manager 416-442-2177 DATASOURCE: Newstex CONTACT: David M. Scott, Freshspot Marketing for Newstex, +1-617-513-9548, ; or Tammy Bender, Public Relations Manager, CanWest MediaWorks Inc., +1-416-442-2177, Web site: http://www.newstex.com/ http://www.fpinfomart.ca/ http://www.canwestglobal.com/ http://www.cwmincomefund.com/

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