The talk of cyberspace
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The talk show format that dominates television programming has been adapted to cyberspace. Online information services such as America Online and Prodigy now offer talk shows online. Cyber talk shows follow the same format as their TV counterparts, with a host, a celebrity guest and an audience. The host, the guest and the audience can participate from anywhere in the talk show. Guest are asked questions by the audience, and their replies go out over the network. America Online features the Center Stage section, which is devoted to the talk show format. Guests of recent online talk shows include Joan Rivers, Lamar Alexander and Greg Louganis. Most guests have praised the format's spontaneity and access to the public. Publishers, movie studios and television companies encourage their celebrities to participate in online talk shows because it is an increasingly valuable advertising tool.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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Forging links between inner cities and the Internet
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Many black professionals in computing and telecommunications believe the latest computer technology should be available to the poorest Americans, but claim the investment should come from the local level. Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of information-technology policy, says technology should be a bridge not a barrier, but claims the federal government does not have the money to invest. A national movement led by black executives and entrepreneurs is underway to ensure low-income blacks will have access to hardware, software and networking. Professionals are donating their expertise and arranging business contacts in a new era of 'digital activism.' Some national studies indicate fewer than 40% of black students have access to computers at school, compared to 60% for white students.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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Market opening on Internet for pollution-credit trades
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An automated environmental credit exchange is being started on the Internet that will allow companies to trade pollution credits and help businesses to reduce pollution at the lowest possible cost. The exchange was developed by scientists at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and will compete with another service started in 1994 by Cantor Fitzgerald. The new exchange is drawing support from the EPA and environmental regulators in a number of states, and supporters are hoping that the system becomes a standard for reducing pollution through the exchange of smog credits. Moving the trading of smog credits to a free market system is expected to reduce emissions faster and more efficiently than through conventional regulatory systems.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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