UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 9, 2007

                            COMTEX NEWS NETWORK, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

    Delaware                            0-10541               13-3055012
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(State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission File         (I.R.S. Employer
  of Incorporation)                     No.)                 Identification No.)

625 N. Washington Street, Suite 301, Alexandria, Virginia           22314
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                            (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (703) 820-2000
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                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Principal Officers;  Election of
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            Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
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     Comtex  News  Network,  Inc.  appointed  Paul J.  Sledz  as its  Treasurer,
effective  May 9, 2007.  Mr. Sledz,  age 49, joined Comtex as its  Controller in
March 2007.  Mr.  Sledz has held senior  financial  management,  human  resource
management,  administration, and facilities management positions. Most recently,
he served as  Financial  Manager,  Advanced  Information  Systems  with  General
Dynamics  and  previously  served  as the  Manager  of  Corporate  Planning  and
Budgeting  with the Airline  Tariff  Publishing  Company.  Mr. Sledz will be the
Company's Principal Accounting Officer.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)  Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. Not applicable

(b)  Pro Forma Financial Information. Not Applicable

(c)  Shell Company Transactions. None

(d)  Exhibits. None.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                          COMTEX NEWS NETWORK, INC.



DATE:  May 11, 2007               By:      /s/ Chip Brian
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                                          Chip Brian
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer