Subject: Re: Comment on NY Times Column From: "Steve Yelvington" Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 17:48:08 -0600
How the Web Was Won
Subject: Re: Comment on NY Times Column From: "Steve Yelvington" Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 17:48:08 -0600

 outings@netcom.com (Steve Outing) wrote ...

> I wonder if anyone else is bold enough yet to create an online news service 
> that could (shudder!) replace a print subscription for those who actually 
> might prefer a cyber edition? I suspect the Wall Street Journal Interactive 
> Edition might fit that model; we'll see soon. 

I visited NYT on the Web the other day. I was not nearly as
impressed.

Lots of newspapers have fielded very complete online products, and
some of them are kept far more timely than the NYT effort. I'm
curious what it is about NYT on the Web that you think sets it apart. 
- --
Steve Yelvington,Editor/Manager
Star Tribune Online, Minneapolis-St.Paul (A Cowles Media online service)
stevey@startribune.com  http://www.startribune.com/online/
Voice 612-673-7229      Fax 612-673-7973
"Har mycket brev att ga igenom."

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