Creating electronic editions, newspapers try new roles
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The Times Mirror Co and Cox Enterprises, the two largest US newspaper chains, announce plans to provide online editions of their newspapers, along with such supplementary services as electronic bulletin boards, online chats with reporters, newsmakers and other readers, and access to related readings and the newspapers' archives. In doing so, Times Mirror, which publishes the Los Angeles Times and New York Newsday, and Cox join a trend started by the Tribune Company, Knight-Ridder Inc and the Gannett Company. Online newspaper editions and services are already offered in St. Louis, Chicago and San Jose, CA, and will soon appear in New York, Atlanta, GA, Los Angeles and Austin, TX. Subscribers pay a monthly fee of about $10 to access the services via a microcomputer, modem and local telephone line. The newspaper companies are finding it cost-effective to distribute their electronic editions through such existing online information services as America Online, Compuserve and Prodigy.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1993
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PC watcher: innovation is a sell, stability's a buy
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Jim Seymour, a noted columnist and computer consultant to large companies, believes that the biggest issue among corporate microcomputer users at the moment is to establish a mix between innovation and stability. Gone is the old practice of always buying something new or constantly upgrading. Users are generally more interested now in keeping what they have and waiting for a better time to make purchases. A case in point is Novell's NetWare 4.0, which offers features that users have long been asking for. Many corporations are adapting a wait-and-see attitude before purchasing the upgrade. The trend towards stability is spurred by cost constraints among corporations.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1993
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