Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced that it signed an e-commerce agreement with Digital Chicago, Inc., the...

Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced that it signed an e-commerce agreement with Digital Chicago, Inc., the parent of the Chicago Sun-Times Online. Based on the agreement, Digital River built an online store of try-before-you-buy (TBYB) software titles for Chicago Sun-Times' readers. The new site features Digital River's trialware library, which represents a collection of TBYB software titles from small and large publishers, including computer utilities, games, and business, graphic and Internet applications. The TBYB titles are available for download, trial usage and online purchase.

“During the past ten years, we have successfully established relationships with and managed the e-commerce operations for thousands of software publishers. Now we are building upon that success and creating more online opportunities for our clients by expanding our e-commerce network with a new trialware channel,” said Joel Ronning, Digital River's CEO. “Adding an industry-leading publisher like Chicago Sun Times to our trialware channel is an important indicator of the progress we are making as we extend into the trialware space.”

“As a Digital River trialware channel partner, we look forward to providing our customers with a fresh, new value-added product offering and another reason to frequent our site,” said John Cary, president of Digital Chicago. “Digital River's trialware channel not only provides our loyal user-base with a rich resource of TBYB software titles, but also helps us attract new customers, expand our market opportunities, and generate incremental revenue streams.”


About Chicago Sun-Times
One of the 10 largest daily newspapers in the United States, the Chicago Sun-Times has won eight Pulitzer Prizes and is home to such renowned journalists as political commentator Robert Novak, film critic Roger Ebert and sports writer Rick Telander.

For more information, please visit: www.suntimes.com


About Digital River
Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, builds and manages online businesses for nearly 34,000 companies worldwide. Its e-commerce solution and infrastructure are designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as cut the costs and reduce the risks associated with running an e-commerce operation.

For more information, please visit: www.digitalriver.com