November 21, 1999
NY Times: Self-Indulgence in the Internet Industry.
Denise Caruso. And after having spent much of the last year doing research and interviewing Internet companies about disclosure and credibility practices, I wonder how much change any industry-based organization can effect without real, outside pressure from either consumers or the law.
Salon: Tuned in to TV.
Q&A with Wink CEO Maggie Wilderotter. The beauty about Wink is that we don't have to drive you anywhere to interact -- you simply do it on top of the shows you're already watching. It's geared around why consumers watch TV in the first place: to watch video.
NY Times: Point and Click: Interactive TV Is Poised for a Prime-Time Run.
Leak is tantalized by visions of interactive television surpassing the personal computer. "I think it's bigger than the Internet," he said in an interview at WebTV's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. "All the elements are there for it to happen."
Seattle Times: Microsoft takes aim at interactive TV - continental style.
The gamble in Europe, moreover, has far-reaching implications for Microsoft in this country. If it doesn't win the battle for customers in places such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany, it may very well find itself at a significant disadvantage when interactive television takes off in the United States.
NY Times: New Tools Make It Easier to Find the Lowest Price.
[Michelle Rubin, director of affiliate marketing CDNow] "I think they will become more sophisticated in the future, to give consumers a fuller picture of what's important at a store beyond prices. But right now it's a very freewheeling, competitive environment out there, and it's just hard to stop stuff like this."
NY Times: Internet Company Offers Customized Cursors.
"We were pleased with the results," said Gretchen Briscoe, a spokeswoman for one advertiser, Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati. "The cursor drove awareness and people remembered the brand, but we've got no plans going forward to use it." Let's hope P&G rethinks its reticence. Who wouldn't relish the chance to see a Comet Cursor shaped like a can of Comet cleanser?
NY Times: Excite@Home to Separate Cable and Content Divisions.
Executives at Excite@Home said the tracking stock was meant to signal that the company saw a difference between the information content and Internet access portions of its business.
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