<PAGE>
 
  AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 25, 1998

                                                       Registration No.333-____
================================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8

                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                       UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             NEWSEDGE CORPORATION.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

         DELAWARE                                       04-3016142
(State or Other Jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

                               80 BLANCHARD ROAD
                             BURLINGTON, MA 01803
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                             --------------------

                  AMENDED AND RESTATED 1989 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                       1995 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                 1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                     1996 AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PLAN
                           (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                            --------------------

                              EDWARD R. SIEGFRIED
                            CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                             NEWSEDGE CORPORATION
                               80 BLANCHARD ROAD
                             BURLINGTON, MA 01803
                    (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                (781) 229-3000
         (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
                             --------------------
                                  Copies to:

                         LAWRENCE S. WITTENBERG, ESQ.
                        Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
                               High Street Tower
                                125 High Street
                          Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                                (617) 248-7000

================================================================================
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                                      -2-

================================================================================

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                        
================================================================================
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
     TITLE OF                             PROPOSED MAXIMUM    PROPOSED MAXIMUM     
    SECURITIES         AMOUNT TO BE        OFFERING PRICE       AGGREGATE              AMOUNT OF
 TO BE REGISTERED       REGISTERED           PER SHARE        OFFERING PRICE       REGISTRATION FEE(1)
------------------    -----------------   ----------------   -----------------     -------------------
<S>                   <C>                 <C>                <C>                   <C>
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1989 STOCK OPTION PLAN

NewsEDGE Corporation   1,765,767 shares   $ 6.92                $12,214,694            $3,603.33
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
 
1995 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
 
NewsEDGE Corporation      30,131 shares   $ 0.46                $    13,860            $    4.09
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
 
1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
 
NewsEDGE Corporation      55,000 shares   $12.34                $   678,750            $  200.23
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
 
1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
 
NewsEDGE Corporation      29,318 shares   $ 6.93                $   203,216            $   59.95
Common Stock,
$.01 par value(2)
 
1996 AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PLAN
 
NewsEDGE Corporation      29,798 shares   $ 0.84                $    25,119            $    7.41
Common Stock,
$.01 par value(2)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
Total:                 1,910,014 shares                                                $3,875.01
</TABLE>
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                                      -3-


     (1)  Based on options to purchase 1,910,014 shares of NewsEDGE
Corporation's Common Stock granted as of February 24, 1998 under Individual,
Inc.'s Amended and Restated 1989 Stock Option Plan, 1995 Incentive Stock Option
Plan, 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, 1996 Stock Option Plan and
1996 Amended and Restated Stock Plan (the "Individual Plans"). All of such
shares are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase the
number of shares at the exercise price listed above. Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1),
the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the basis of
the price at which the options may be exercised.

     This Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 1,910,014 shares of
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of NewsEDGE Corporation ("NewsEDGE" or
the "Registrant") issuable upon exercise of options granted pursuant to certain
employee benefit plans of Individual, Inc. ("Individual"), which were assumed by
NewsEDGE in connection with transactions between Desktop Data, Inc. ("Desktop").
Individual was merged into Desktop Data, Inc. on February 24, 1998 pursuant to
an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of November 2, 1997
(the "Merger Agreement"). The merger of Desktop Data, Inc. and Individual
resulted in the combined company known as NewsEDGE Corporation. Pursuant to the
terms of the Merger Agreement, NewsEDGE assumed all of the then outstanding but
unexerciseable options granted under the Individual Plans, which consisted of
options to purchase an aggregate of 3,820,224 shares of Individual Common
Stock. As a result of the merger, these options are now exercisable for an
aggregate of 1,910,014 shares of NewsEDGE Common Stock, assuming the exercise of
all such outstanding options. No additional options or other rights will be
granted by NewsEDGE under the Individual Plans.

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                                      -4-


                                     PART I
                                        
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
                                        
ITEM 1.  PLAN INFORMATION.

   The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be
sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents
are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.

ITEM 2.  REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

   The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be
sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission
either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424.

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

   The following documents filed by NewsEDGE with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference as of their respective
dates (File No. 0-26540):

     (a)    The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
            ended December 31, 1996, as amended, filed pursuant to the Exchange
            Act which contains audited financial statements for the fiscal year
            ended December 31, 1996, and the Registrant's current report on form
            8-K (filed November 14, 1997) filed with the Commission.

     (b)    The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
            quarters ended March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997 and September 30, 1997
            filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.

     (c)    The section entitled "Description of Registrant's Securities to be
            Registered" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statements on
            Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on
            April 1, 1995 and incorporating by reference the information
            contained in the Form S-1.

     All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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                                      -5-


ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

   Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

   Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's Second Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-laws
provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers for
liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities. In general,
directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good
faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interest of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, actions that the indemnified party had no reasonable cause to
believe were unlawful. Reference is made to the Registrant's Second Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-44887) and to the Registrant's
Amended and Restated By-Laws filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-94054), and incorporated herein
by reference.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

   Not applicable.


ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

EXHIBIT NO.     DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
-----------     ----------------------
<S>             <C>
Exhibit 5.1     Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
             
Exhibit 23.1    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
             
Exhibit 23.2    Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included in 
                Exhibit 5.1)
             
Exhibit 24.1    Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page
                to this Registration Statement)
             
Exhibit 99.1    Amended and Restated 1989 Stock Option Plan
             
Exhibit 99.2    1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan
             
Exhibit 99.3    1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
             
Exhibit 99.4    1996 Stock Option Plan
             
Exhibit 99.5    1996 Amended and Restated Stock Plan
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
 
                                      -6-

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
         made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               (i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
               the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
               after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
               most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
               or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
               information set forth in the registration statement.
               Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
               of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
               offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
               deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
               offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
               with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
               the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
               change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
               "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
               registration statement;

               (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the
               plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
               statement or any material change to such information in the
               registration statement;

         (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
         Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
         deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
         shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

         (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

     (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
     determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
     the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
     of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
     the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
     statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
     such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
     offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
     Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
     of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
     Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
     Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
     expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a
     claim for
<PAGE>
 
                                      -7-



     indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
     Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
     controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
     action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
     controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
     Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
     settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
     jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
     public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
     adjudication of such issue.


                 [REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.]
<PAGE>
 
                                      -8-

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Burlington, Massachusetts, on the 25th day of February, 1998

                                         NEWSEDGE CORPORATION.      
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                         By: /s/ Edward R. Siegfried
                                             -----------------------
                                            Edward R. Siegfried      
                                            Chief Financial Officer


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

     We, the undersigned officers and directors of NewsEDGE Corporation, hereby
severally constitute and appoint Donald L. McLagan and Edward R. Siegfried, and
each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and all amendments
thereto (including post-effective amendments), and generally to do all such
things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and
directors to enable NewsEDGE Corporation to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Signature                                        Title(s)                           Date
---------                                        --------                           ----
<S>                                           <C>                                   <C>
 
/s/ Donald L. McLagan                            President, Chairman,               February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------     Chief Executive Officer
Donald L. McLagan                                and Director
                                                 (principal executive officer)
 
 
/s/ Edward R. Siegfried                          Vice President, Finance, Chief     February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------     Financial Officer, Treasurer 
Edward R. Siegfried                              and Assistant Secretary
                                                 (principal financial officer)
 
/s/ Michael E. Kolowich                          Vice Chairman and Director         February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
Michael E. Kolowich
 
/s/ Ellen Carnahan                               Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
Ellen Carnahan
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
 
                                      -9-

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                           <C>                                   <C>

/s/ June Rokoff                                  Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
June Rokoff
 
/s/ Rory Cowan                                   Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
Rory Cowan
 
/s/ William A. Devereaux                         Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
William A. Devereaux
 
/s/ James D. Daniell                             Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
James D. Daniell
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

                                     -10-
 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
                                        
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

EXHIBIT NO.          DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
-----------          ----------------------
<S>                  <C>
Exhibit 5.1          Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP

Exhibit 23.1         Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

Exhibit 23.2         Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included
                     in Exhibit 5.1)

Exhibit 24.1         Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature
                     page to this Registration Statement)

Exhibit 99.1         Amended and Restated 1989 Stock Option Plan

Exhibit 99.2         1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan

Exhibit 99.3         1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan

Exhibit 99.4         1996 Stock Option Plan

Exhibit 99.5         1996 Amended and Restated Stock Plan
</TABLE>
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 25, 1998

                                                       Registration No.333-____
================================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8

                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                       UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                             NEWSEDGE CORPORATION.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

         DELAWARE                                       04-3016142
(State or Other Jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

                               80 BLANCHARD ROAD
                             BURLINGTON, MA 01803
                   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                             --------------------

                  AMENDED AND RESTATED 1989 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                       1995 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                 1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                     1996 AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PLAN
                           (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                            --------------------

                              EDWARD R. SIEGFRIED
                            CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                             NEWSEDGE CORPORATION
                               80 BLANCHARD ROAD
                             BURLINGTON, MA 01803
                    (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                (781) 229-3000
         (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
                             --------------------
                                  Copies to:

                         LAWRENCE S. WITTENBERG, ESQ.
                        Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
                               High Street Tower
                                125 High Street
                          Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                                (617) 248-7000

================================================================================
-2-

================================================================================

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                        
================================================================================
TITLE OF                             PROPOSED MAXIMUM    PROPOSED MAXIMUM     
    SECURITIES         AMOUNT TO BE        OFFERING PRICE       AGGREGATE              AMOUNT OF
 TO BE REGISTERED       REGISTERED           PER SHARE        OFFERING PRICE       REGISTRATION FEE(1)
------------------    -----------------   ----------------   -----------------     -------------------
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1989 STOCK OPTION PLAN

NewsEDGE Corporation   1,765,767 shares   $ 6.92                $12,214,694            $3,603.33
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
 
1995 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
 
NewsEDGE Corporation      30,131 shares   $ 0.46                $    13,860            $    4.09
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
 
1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
 
NewsEDGE Corporation      55,000 shares   $12.34                $   678,750            $  200.23
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
 
1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
 
NewsEDGE Corporation      29,318 shares   $ 6.93                $   203,216            $   59.95
Common Stock,
$.01 par value(2)
 
1996 AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PLAN
 
NewsEDGE Corporation      29,798 shares   $ 0.84                $    25,119            $    7.41
Common Stock,
$.01 par value(2)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
Total:                 1,910,014 shares                                                $3,875.01
-3-

     (1)  Based on options to purchase 1,910,014 shares of NewsEDGE
Corporation's Common Stock granted as of February 24, 1998 under Individual,
Inc.'s Amended and Restated 1989 Stock Option Plan, 1995 Incentive Stock Option
Plan, 1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, 1996 Stock Option Plan and
1996 Amended and Restated Stock Plan (the "Individual Plans"). All of such
shares are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase the
number of shares at the exercise price listed above. Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1),
the aggregate offering price and the fee have been computed upon the basis of
the price at which the options may be exercised.

     This Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 1,910,014 shares of
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of NewsEDGE Corporation ("NewsEDGE" or
the "Registrant") issuable upon exercise of options granted pursuant to certain
employee benefit plans of Individual, Inc. ("Individual"), which were assumed by
NewsEDGE in connection with transactions between Desktop Data, Inc. ("Desktop").
Individual was merged into Desktop Data, Inc. on February 24, 1998 pursuant to
an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of November 2, 1997
(the "Merger Agreement"). The merger of Desktop Data, Inc. and Individual
resulted in the combined company known as NewsEDGE Corporation. Pursuant to the
terms of the Merger Agreement, NewsEDGE assumed all of the then outstanding but
unexerciseable options granted under the Individual Plans, which consisted of
options to purchase an aggregate of 3,820,224 shares of Individual Common
Stock. As a result of the merger, these options are now exercisable for an
aggregate of 1,910,014 shares of NewsEDGE Common Stock, assuming the exercise of
all such outstanding options. No additional options or other rights will be
granted by NewsEDGE under the Individual Plans.
-4-

                                     PART I
                                        
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
                                        
ITEM 1.  PLAN INFORMATION.

   The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be
sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents
are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.

ITEM 2.  REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.

   The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be
sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission
either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424.

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

   The following documents filed by NewsEDGE with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference as of their respective
dates (File No. 0-26540):

     (a)    The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
            ended December 31, 1996, as amended, filed pursuant to the Exchange
            Act which contains audited financial statements for the fiscal year
            ended December 31, 1996, and the Registrant's current report on form
            8-K (filed November 14, 1997) filed with the Commission.

     (b)    The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
            quarters ended March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997 and September 30, 1997
            filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.

     (c)    The section entitled "Description of Registrant's Securities to be
            Registered" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statements on
            Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act on
            April 1, 1995 and incorporating by reference the information
            contained in the Form S-1.

     All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
-5-

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

   Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

   Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's Second Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-laws
provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers for
liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities. In general,
directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good
faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interest of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, actions that the indemnified party had no reasonable cause to
believe were unlawful. Reference is made to the Registrant's Second Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-44887) and to the Registrant's
Amended and Restated By-Laws filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-94054), and incorporated herein
by reference.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

   Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT NO.     DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
-----------     ----------------------
Exhibit 5.1     Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
             
Exhibit 23.1    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
             
Exhibit 23.2    Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included in 
                Exhibit 5.1)
             
Exhibit 24.1    Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page
                to this Registration Statement)
             
Exhibit 99.1    Amended and Restated 1989 Stock Option Plan
             
Exhibit 99.2    1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan
             
Exhibit 99.3    1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
             
Exhibit 99.4    1996 Stock Option Plan
             
Exhibit 99.5    1996 Amended and Restated Stock Plan
-6-

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
         made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

               (i)    To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
               the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
               after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
               most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
               or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
               information set forth in the registration statement.
               Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
               of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
               offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
               deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
               offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
               with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
               the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
               change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
               "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
               registration statement;

               (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the
               plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
               statement or any material change to such information in the
               registration statement;

         (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
         Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
         deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
         shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

         (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
         the termination of the offering.

     (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
     determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
     the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
     of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
     the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
     statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
     such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
     offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
     Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
     of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
     Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
     Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
     expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a
     claim for
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     indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
     Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
     controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
     action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
     controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
     Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
     settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
     jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
     public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
     adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Burlington, Massachusetts, on the 25th day of February, 1998

                                         NEWSEDGE CORPORATION.      
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                         By: /s/ Edward R. Siegfried
                                             -----------------------
                                            Edward R. Siegfried      
                                            Chief Financial Officer

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

     We, the undersigned officers and directors of NewsEDGE Corporation, hereby
severally constitute and appoint Donald L. McLagan and Edward R. Siegfried, and
each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and all amendments
thereto (including post-effective amendments), and generally to do all such
things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and
directors to enable NewsEDGE Corporation to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature                                        Title(s)                           Date
---------                                        --------                           ----
/s/ Donald L. McLagan                            President, Chairman,               February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------     Chief Executive Officer
Donald L. McLagan                                and Director
                                                 (principal executive officer)
 
 
/s/ Edward R. Siegfried                          Vice President, Finance, Chief     February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------     Financial Officer, Treasurer 
Edward R. Siegfried                              and Assistant Secretary
                                                 (principal financial officer)
 
/s/ Michael E. Kolowich                          Vice Chairman and Director         February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
Michael E. Kolowich
 
/s/ Ellen Carnahan                               Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
Ellen Carnahan
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/s/ June Rokoff                                  Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
June Rokoff
 
/s/ Rory Cowan                                   Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
Rory Cowan
 
/s/ William A. Devereaux                         Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
William A. Devereaux
 
/s/ James D. Daniell                             Director                           February 25, 1998
--------------------------------------------
James D. Daniell
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO.          DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
-----------          ----------------------
Exhibit 5.1          Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP

Exhibit 23.1         Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

Exhibit 23.2         Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included
                     in Exhibit 5.1)

Exhibit 24.1         Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature
                     page to this Registration Statement)

Exhibit 99.1         Amended and Restated 1989 Stock Option Plan

Exhibit 99.2         1995 Incentive Stock Option Plan

Exhibit 99.3         1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan

Exhibit 99.4         1996 Stock Option Plan

Exhibit 99.5         1996 Amended and Restated Stock Plan