Meltwater News
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| Type | Privately held company |
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| Founded | 2001, Oslo, Norway |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, United States |
| Employees | approx. 600 |
| Website | http://meltwaternews.com/ |
Meltwater News, formerly known as Magenta News, is an international media monitoring service. With more than 14,000 business customers worldwide, it is the largest actor in the European market. Meltwater News is a division of the Meltwater Group.
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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 January 2009, the company has more than 50 offices in major cities in 15 countries, and employs approximately 600 people.
Product
Meltwater's product is a media monitoring service which searches over 90,000 global news sources for keywords 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 new clients and learning to lead teams. Other regularly posted positions include "Source Engineer" and "Client Relations Trainee".
