AOL's Digital City and the San Francisco Examiner Announce Partnership.VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1998-- San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th Century. History 19th century The beginning of the Examiner is a topic of some controversy. To Provide News and Sports Content For AOL's Digital City San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden AOL's Digital City, Inc., the nation's No. 1 local content network and interactive community guide, and the San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco's Pulitzer Prize-winning afternoon newspaper, Monday announced a content partnership. Under the agreement, the San Francisco Examiner and Examiner.com, the newspaper's Web site, will be THE featured information provider in Digital City San Francisco's news and sports areas. In addition, The Examiner will provide reviews for Digital City San Francisco's Movie Guide and Dining Guide. The movie reviews by Examiner critics will supplement the Movie Guide's comprehensive listings of current movies, locations, show times and reviews by professional critics, members and Movie Maven, Digital City San Francisco's own critic. The restaurant reviews by Examiner food and restaurant critic Bill Citara complement the Dining Guide's reviews by Gayot, members and Digital City San Francisco's own food critic The terms food critic, food writer, and restaurant critic can all be used to describe a writer who analyses food or restaurants and then publishes the results of their findings. , Scott Sax. Paul DeBenedictis, President of Digital City, Inc., said: "Digital City San Francisco is a vibrant community and ultimate resource for San Franciscan's online. The San Francisco Examiner is an important part of the Bay Area - bringing local residents the information that affects their daily lives - and we are pleased to make their award winning news and sports coverage available to our members." Tim Porter, Examiner Assistant Managing Editor, said, "The Examiner is one of San Francisco's oldest landmarks, and we are delighted by the opportunity to give our writers greater exposure on AOL's Digital City, joining the largest possible audience in cyberspace. That means our work is now available on paper, through our Examiner.com, and on Digital City San Francisco, which is accessible to anyone on AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , AOL.COM, digitalcity.com, CompuServe and Netscape Netcenter." The San Francisco Examiner is a Hearst Corporation The Hearst Corporation is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media. newspaper with a daily afternoon circulation of 113,275 and a Sunday circulation of 652,259. With a staff of 200 journalists, it is known for its feisty, investigative urban brand of journalism, lively news and sports columnists, and a personality that matches the iconoclastic i·con·o·clast n. 1. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions. 2. One who destroys sacred religious images. city whose name it bears. The Examiner is available on the Web at www.examiner.com. Digital City, Inc., the nation's largest and the Internet Online's most popular local city resource and interactive community guide reaches nearly 4 million people every month according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Media Metrix. Digital City provides an array of interactive products in more than 50 cities and delivers locally relevant news, community resources, entertainment and commerce in a dynamic and easy-to-use format. Available on America Online See AOL. at Keyword: Digital City, on the web at www.digitalcity.com, on CompuServe, Netcenter and aol.com, Digital City combines useful local information, expert reviews, and the personal contributions of the people who use the service to help residents get the most from their communities. Based in Vienna, Va., Digital City, an AOL Studios business, is owned primarily by America Online and Tribune Company The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, responsible for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Hartford Courant . America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Va., is the world's leader in branded interactive services and content. America Online, Inc. operates two worldwide Internet online services: America Online, with more than 14 million members; and CompuServe, with approximately 2 million members. America Online, Inc. also operates AOL Studios, the world's leading creator of original interactive content. Other branded Internet services operated by America Online, Inc. include AOL.COM, the world's most accessed Web site from home; Digital City, Inc., the No. 1 local content network and community guide on AOL and the Internet; AOL NetFind, AOL's comprehensive guide to the Internet; AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. , an instant messaging tool available on both AOL and the Internet; and ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , an instant communications and chat technology on the Internet. |
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