FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
        COMTEX News Network, Inc. 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN

     FIRST AMENDMENT, effective as of September 15, 1997, to the
COMTEX News Network, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), by
COMTEX News Network, Inc.(the "Company").

     The Company maintains the Plan.  On September 15, 1997, the
Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution to increase
the number of shares issuable under the Plan by 1,200,000 shares.
Also, on September 13, 1999, the Board of Directors unanimously
approved a resolution to increase the number of shares issuable
under the Plan by 1,000,000 shares.  In accordance with Section 7
of the Plan, such resolutions were approved by the holders of a
majority of the outstanding stock of the Company entitled to vote
thereon at the annual meetings of stockholders of the Company on
December 11, 1997 and December 2, 1999, respectively.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is amended as follows:

     I.   Section 3 is amended by revising the first sentence of
the first paragraph thereof in its entirety to read as follows:

     Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 6(k)
     hereof, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
     for which options granted hereunder may be exercised
     shall be 3,400,000.





                              By:/S/ S. AMBER GORDON
                                   S. Amber Gordon
                                   Corporate Secretary


Dated as of February 7, 2000