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Escenic launches major upgrade of core CMS software

Monday 29. December 2008 - Norwegian software Company, Escenic AS announced today that the largest upgrade ever of their core CMS Escenic Content Studio and Escenic Content Engine will be officially launched at IFRA Expo in Amsterdam. The version 5.0 features a long list of new functions, and takes the professional media organizations into the real multimedia era of work-saving tools for reporters and editors.

Escenic Content Studio 5.0 enables writers and editors to complete all work, including more peripheral tasks within the same work space. Advanced personalized search and information panels are also integrated, enabling each individual writer or editor to have continuously updated external or internal feeds and information directly on their own screen.

“The new focus of allowing the writer and editor to complete all their tasks without having to leave the Escenic Content Studio work desk has been strengthened. To extend this even further for the multimedia specialists, editing in dedicated expert tools have become a seamless operation. For more advanced editing of e.g., images in Photoshop, simply click on a button in Escenic Content Studio 5.0, edit the image, and the changes are automatically saved back into the work space”, says Tom Skolbekken, Senior Vice President Sales, Escenic.

New features in Escenic Content Studio 5.0 also include:
Improved section/index page editing
Full restructuring and regrouping of section page layout
A new rich text editor with embedded spell checking
A greatly improved image editor
Drag and drop from anywhere to anywhere in Escenic Content Studio 5.0
Full undo-redo support
Roaming user profiles
Improved search
Escenic Content Studio and Escenic Content Engine are used by 600 news media websites worldwide, including some of the most advanced and most visited news sites. Escenic is the core internet publishing tool for news publishers like: UK-based News International (The TimesOnline, The Sun, News of the World), The Daily Telegraph and The Independent). As well as, German Axel Springer Group, Scandinavian Schibsted, Bonnier and A-pressen, Dutch De Telegraaf, PCM, NDC, and Wegener, South African Avusa and Canadian Globe and Mail.