ADVISORY/Number of Low-Income Internet Users Soars.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 TOPIC: In a recent survey conducted by Media Metrix, researchers found that of the 55,000 Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f questioned, low-income groups grew almost 50 percent in the year ending in June, said a report by MSNBC.com. The increase of 49 percent by low-income users reportedly still leaves them as the smallest group of Internet users, at only 10 percent of the total population. The researchers reportedly concluded from the study that the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the is becoming more of a mass medium in the public, gathering more users every day. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Anne Rickert, Analyst for Media Metrix, is an expert in Internet market research. 212/515-8737 PR: MaryHellen Trent (arickert@mmxi.com) Jack Powers, Conference Chairman of Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites. (Internet World), is an expert in Internet forecasting and the Internet world. 516/670-8635 PR: Jennifer Chasin (jen@eprinc.net). Robert Rosenberg, President of The Insight Research Corporation, is an expert in the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industry, and Internet access See how to access the Internet. . 973/605-1400 PR: Tracey N. Rochelle (tracey@insight-corp.com). ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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