GalleryWatchTM partners with News 8 Austin to supply detailed coverage of the Texas Legislature online at news8austin.com
GalleryWatch recognized as the leader in providing real-time legislative coverage to real-time media stations
AUSTIN,
Texas and WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2003 – GalleryWatch.com™, a leading provider of real-time tools and applications for monitoring the Texas and federal legislative, regulatory, and appropriations processes, has partnered with News8Austin, Central Texas’ 24 hour local cable news channel, to provide select GalleryWatch content and News Bytes for visitors to the news8austin.com Web site.
GalleryWatch will provide Texas legislative information including Cloak Room™ articles and committee articles that will be published in news8austin.com’s “Legislature 2003” section. The coverage supplied by GalleryWatch will provide additional detail and perspective to News 8’s own legislative coverage on news8austin.com as well as expand the audience for GalleryWatch’s timely coverage of the Texas Legislature within the Central Texas market.
"News 8 has made a strong commitment to coverage of the legislature and government in general," said Brian Benschoter, general manager of News 8 Austin. "Adding the news gathering resources of Gallery Watch to our online effort will help us bring even greater depth and insight into what is promising to be a very important and challenging legislative session."
“The addition of News 8, the only all news channel in the capital city and extensive online Central Texas news site, as our most recent content syndication partner validates our market position and the value we provide not only to our clients but to a much broader audience with interest in the legislative and government in Texas,” Said GalleryWatch CEO, Betty Otter-Nickerson. “GalleryWatch is now providing content to four of the premier media venues in the state’s largest markets.”
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About GalleryWatch.com
GalleryWatch.com provides enterprise-wide workflow applications and collaborative tools for real-time monitoring of the federal and Texas legislative and regulatory processes via the internet and text messaging, and is the most comprehensive and dependable source for federal budget and appropriations information. Additional products and services include voting scorecards to track and analyze Member voting history and patterns, committee transcripts and reports made available through GalleryWatch’s partnership with National Journal, and Congressional Research Reports made available through GalleryWatch’s partnership with Penny Hill Press. Founded in 1996, GalleryWatch serves over 3,000 government affairs professionals at Fortune 2000 companies, trade associations, law firms, government agencies, lobbying and public relations firms, foreign embassies, and universities. For more information, visit www.gallerywatch.com.
About News 8 Austin
News 8 Austin is the award winning 24 hour local cable news service created by Time Warner Cable of Austin exclusively for its customers. Time Warner Cable also offers 24 hour local cable news in New York City, Rochester and Albany, NY; Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville and Charlotte, NC; and Houston and, starting in April, in San Antonio. Time Warner Cable of Austin is the premiere provider of broadband services in Central Texas including digital cable, video-on-demand, set top digital video recorders, consumer and business high speed online services and wireless home networking.
Editorial Contact:
Michael Romanies
GalleryWatch
(888) 498-3927
(512) 320-1525
miker@GalleryWatch.com
Editorial Contact:
Brian Benschoter
News 8 Austin
512-531-8088
bbenschoter@news8austin.com
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