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Dialog in Content Alliance with Spain's EFE

CARY, N.C., USA (April 15, 2003) — Dialog, a Thomson (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, said today it has added content from Spain's international news agency EFE to its acclaimed Dialog® NewsRoom service.

Dialog NewsRoom is the world's most comprehensive online database of current and recent news reports gathered from around the world. It offers single-search access to more than 7,500 sources of news reporting, including broadcast transcripts, newspapers, periodicals, newswires, trade and scholarly journals, and other sources, drawn from nearly 80 countries in English and ten other languages.

The content now available from EFE spans the Spanish-speaking world, with an emphasis on reporting from Latin American countries and news about Hispanic communities in the United States.

"Adding EFE content to Dialog NewsRoom dramatically increases the materials available through Dialog NewsRoom from the Spanish-speaking world," said Viji Krishnan, Dialog vice president for content development. "Our alliance with EFE continues our push to expand our ties in Spanish-speaking countries, and with those that need to track developments originating in those regions."

Added Emilio Sanchez, EFE vice president for U.S. operations and chief editor of the Latin American desk: "The partnership with Dialog improves the channels of distribution of our high-value content in both Spanish and English. This alliance between Dialog and EFE is happening during an expansion phase of our operations in the Americas that will include the launching of our new photo service and increased coverage of Hispanic issues in the United States."

EFE, based in Madrid, has its main editing desk for Latin America in Miami, Florida. The world's fourth largest news agency, EFE is supplying Dialog with continuously updated feeds of 12 of its specialty wire services (10 in Spanish, one in Portuguese and one in English), covering a broad range of news and analysis.

Specific topics covered by EFE's 12 specialty wire services include agriculture, automotive, business, culture, economics and politics, as well as breaking international, local and national news. Dialog NewsRoom is available through the Dialog®-branded platform of online service, as well as the Dialog DataStar™ and Dialog Profound® services, both also offered by Dialog. The service is also available as a stand-alone Web-accessible service, at www.dialognewsroom.com.

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About Dialog
Dialog, a pioneer in developing the technology behind electronic information retrieval, is the world leader in providing online-based information services to organizations seeking competitive advantages in such fields as business, science, engineering, finance and law.

Today, Dialog's online services — offered through the Dialog®, Dialog Profound®, Dialog DataStar™, NewsEdge and Intelligence Data brands — give users the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 1.4 billion unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets. Searchable content includes articles and reports from thousands of real-time news feeds, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and trade publications, plus research reports and analyst notes providing support for financial decision-making, as well as in-depth repositories of scientific and technical data, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property data.

Corporate librarians, knowledge managers, other information professionals and end-users at business, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog services for their depth and breadth of content, precision searching and speed.

Based in Cary, N.C., USA, Dialog has operations in 31 other countries worldwide. For more information about Dialog, please visit www.dialog.com. Or, please call (U.S./Canada) 800-3-DIALOG or (U.S.) 919-462-8600. Dialog's London office may be reached at (44) (0) 207-940-6900.

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