SNL Financial, the leading sector-focused provider of essential business intelligence to investment banks, money managers and corporations, has implemented a new set of enhancements to its information service, including the SNL Interactive (SNLi) and SNLxl delivery channels.

Prominent among the recent additions are:

• Full-scale financial coverage of Media & Communications, including more than 260 companies from the telecom, cable, wireless, satellite, broadcasting, entertainment, publishing, advertising and new media industries. In addition to metrics unique to each sub-industry, users can access asset-level and regulatory data such as wireless license ownership and ARMIS or local phone regulatory financials sourced from the FCC.

• A comprehensive de novo bank list from 1992 to present, including date established, location, CEO and phone number, with data charting capability.
• Calculation details and source tagging, allowing users to drill down into individual data points and values to view their direct source and ensure accuracy.
• Version 2.4 of SNLxl, SNL's powerful Excel add-in tool, now includes Media & Communications industry data, historical LTM and YTD periods, calculation details and source tagging.
• "As this current round of product improvements indicates, SNL relentlessly strives to add and increase value for our clients," said SNL President Mike Chinn. "We never stop trying to discover what our clients want next and how they want it delivered, while constantly maintaining our focus on accuracy and quality."

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