This Earth Day: Do not Go Black and White. Go Green! Read a digital newspaper and help save a tree
Vancouver, Canada (Vocus) April 17, 2008
This year, with as many “green ideas” vying for the attention of citizens of the Earth, it might be difficult to understand that “saving the planet” to adopt the resolution. Here’s an idea that is environmentally friendly and can also help assess the relative merits of the myriad green initiatives: read a newspaper instead of a digital print. Or in the case of PressDisplay.com, read any of the 600 newspapers around the world without using paper. In recent years, millions of people have used PressDisplay.com, saving over 26,000 trees.
To celebrate Earth Day 2008 and encourage people to read digital newspaper editions, NewspaperDirect Inc., the company behind PressDisplay.com, is now opening its doors to offer digital and new users one month free access to newspapers on PressDisplay.com when they register using offer code EARTH DAY. It’s true: one month free access to 600 newspapers from 74 countries and 38 languages, introduced online just the way they look in the press, and compliments
NewspaperDirect.
April 22, green-junkies looking for news should point their browsers (desktop or laptop) for http://www.pressdisplay.com and enjoy together, real online editions of many newspapers the world’s most respected including over 60 U.S. titles and hundreds of digital editions of leading international newspapers.
“Every hour, every day, a mature tree is saved by people who choose to read their newspapers online with PressDisplay.com and with our SmartEdition e-paper,” said Alexander Kroogman, CEO of NewspaperDirect . “By some calculations, it takes 17 trees to produce 1 ton of newsprint. Using PressDisplay.com at home, at work, during the trip, or traveling, we can all reduce our carbon footprint.”
PressDisplay.com can be accessed from PCs, Macs, Blackberry, Smartphone, iPhone and iPod Touch. If you get up early enough, you can play your favorite online newspaper in PressDisplay.com before it hits the news stands.
PressDisplay.com enhances the reading experience with a customizable user interface, easy to use navigation tools and many other improvements: powerful keyword search engine, media monitoring of keywords; sharing articles by e-mail, a one-click ‘add to my blog feature, instant translation into 12 languages, integrated audio, back issue access, photo galleries and interfaces to social media like Facebook, Digg and Del . icio.us.
NewspaperDirect also invites consumers who are interested in learning more about how newspaper publishers have adopted environmentally friendly approaches to download a new white paper, entitled “How Green is your editor? (Contact Tim Cox tim@zingpr.com if the link is broken.)
About NewspaperDirect Inc.
Founded in 1999 and based in Vancouver, Canada, NewspaperDirect Inc. (http://www.newspaperdirect.com) is the global leader in multi-channel newspaper and magazine content distribution and monetization.
PressDisplay.com from NewspaperDirect is the world’s largest online newspaper kiosk, providing instant access to hundreds of newspapers and magazines worldwide. Users can read the publications online content, download titles for offline viewing, instantly translate articles into 12 different languages, listen to publications on their computers or mobile phones, and enjoy reading hundreds of publications that have been optimized for smart phones, BlackBerries, iPhone and iPod Touch. NewspaperDirect has also adapted PressDisplay.com for the library, corporate, airline, hotel and OEM markets.
NewspaperDirect SmartEdition
e-paper solution, powered by PressDisplay technology, meets the needs of all publishers, no investment or operating costs. With SmartEdition, a publisher’s subscribers benefit from anywhere, anytime access to current and on the back of their publications, while enjoying premium digital features such as voice, translation, sharing articles via email or their blogs, social networking integration, photo galleries, advanced search and media monitoring. NewspaperDirect provides full hosting, payment acceptance, management of customer service and comprehensive technical support.
NewspaperDirect also offers hundreds of titles of newspapers and magazines through a global network of more than 1,200 print locations in 105 countries, delivering them to hotels, libraries, cruise ships, yachts, corporate and government offices, shops and home subscribers.
Media Contact:
Tim Cox
Tim@zingpr.com
1-650-369-7784 (for NewspaperDirect)
PressDisplay.com, PressReader and SmartEdition are trademarks or registered trademarks of NewspaperDirect Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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