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of The Scansoft-Nuance Merger to their offering.

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Former NBC Newsman Ken Bode and Former Reader's Digest
Editor William Schulz Will Promote Public Dialogue
on Balance and Accountability

WASHINGTON, The Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (CPB) today announced the appointments of former NBC newsman Ken
Bode and former Reader's Digest executive editor William Schulz to newly
created positions as CPB ombudsmen .
"Congress has asked the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to both
protect the production of public broadcasting from undue interference," said
CPB President and CEO Kathleen Cox, "and to ensure that it represents high
standards in accuracy, balance and objectivity.

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"On some days we receive praise for what we do , and on other days our
audiences express concerns," said Cox.

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
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Press contact: Jeannie Bunton, 202-879-9687, jbunton@cpb .

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
(http://www.newscom. The ombudsman office is a
tested and reliable way to support those twin objectives.

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This report will help you understand why Scansoft merged with Nuance. As the Digest's Washington bureau chief, he oversaw the
development of nearly 2,000 original articles for the magazine.

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Data for this report was gathered from primary interviews with Scansoft
and Nuance. The author views the consolidation as a
healthy indicator in a growing market and one that will help drive greater
innovation and business solutions in the market. To see
related documents about the office of the ombudsmen visit:
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Schulz recently retired after nearly forty years as a Reader's Digest
writer and editor.

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All decisions to review programming -- and all
reports on broadcasts -- will be made by Schulz and Bode. For
five years, Bode was the moderator of public television's Washington Week in
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Research and Markets: Read Why Scansoft Merged with Nuance its Largest Competitor

As the two largest speech engine
vendors, with a combined global revenue market share of over 75 %, Scansoft and
Nuance will become one entity and assume the name ""Nuance"" upon close of the
transaction .researchandmarkets." He said the presence of
ombudsmen and the presence of free and honest debate "will help ensure the
goal of balance and accuracy in public broadcasting."
Bode currently is a visiting professor of journalism at DePauw University.org.

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You
will learn what Scansoft gained and can analyze the potential pitfalls.
Reports from the CPB ombudsmen will be available on the CPB website at
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researchandmarkets. "The new Office of the Ombudsmen
offers an independent sounding board and a public advocate for those concerns.

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The Scansoft-Nuance merger is one of the boldest moves the speech industry
has seen in the past two years.

Topics covered include:

Why Did Scansoft Merge With Nuance?
What Did Scansoft Gain?
What Are The Potential Pitfalls?
Business Implications

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CPB, a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967,
oversees the development of educational public television, radio and online
services for the American people.

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Bode and Schulz will initiate their own reports as well as respond to
program issues raised by the public and government officials and the public
broadcasting community.

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Scansoft continues its aggressive growth strategy and has moved to acquire
its largest competitor, Nuance, in a $221 million deal that will change the
dynamics of the voice business landscape. This report provides an analysis of HHI concentration measure and
commentary on the merger. Tomlinson emphasized that CPB "will not permit
concerns over balance to allow CPB to engage in pre-broadcast censorship or
post-broadcast penalties of public broadcasters .

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Media organizations who have established similar ombudsman functions report
significant benefits to the quality of their work.org.

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He has covered politics for The New Republic, served as a national political
correspondent for NBC News, and served as a senior correspondent for CNN.

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