BOSTON, May 28 /PRNewswire/ --

RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced the launch of a free daily email update with top lumber and panel industry news headlines. This free email is part of Crow's Lumber & Panel News Service -- a comprehensive news service dedicated to the North American wood products industry. The service is produced by the editors of Crow's Weekly Market Report -- the longest running softwood lumber and panel price reporting service in the industry. Crow's Lumber & Panel Update will provide subscribers headlines on the latest lumber news and wood products industry developments -- market shifts, mergers and acquisitions, price changes, project news and more.

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Ken Tennefoss, Editor of Crow's Lumber & Panel News, commented, "This new service provides news you just can't find anywhere else. It's reported by a team of veteran forest products journalists who have a combined 60 years of experience and who take pride in ensuring each story is as accurate and meaningful as possible to our audience of industry insiders." He continued, "We think customers will find this service to be a valuable time-saver, by delivering all the key daily news items that today's lumber and panel executives need directly to their computer, helping them to consistently make the most timely and informed business decisions."

For more information, or to subscribe for FREE to Crow's Lumber & Panel News, please visit us at http://www.risiinfo.com/woodnews, contact us at wt@risiinfo.com or call us at +1-866-271-8525.

About RISI

RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works with clients in the pulp and paper, wood products, timber, tissue, nonwovens, printing and publishing industries to help them make better decisions.

Headquartered in Boston (Bedford), Massachusetts, RISI operates offices in Brussels, Belgium; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China; Singapore; and Charlottesville, Virginia. More information can be found at http://www.risiinfo.com.

Contact: Dan Blenk Marketing Manager Wood & Timber Information RISI 4 Alfred Circle, Bedford MA 01730 U.S.A. Tel: +1-781-734-8949 Email: dblenk@risiinfo.com Web site: http://www.risiinfo.com http://www.risiinfo.com/woodnews

Dan Blenk, Marketing Manager Wood & Timber Information of RISI, +1-781-734-8949, dblenk@risiinfo.com ; Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080521/NEW122LOGO, AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com