Subject: Re: New Century Network Announced From: MrHoff@aol.com Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 12:14:49 -0400

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The NCN announcement is indeed eye-catching.  A cynical person's attention
might have been drawn to:

(1)  Membership in the NCN being limited to existing daily newspapers.

(2)  Lots of emphasis on "common standards among (existing) newspapers."

To the cynical observer, these elements might seem to be an effort to prevent
new, non-traditional news services that want to enter the e-newspaper
business from gaining access to the same (shared) content as the existing
ink-smeared-on-squashed-trees dailies.  If AP were organizing this effort,
would it be imposing such exclusive membership limitations?

Of course, another type of cynic might say that the ability of the dinosaurs
to execute such a strategy is highly dubious.

Does any non-cynic see any cartel/anti-trust issues here?

Chuck Nordhoff
Seattle


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