January 29, 2001
Financial Times: Disney may cut jobs and abandon Go.com.
Robert Iger, group president, questioned whether the portal was a long-term sustainable model. The concerns about Go.com mark a swift change of heart at Disney, where until a few weeks ago Mr Eisner had said he intended to stand behind the internet investments...
MSNBC: Disney’s Go.com to be shut down.
The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it is pulling the plug on the Go.com portal, laying off 400 workers - 20 percent of the Disney Internet Group - and wrap the unit back into the main company. But Disney said Go.com’s demise will not affect its other sites, including ESPN.com and ABCNews.com.
NY Times: The Spread of News by E-Mail Is Becoming News Itself.
People often pass around news articles via e-mail. Some even do it compulsively, in part because it's so easy: most news sites include an "e- mail this article" link on some or all of their stories. But until last spring, apparently, no site made use of the statistics generated by those e-mail links.
Industry Standard: Napster to Launch Fee-Based Service in Mid-2001.
Sarfeld said a survey of 20,000 Napster users conducted in December by Webnoize showed that a large majority are willing to pay up to $15 a month for the music download service. However, Sarfeld cautioned, this is no indication for what the fee will be. "We are not talking figures yet," he said.
NY Times: Intranets Nurture Companies From the Inside.
When I.B.M. asked employees in its annual survey last year what they considered the best ways to learn about the company, most said their co-workers were among the most credible or useful sources of information. That was pretty much what company officials had expected to hear.
SF Chronicle: Spotlight On Privacy.
But hope is fading fast for those who don't want regulation. Net privacy bills were among the first legislation introduced in the new House of Representatives, and dozens of senators and representatives say they plan to reintroduce bills that Congress didn't get around to last year.
NY Times: DoubleClick Seeking Ways to Protect Users' Anonymity.
Even as some privacy advocates continue to push the company to change its data- collection policies, others formerly critical of DoubleClick acknowledge that the company has made great strides in helping develop industrywide privacy standards.
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