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ABCNEWS.com Provides Groundbreaking Coverage of January 31 New Hampshire Primary; Package Includes Daily 'Political Points' Webcast With The New York Times.


Business &Technology Editors, Political Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000

Emerging as the premiere source for comprehensive coverage of the 2000 elections, ABCNEWS.com will be providing groundbreaking reporting of the New Hampshire primary The New Hampshire primary is the first of a number of statewide political party primary elections held in the United States every four years, as part of the process of the Democratic and Republican parties choosing their candidate for the presidential elections on the subsequent  (Monday, January 31). From live Webcasts and up-to-the-minute exit poll data to around-the-clock reporting from a 40-person entourage in the field, ABCNEWS.com is providing an unparalleled package that can be accessed any time day or night. ABCNEWS.com is part of GO.com (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:GO).

In addition to drawing from the vast resources of ABCNEWS - TV, radio and Internet - an exciting new feature at ABCNEWS.com adds political insights from ABCNEWS and The New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Times. The joint ABCNEWS/New York Times live Webcast entitled Political Points is a daily 15-minute show that airs Monday through Friday at 1:30 p.m. EST. Political Points offers specialized political coverage - bridging the gap in the news cycle between each morning's New York Times and ABC's Good Morning America Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. The show was adapted from The Morning Exchange, a morning show created by and airing on the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and was launched nationally as  and each evening's World News Tonight. The show features reporters from both news organizations discussing political stories, using video and audio from the field. It includes interviews with candidates and campaign insiders, behind-the-scenes perspectives, breaking news, and speeches and statements by the candidates.

Building on its extensive coverage of the Iowa caucuses, ABCNEWS.com's New Hampshire primary coverage will include:

- ABCNEWS/New York Times live Webcast - Political Points,

1:30 p.m. EST, Mon.- Fri.

- On-site video reports from ABCNEWS.com's chief Washington

correspondent Ann Compton Ann Compton (b. 19 January 1947) is an American news reporter for ABC News.

Compton began her career when an internship through her school, Hollins College (now Hollins University) led to a job reporting for CBS in Roanoke.
 

- Exclusive results of exit polls taken as voters cast their

decisions

- Constantly updated voting results from across the state

- Up-to-the minute audio status reports as results are shown -

including ABCNEWS projections and delegate estimates

- Behind-the-scenes reports from reporters travelling with all the

major candidates

- Live, on-site production of Sam Donaldson's Internet-only news

Webcast, SamDonaldson@ABCNEWS.com

- Streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater.  of primary coverage on Nightline, World News

Tonight, This Week and Good Morning America

- Live video chats from ABCNEWS commentators and other experts

- Interactive candidate bios and profiles, audio and video of

post-vote speeches, timelines and issue positions

- Comprehensive background and analysis of the primary process

- Interactive surveys

- Links to the best information on the primary, including news,

travel and weather guides

ABCNEWS.com's &uot;2000 Vote&uot; coverage includes reports from the 40-person ABCNEWS team on the election trail, including daily briefings with the candidates; streaming video and audio of candidate debates and other events; weekly surveys and analysis from the ABCNEWS polling unit; up-to-the-minute vote results and ABCNEWS projected winners of the primaries and November elections; exit poll data after polls close; Ann Compton's daily &uot;On Background&uot; column on politics; SamDonaldson@ABCNEWS.com, a live, three-times-a-week Internet-only program; the weekly &uot;Here's The Point&uot; audio program hosted by ABC News
This article is about the American news organization. See also ABC News (disambiguation)


ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin.
 Political Director Mark Halperin; searchable video; on-demand video and transcripts from Nightline, Good Morning America, This Week and World News Tonight; video and audio political commercials; a weekly &uot;Politics Challenge&uot; quiz; and daily comprehensive coverage from ABCNEWS.com's political team.

ABCNEWS.com is part of GO.com, created as part of the recent merger between Infoseek Corporation and The Walt Disney Company's online unit, Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG). GO.com oversees many of the Web's most popular sites and services, including the GO Network portal, ABC ABC
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