CBSNews.com to Make Latest Video and Text Programming Available on AOL News.DULLES, Va. -- Breaking News Video from CBSNews.com, as Well as Text Articles and Headlines, Will Enhance the Online News Experience 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. and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Digital Media have entered into an agreement to offer up-to-the minute broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). video and text news programming from CBSNews.com to the AOL News channel. Under the agreement, CBSNews.com will offer AOL everything from breaking news from around the world to the quirky quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. and the offbeat off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. . The content will be integrated throughout AOL News, including on the News main page, and will include links back to CBSNews.com for additional stories. The news programming, also available at the new aol.com(R) web site, builds on AOL's effort to provide the most comprehensive and engaging news experience on the Web. AOL(R) News combines news from the nation's most trusted news sources with polls, blogs, and multimedia features offering real-time dialogue, and reaches a monthly audience of more than 21 million. "Working with CBS News CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. Current productions Current television shows
This agreement is consistent with CBS Digital Media's longstanding commitment to provide free broadband video to consumers and its recently announced plans to build a broadband on-demand news network. As one of CBSNews.com's distribution partners, AOL will benefit from its recently expanded editorial operation and integration with the 24 hour global newsgathering news·gath·er·ing adj. Of, relating to, or involving the research and reportage of news: a worldwide newsgathering operation. news capabilities of CBS News. "Joining forces with AOL confirms CBSNews.com's commitment to provide high-quality, free broadband video to the online audience," said Betsy Lake Morgan, Senior Vice President, CBS Digital Media and General Manager, CBSNews.com. "This partnership also provides AOL users with the most current news and analysis from the award-winning correspondents of CBS News." About America Online See AOL. , Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Va., America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. About CBSNews.com CBSNews.com is the network's 24-hour broadband, on-demand news service, which draws on the worldwide, award-winning resources of CBS News. The network's correspondents file, update and expand their stories 24 hours a day, continuously enriching the editorial content of the site by providing more insight and context to the latest breaking news stories. CBSNews.com has been an industry-leading provider of advertiser-supported free broadband video on demand. CBSNews.com, CBS.com and CBS SportsLine.com are all part of the CBS Digital Media division. |
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