America Online and Time Warner Announce Online Unveiling of the 2000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover On AOL.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers DULLES, Va. and NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000 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. Members To Have Exclusive First View of the Highly-Anticipated 2000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated magazine. It features top fashion models wearing designer swimwear in exotic locales. New issues come out around the middle of February or later. It was first published in 1964. Cover, Plus Chats With Swimsuit Models America Online See AOL. , the world's leading interactive services company, and Time Warner, the world's leading media company, today announced that AOL will host the exclusive online unveiling of the 2000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover. Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated is the largest weekly American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. It has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men, 19% of the adult males in the country. is the nation's premier sports publication and is published by Time Inc., a subsidiary of Time Warner. Under the agreement, AOL members will have the first opportunity to view the cover of the highly-anticipated Swimsuit Issue before its release to the general public. AOL's more than 21 million members will get the first glimpse of the cover of the 2000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue -- at AOL Keyword: Swimsuit -- on Monday, February 21 at 8 pm, EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy . In addition, AOL Live, AOL's chat and live event destination, will host online chats throughout the week with this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, including an exclusive AOL chat with the cover model, on Monday, February 21 at 8pm, EST. Jonathan Sacks, Senior Vice President and General Manager of AOL Interactive Services said: &uot;People around the world are looking forward to the release of this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. So we are thrilled to be joining with Sports Illustrated to give AOL members not only the very first look at what is probably the most anticipated magazine cover of the year, but also the opportunity to chat with some of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit models.&uot; Michael Klingensmith, President of Sports Illustrated said: &uot;With the series of model chats available this year, fans of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue will be able to interact with them more than ever. Plus, AOL members will be the first to enjoy one of the magazine industry's most exciting annual events.&uot; About America Online, Inc. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in interactive services, web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 21 million members, and CompuServe, with more than 2.5 million members; several leading Internet brands including 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. , AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. , Digital City Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; Netscape Navigator and Communicator browsers; AOL MovieFone; Spinner.com (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. , and Nullsoft Winamp. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy. About Sports Illustrated SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, with a readership of nearly 23 million adults weekly, is published by Time Inc., the world's leading magazine publishing company and a subsidiary of Time Warner. The SI franchise also encompasses: SI PRESENTS, the magazine's specialty publishing division; &uot;SI Golf Plus,&uot; a selective editorial section; SI FOR KIDS, a monthly magazine targeted to kids age 8 and up and the SI FOR KIDS web site located at www.sikids.com; CNN/Sports Illustrated, the 24-hour sports news and information network; SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR WOMEN Sports Illustrated Women (formerly called Sports Illustrated for Women) and also known as "SI Women," was a bimonthly sports magazine covering (according to its statement of purpose) "the sports that women play and what they want to follow, from basketball to tennis, and its home on the World Wide Web at siforwomen.com; CNNSI CNNSI Cable News Network and Sports Illustrated .com, SI's home on the World Wide Web; SI INTERNATIONAL, which develops international publishing ventures, explores opportunities to extend the SI brand globally; SI's worldwide Olympic sponsorship; and SI DEVELOPMENT, which produces books, calendars and collectibles. |
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