In choosing Knowledge, the UK’s leading racing daily is also first past the post, becoming the first national title to install the mainly browser-based solution to manage its entire content input from in-house editorial, remote writers and contributors, plus processing and output to print and digital media.
The 140-seat Knowledge system will link to a new 10-seat installation of PCS’s recently upgraded advertising production solution, Pulse. Together they will replace currently outsourced services and will be managed by PCS’s dedicated managed services team. They will be hosted from PCS’s own resilient data centres.
The installation, which uses Adobe InDesign and InDesign server for pagination, will replace a number of existing systems for pagination and archive, taking in legacy data. It will also introduce real time text mining for seamless delivery and real time integration with the Racing Post’s own CMS. Knowledge will interface to PA, feed the Newspaper Licencing Agency, Ebiquity, for e-vouchering and Newspapers Direct.
Knowledge’s integrated browser-based planning will enable easy editionising for print sites throughout the UK and Ireland.
Mark Whittaker, Head of Newspapers at Racing Post, said: “We are delighted the Racing Post has become the first UK national newspaper to choose Knowledge. The integrated Knowledge solution will bring our print and editorial systems to the levels we have already achieved in web and mobile phone app publishing.”
PCS’s Managing Director, Phil Walker (pictured), added: “The Racing Post is essential for anyone involved in horse racing and sports betting. Its readers are well informed and dedicated. We are very proud to have been chosen to supply and host the key systems that will allow them to serve those readers more efficiently.”
About PCS
PCS says: “Press Computer Systems Ltd is part of the Claverley group of companies, a British media and publishing group, which includes the Wolverhampton Express & Star, the Shropshire Star, Precision Colour Printing, and the Guiton Group (Jersey Evening Post, Guernsey Press, Itex Group, CIN Group).
While enjoying the backing of a major publishing group, PCS operates as a totally independent company, fully respecting the confidential nature of its relationship with each customer.
The company was formed in 1973 and today PCS is a leading systems supplier to the UK publishing industry with a comprehensive suite of proven integrated systems specifically designed to maximise the potential efficiency and profitability of information publishing.
By maintaining a position at the cutting edge of technology PCS is committed to developing systems that help customers to push their business forward both in terms of revenue and technology.”
