Reuters Weather, available in multiple languages and formats, is targeted at websites seeking to build audience loyalty and generate advertising revenue with a fully integrated content solution. Reuters Weather includes current and forecasted weather data for over 125,000 searchable locations in more than 200 countries, sophisticated maps and satellite imagery for most parts of the world, and 24 special weather products, including severe weather alerts, airport delays and ski and surf reports. Reuters will also display Reuters Weather on www.reuters.com.

This initiative underscores Reuters commitment to provide indispensable information to customers specifically tailored to meet their individual needs. Reuters Weather is available through a number of delivery options, including a unique XML query solution that significantly reduces development and integration costs for the customer.

Rich Sabreen, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Reuters Media, said: "Our decision to partner with CustomWeather reflects our desire to provide Reuters customers with an unparalleled weather solution in terms of reliability, global coverage and ease of implementation. We are pleased to combine the strengths of Reuters and CustomWeather on this truly global service that complements our multimedia offering for online customers and highlights our commitment to expanding our content for users of reuters.com."

Reuters (www.about.reuters.com), the global information company, provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Our information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe based on our reputation for speed, accuracy and independence. We have 16,000 staff in 94 countries, including some 2,400 editorial staff in 197 bureaux serving approximately 130 countries, making Reuters the world's largest international multimedia news agency. In 2002, the Reuters Group had revenues of GBP3.6 billion.

Reuters and the sphere logo are the trademarks of the Reuters group of companies.

CustomWeather, Inc. is a San Francisco based provider of syndicated weather content that combines the worlds of technology and weather. CustomWeather generates local weather forecasts for over 200 countries worldwide, establishing it as the industry leader for global location-based coverage at both the US and International levels. Delivering content in multiple languages, and enabling searches via city name, coordinates, zip codes and postal codes for many parts of the world, CustomWeather gives users access to the most comprehensive weather resource available. 

 

 

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