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NewsRx published 194 specialized newsweeklies in health and other fields. Its content is available through through LexisNexis, Factiva, The Wall Street Journal Professional Edition, Thomson Reuters, ProQuest, and Cengage Learning.[1][2]Charles W. Henderson founded the company in 1984 along with its first publication, AIDS Weekly.[3] In the early 2000s, the firm added the imprint VerticalNews to publish newsweeklies in non-health fields.[4] NewsRx is currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. It reports through its news service and publishes reference books through its partner, ScholarlyEditions.[1][5] In 2015, NewsRx launched the BUTTER platform, a knowledge discovery engine that delivers its content to academics, researchers, and professionals.[2]
History
The idea for an informational publication about AIDS arose at an international conference on AIDS sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A staff member commented to C.W. Henderson on the need for a publication to condense the rapid rise in information about the disease.[3] In 1984, Henderson created CW Henderson Publisher,[3] which became NewsRx in 2004.[6]
The articles in AIDS Weekly discussed social issues related to the disease in medical research.[1] The newsweekly included “shorts” to explain as much as was known about unfolding information and events.[1]
Before the World Wide Web, NewsRx coordinated with the National AIDS Information Clearinghouse to provide information on the disease.[10] The CDC AIDS Weekly Info line provided a list of upcoming AIDS seminars as well as names and addresses of over 65 AIDS periodicals published worldwide.[10]
The information published in AIDS Weekly came primarily from the CDC.[1] Other sources of information for this and other titles were the nearby Emory University medical library and international agencies.[1] Articles included summaries of peer-reviewed research, conference reports, news releases, and compilations from other health and medical organizations.[11]
As a non-governmental agency distributing statistics that were available for free from the government, NewsRx received some criticism.[12]
In 1988, NewsRx added Cancer Weekly;[4][13] in 1993, Blood Weekly;[4] and in 1995, Vaccine Weekly, followed by over 100 more medical-related titles.[14][1]
By 1995, the company had become one of the largest producers of health-focused newsweeklies.[14]
In 1999, NewsRx introduced the Artificial Intelligence Journalist (AIJ) system, which employs automated reasoning and machine learning techniques to assist with reporting. This system was designed to accelerate content production.[8][8]
In 2010, the firm's VerticalNews China was the subject of a denial of service attack that originated from China as a result [citation needed] of a controversial news report.[15] The attack was halted when the company's IP service identified the source and blocked it.[16]
BUTTER
In 2015, NewsRx launched the Better Understanding Through Technology & Emerging Research (BUTTER) platform, a business intelligence service that aggregates research and uses a New Discovery Index (NDI) to track global developments.[17] It offers content to researchers, academics, and investors, using a New Discovery Index (NDI) that analyzes discoveries worldwide.[18]
As of March 2016, the BUTTER platform had published over 11.4 million articles. It compiles data on market movements, regulatory filings, and intellectual-property updates in near-real time.[2] As of March 2016, it has published over 11.4 million articles.[17]
Controversies
NewsRx is staffed by journalists rather than medical professionals.[3][19] At the company's beginnings, Newsweek magazine commented that AIDS Weekly, as a non-government entity, should not be reporting on topics that included policy, research, and statistics that some[who?] considered exclusive to the government.[1][verification needed] The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) AIDS task force at the time was misquoted as stating that he disagreed with having the CDC name associated with the newsweekly.[12] Every issue of the CDC AIDS Weekly included an advisory caption, “… not sponsored by, endorsed by, affiliated with, or officially connected with the CDC.”[12] Other staffers within the CDC supported NewsRx's views on bringing AIDS awareness to the public eye.[12]The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and USA Today published articles in support of NewsRx's impact on AIDS awareness and investigative journalism.[1][pageneeded]
C.W. Henderson's role as executive editor at the firm was discussed in an article in Editor & Publisher, focusing on the influence of pharmaceutical companies on news publications.[20] Henderson opposed the influence of pharmaceutical companies on reporters and the premature reporting on experiments.[20]
The firm was also involved in a controversy with The New York Times focused on AIDS studies that had purposely been tampered with at the CDC.[21] On at least five occasions, research on the causes of AIDS and other viral diseases might have been tampered with.[21]CDC AIDS Weekly published an internal CDC memorandum on the incident.[21]
Partnerships
In 2011, the firm partnered with ScholarlyMedia's ScholarlyEditions imprint, publishing 4,000 reference books, which replaced the EncyK line.[5] The president of NewsRx is also the president of ScholarlyMedia.[22] The company's book imprint is ScholarlyEditions, and its peer-reviewed news service is ScholarlyNews.[22]
InfoDesk – InfoDesk enables NewsRx content to be accessible on desktops, websites, and business applications, including site licenses.[1]
Thomson Reuters – The partnership between Reuters and NewsRx began 20 years ago, and with Thomson 10 years ago.[23] In 2008, the two companies merged.[24]
↑ Zimmerman, David, Lou Ziegler, and Patrick O'Driscoll. "6 Who Made a Difference." USA Today December 11, 1985
1 2 3 Goss, Fred. "Charles Henderson Quietly Built one of the Largest and Most Successful Operations in Newsletter History, Title by Title, Week by Week." Newsletter on Newsletters May 23, 2005
↑ Allison, David. "Atlanta's a Center for Healthcare Newsletters." Atlanta Business Chronicle. April 21, 1995
1 2 Moore, Lisa. "AIDS Bulletin." U.S. News & World Report. June 6, 1988: 83
↑ "NewsRx; China News from U.S. Hit by Denial of Service Cyber Attack Originating from China." Wall Street Journal Professional Edition with Factiva. January 25, 2010
↑ "NewsRx's 26 Newsletters Now on Dialog Platform." Newsletter on Newsletters 2002
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