[nfb-talk] FW: Four New Publications Added to NFB-NEWSLINE

[David Andrews]

NFb Newsline is in many different states, and paid for by many 
different kinds of entities -- not all of which are NFB 
affiliated.  So, we have always carried a wide variety of 
publications -- to serve the needs of a bunch of different audiences.

Dave

At 07:50 AM 12/9/2012, you wrote:
>Why would NFB Newsline put an ACB magazine on their site?
>Things that make you go "hmmm?"
>Blessings, Joshua
>________________________________________
>From: Joshua Lester [jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu]
>Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:46 AM
>To: Joshua Lester
>Subject: Fwd: Four New Publications Added to NFB-NEWSLINE
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Director of NFB-NEWSLINE <swhite at nfb.org>
>Date: Thu,  6 Dec 2012 14:21:56 -0500 (EST)
>Subject: Four New Publications Added to NFB-NEWSLINE
>To: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>
>Four New Publications Added to NFB-NEWSLINE
>
>December 5, 2012
>
>We are pleased to inform you that we have added four new publications
>to NFB-NEWSLINE service, which brings our total to 361 publications.
>NFB-NEWSLINE is an audio information service for the blind which
>provides access to print publications. We have 307 newspapers,
>including the Associated Press newswire and the United Press
>International newswire; 38 magazines such as the Economist and AARP
>Magazine; ten international newspapers including the China Daily and
>the Jerusalem Post, and four Blindness Specific publications such as
>the Braille Monitor and the Matilda Ziegler Magazine.
>
>Two of the four new publications are part of a new category labeled
>Breaking News Online. These are the Huffington Post, a very well-known
>online site, and CNN, which is part of Turner Broadcasting Systems
>cable news network. To access the new Breaking News Online
>publications, select option 5 off the main menu and then press 1.
>
>The ACB Braille Forum, a publication of the American Council of the
>Blind, is the third new publication. This is available in the magazine
>section, in the Blindness Specific category, option 7 from the main
>menu followed by option 1.
>
>Finally, a newspaper from Topeka, Kansas, rounds out the additions,
>the Topeka Capital Journal, available by accessing option number 5
>from the main menu and then navigating to the state of Kansas.
>NFB-NEWSLINE subscribers living in Kansas can access the Topeka
>Capital Journal by just pressing the number 3 key after logging into
>NFB-NEWSLINE on the telephone.
>
>NFB-NEWSLINE also provides other types of information to the blind
>such as job listings, option 9 from the main menu; TV listings, option
>8 from the main menu; and weekly Target ads from the Target
>Corporation, option 6 from the main menu.
>
>Remember that you can now read NFB-NEWSLINE publications on your iOS
>Device such as the iPad, the iPhone, and the iPod Touch. Just download
>the NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile App from the Apple App Store by searching for
>NFB Newsline.
>
>If you are not currently a NFB-NEWSLINE subscriber, you can register
>for this free service online by visiting our website at
>www.nfbnewsline.org, and filling out the application under the Online
>Application link. You can also call us at 866-504-7300 for more
>information on how to register.
>
>We are looking for feedback about further additions to the Breaking
>News Online category. If you have suggestions, please email Scott
>White at swhite at nfb.org, or call our comment line at 410-505-5896.
>Please enjoy the four new publications on NFB-NEWSLINE.
>
>The NFB-NEWSLINE Team