Meltwater News
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| Meltwater News | |
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| Type | Privately held company |
| Founded | 2001, Oslo, Norway |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | http://meltwaternews.com/ |
Meltwater News, formerly known as Magenta News, is an international media monitoring service. With more than 10,000 business customers worldwide, it is the largest actor in the European market.
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History
Meltwater News was founded in Oslo, Norway in 2001 based on research originally funded by the Norwegian Computing Center. The founder and CEO, Jørn Lyseggen, has also founded a number of other startups. Since 2001, it has continually expanded, adding new offices in major cities in Europe, North America, Asia / Pacific, Australia, and Africa.
As of March 2008, the company has 37 offices in major cities in 15 countries, and employs approx. 500 people.
Product
Meltwater's product is a media monitoring service service which searches over 50,000 global news sources for key words of relevance to its business customers – similar to newspaper clipping.
Hiring
Hiring is done on a continuous basis through web postings and presence at recruiting fairs. As a result of a policy aimed at young university graduates, the company largely consists of younger individuals eager to prove themselves in the work place.
Most new recruits are hired for the "International Management Trainee" program, which is a sales position primarily involving phone acquisition of new clients and learning to lead teams. Other regularly posted positions include "Source Engineer" and "Client Relations Trainee".
