February 11, 2001
Industry Standard Europe: Right idea at the right time.
And now Swatch's president, Nicolas Hayek Jr, is dreaming of another coup. "Swatch changed the habits of the watch industry," he says. "We can change people's Internet habits as well." Unfortunately for him, the company's track record outside the watch market is not encouraging.
Web Informant: How to make money with an online news web site.
Robin Miller, editor-in-chief of OSDN.com. The best way to make money with an online news site is to use a revenue model closer to those used by free alternative newspapers than to those used by large-circulation dailies. This is not a bad thing, since many small weekly papers produce excellent journalism.
Washington Post: Another Message Brought to You By America Adline.
For a sense of where the Internet is going after the dot-com bloodshed ends, look no further than America Online's welcome screen. The main point of the AOL-Time Warner mega-merger sank in for me earlier this week when I signed on to AOL for a long look at cyberspace through the company's souped-up marketing lens.
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