- Meltwater News
Infobox company
company_name = Meltwater News
company_type =Privately held company
foundation =2001 ,Oslo ,Norway
homepage = 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 theEurope an market.History
Meltwater News was founded in
Oslo ,Norway in2001 based on research originally funded by theNorwegian 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 inEurope ,North America ,Asia /Pacific ,Australia , andAfrica .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 75,000 globalnews source s forkeyword s 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 highly qualified university graduates, the company largely consists of younger individuals early in their professional career.
Most new recruits are hired for the "International Management Trainee" program, which is a
sales and management training position primarily involving phone acquisition of newclients and learning to lead teams. The job involves cold-calling and developing sales propositions for potential clients. Other regularly posted positions include "Source Engineer" and "Client Relations Trainee".External links
* [http://www.meltwaternews.com/ Official homepage]
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