March 14, 1999
Editor & Publisher: News Sites Say Their Reach Is Underestimated.
Steve Outing. And sometimes, they blame Media Metrix's methodology for what they believe are under-representations of their true Web reach in their home markets.
NY Times: Netscape Applies Open Source Idea to Custom Page Service.
...Netscape will now invite almost any Web site to be its partner and offer content to users of the service.
NY Times: Rethinking the Portal Concept.
"People are inventing their own content. On discussion boards, stock chat areas, family picture and discussion sites -- they've invented content in ways they couldn't have before, and that is going to be the most important thing for portals."
NY Times: Independent Booksellers Plan to Open Online Store.
The electronic bookstore and a planned national marketing campaign are the first collective efforts of an ordinarily disparate group of independents.
ZDNN: Sound wave: Web dials into radio.
The groundswell of interest in online radio has occurred because the tools to broadcast online have gotten easier to use, cheaper and more pervasive, and because audio quality has vastly improved...
ClickZ: Software: The No Brainer.
White space is a scary thing to pay for in any medium. But personally, I think it's a good buy.
ZDNet AnchorDesk: How Stellar One Got a Head Start on Convergence.
Jesse Berst. Lots of companies have taken a run at the convergence market during the last decade. But the usual method has been to build proprietary solutions.
MSNBC: Net ad execs: Don't believe the data.
Despite falling online ad rates and declining click throughs, those in the Internet advertising industry say all is well.
Seattle Times: Calling all telephone users! Is anyone there anymore?
Day or night, local or long distance, there would no longer be a line item on your telephone-company bill for voice access.
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