Editing Atex (software) (section)

===1980s===

In 1980 Atex developed a news pagination system for the Star Tribune. The resulting product, Atex News Layout, delivered ‘parallel pagination’, which allowed layout changes to automatically flow between copy editors and layout editors.

An April 1981 story in [[Computerworld]] magazine announced a new ATEX "System 7000" suitable for "medium-sized daily newspapers" and supporting up to 64 news and advertising terminals, with dual central processing units and system prices starting at $250,000. <ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tC-9SVw6TZYC&pg=RA1-PA65 |magazine=[[Computerworld]] |page=65 |title=Atex Newspaper System Suits Medium-Size Papers |date=20 April 1981 |volume=XV |issue=16}}</ref>

Many of America's major dailies adopted Atex systems at some point, including [[The New York Times]],  [[The Boston Globe|Boston Globe]], [[The Philadelphia Inquirer|Philadelphia Inquirer]],  [[Chicago Daily News]], [[The Courier-Journal|Louisville Courier-Journal]], [[The Columbus Dispatch|Columbus Dispatch]], [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]], [[The Indianapolis Star|Indianapolis Star]], and [[Seattle Times]].  <ref>http://enc.slider.com/Enc/Atex{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Associated Press also used Atex to create and edit stories and to send them to its members over telephone circuits and via satellite.

The company was eventually acquired by [[Eastman Kodak]] for $77 million.<ref name="colepapers" /> Kodak thought Atex would help them access the commercial industry and build a strong customer based in emerging computer based technology.

In 1979 Atex for the first time expanded its operations outside the United States with implementation at the [[West Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ)]], which was headquartered in Essen Germany and which had five different titles throughout the North Rhine-Westphalia Region. Early in 1980 Atex quickly expanded its operation in Germany with [[Axel Springer Verlag]] Hoerzu, Bild Zeitung, Abendblatt, and Die Welt. This was the official release of the [[Integrated Advertising System]], which introduced another major milestone and revolutionized newspaper advertising deadlines. 
 
In the early-1980s Atex for the first time expanded its operations outside the United States with an implementation at [[The Economist]] and Maclean's Magazine in Toronto, La Tribune de Geneve in Geneva, La Suisse in Geneva, Le Nouvel Economiste in Brussels.  In June 1980 Atex signed a contract with The Age, in Melbourne Australia, for a 320 terminal classified advertising system – at that time the largest advertising system in the world. This was followed in 1982 by a full editorial system.This was followed by major installation at [[Rupert Murdoch]]’s [[News International]] in 1985 and a $23 million contract with [[The New York Times]] in 1987.

Paul Brainerd left Atex in 1984 to found the [[Aldus Corporation]] and lead the creation of [[PageMaker]].