1010 WINS to Install Burli Newsroom System
April 15, 2004

New York City's famed all-news radio station selects Burli for news production.

VANCOUVER, CANADA -- 1010 WINS, America’s leading all-news radio station, has selected Burli as its newsroom computer system. Teams of journalists in the station’s Midtown Manhattan newsroom will simultaneously gather, edit and manage their news 24-hours a day using Burli.

“We are proud and delighted to have been chosen by one of the world’s most demanding and highest-profile newsrooms,” says Stefan Ellis, President of Burli Software Inc. “This is helps confirm Burli’s position as a leading tool for radio news.

“We are genuinely privileged to be helping 1010 WINS and its journalists produce news in one of the world’s business, cultural and media capitals,” Ellis adds.

Burli already runs all-news radio newsrooms in a number of other cities including London, Dallas, Montreal and Toronto.

About 1010 WINS

Self-described as America’s most listened-to radio station, 1010 WINS is an institution in American broadcasting. Since 1965 it has presented New Yorkers with an all-news format that provides rotating news, sports, business, traffic and weather updates all-day every-day. “Give us twenty-two minutes,” WINS promises, ‘We’ll give you the world.”

The station is consistently at or near the top of New York’s ratings and its journalism is regularly recognized with awards, including, most recently, 3 prestigious Edward R. Murrow awards for 2004.

1010 WINS is owned by Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, one of the largest radio broadcasting organizations in the United States. The company, headquartered in New York City, owns approximately 180 radio stations located in 22 states in the nation's largest markets.

About Burli

Burli is a news editing system that runs on Windows computers. It allows journalists to capture news wire feeds, write scripts, organize run-downs, digitally record and edit radio news reports, plan news assignments and much more at their desks. Burli also harnesses the latest mobile networking technology to create virtual newsrooms across the world. Reporters anywhere can use Burli to connect to their main newsroom, file stories, and access the industry-leading editing tools they have on their desktops.

Burli Software Inc. is a private software company with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada. Burli's newsroom editing software is used by journalists in about a dozen different languages across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Editors' note: Burli President Stefan Ellis will have press availability at the NAB 2004 in Las Vegas, USA.

For more information, contact:

BURLI

Ian Gunn, Director of Communications

Tel: +1.604.684.3140 (ext 244)

E-mail: communications@burli.com

Web: www.burli.com

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