News from Acorn Computers - Release Date: 20th September 1994 

Children Stage Fleet Street-Style Takeover Bid at Live '94 
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-  Pupils to produce show newspaper through Acorn/TES competition - 

Children will be the eyes and ears of Live '94, the consumer 
electronics show being held at Earls Court from September 20-25th. 
Pupils from four schools will be producing a real newspaper called The 
Live Daily Show News for all visitors to the show, thanks to a 
competition run by the Times Educational Supplement and sponsored by 
Acorn Computers. 

Philip Schofield, of BBC 1's 'Going Live' and 'Joseph' fame, will be 
interviewed live by the budding reporters over a revolutionary 
videophone developed by BT.  The in-house television station, Channel 
94, will also be interviewing the teams and tracking their progress. 

"These children are going to have a fantastic time producing the 
newspaper," said Dick Wallin, Secondary Sector Marketing Manager at 
Acorn Computers.  "Seeking out and writing the stories on their Pocket 
Book palmtop computers and laying out the newspaper on their desktop 
Risc PCs will involve them tearing around the show to meet the strict 
deadlines.  These children are the Citizen Kanes and Rupert Murdochs 
of the future!" 

The original competition, which ran on March 22nd 1994, set over 250 
schools the challenge of producing their own newspaper under tight 
deadlines from the news of that day.  The winning schools, from 
Canterbury, Whitby, Londonderry and Minster, were not only awarded 
valuable computer equipment from Acorn, but also won the opportunity 
to produce the show newspaper at this year's Live '94. 

Founded in 1978, with 1993 revenues of #54.3m, Acorn Computers is the 
premier supplier of IT solutions to UK education and has been the 
leading provider of 32-bit RISC based personal computers since 1987. 
Acorn works closely with a strong community of industry partners, 
users and software developers to provide innovative technology 
solutions for the education, consumer, publishing and international 
markets.   

The Acorn Computer Group is a holding company for Acorn Computers 
Limited, Acorn Australia, Acorn New Zealand, Acorn GmbH and Online 
Media.  Acorn Computer Group owns 43% of Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. 
Online Media, a division of the Acorn Computer Group, was launched in 
1994 with the mission to design world class, interactive multimedia 
products. 

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