AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE (1) TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT This Amendment Number One (1) is entered into this 1st day of October 2001, ("Amended Employment Agreement") by and between COMTEX News Network, Inc. ("COMTEX"), a Delaware corporation, with its...

      AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE (1) TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This Amendment Number One (1) is entered into this  1st
day of October 2001, ("Amended Employment Agreement") by and
between  COMTEX  News Network, Inc. ("COMTEX"),  a  Delaware
corporation,  with its principal executive offices  at  0000
Xxxxxxxx   Xxxx,  Xxxxx  000,  Xxxxxxxxxx,  Xxxxxxxx   00000
("Company"),  and XXXXXXX X. XXXXX, whose address  is  00000
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 ("Employee").

                    W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS,  COMTEX  and  the  Employee  entered  into  an
employment  agreement  on  the  1st  day  of  October   1998
(hereinafter "Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS,  COMTEX  and the Employee wish  to  amend  the
terms of the Agreement;

     NOW,   THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of   the   mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein below, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

     1.   The term of the Agreement shall be extended for one
       year ending September 30, 2002.

     2.   All conditions of the original Agreement not amended
       herein shall remain in full force and effect.

COMTEX NEWS NETWORK, INC.         ACCEPTED  &  AGREED TO:

By:   /S/ X.X. XXXXXXX           /S/XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
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     X.X. Xxxxxxx, Ed.D.         Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
     Chairman
     Board of Directors