Atex has supplied the editorial content management, advertising planning, production and accounts software tools for the launch of 80-120pp tabloid The Sportsman.

The contract comprises the installation of Editorial and Content Management with Page Tracker to monitor page production, Web Builder to build online pages, and Communications Manager for wire services text and picture handling, as well as QuarkXPress for page layout.

Classifieds and display advertising will be managed by Advertising Solution, which includes Architect page planning and Atex's accounts receivable software.

The standard platform Atex solution uses an Oracle 10.2 database running on HP servers and a Linux operating system.

The Sportsman's 120 staff work from offices in Hammersmith and the paper is printed at West Ferry, Trafford Park and in Belfast.