CommonPlaces Announces Deal With Reuters to Provide Customized News Via CollegeBytes.com.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1999-- Personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. Information and News Underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. CollegeBytes.com Commitment to Provide a One-Stop Destination for the Collegiate col·le·giate adj. 1. Of, relating to, or held to resemble a college. 2. Of, for, or typical of college students. 3. Of or relating to a collegiate church. Community CommonPlaces(TM) LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the exclusive online partner of Network Event Theater (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NETS), today announced it has signed an agreement with Reuters under which users can receive personalized, up-to-the-minute business, entertainment, and health news through CollegeBytes.com(TM), the industry's first full-service, personalized Internet hub for the collegiate market. The agreement is the latest step in CommonPlaces' aggressive strategy to become the market leader in delivering comprehensive tools and resources to the entire collegiate community. Under the terms of the Reuters agreement, CollegeBytes.com users can access customized news, entertainment, business and personal interest information through Reuters NewMedia service - which will provide feeds from Reuters Online, Online Reuters/Variety Entertainment and Oddly Enough services, as well as consumer-oriented medical news through Reuters Health eLine. Students will be able to tailor news delivery to meet their own unique interests through CollegeBytes.com's advanced personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. capabilities. "College students typically don't read national newspapers or watch much TV, so they are especially eager to access relevant news and information online," said David Graves, Executive Vice President, Reuters. "We are pleased to be entering into an agreement with CommonPlaces that enables us to deliver our highly informative and timely news feeds to such a targeted audience. I previously worked with Ben Bassi bas·si n. A plural of basso. while he was COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning. of Firefly firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical. and I was serving as a board member. I have the utmost confidence in CommonPlaces' ability to create the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae virtual hub for college audiences. This is an effort Reuters is pleased to be associated with." "Personalized access to business, sports, international, entertainment and health news was one of the top services requested by the thousands of college students who took part in the extensive market research we conducted prior to developing CollegeBytes.com," said Ben Bassi, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CommonPlaces. "Our agreement with Reuters is a further testament to our goal to become the premiere online resource for the collegiate community by delivering the information and services students have asked for. Additionally, our experience and prior relationships give CommonPlaces a unique advantage in establishing strong business and commerce deals such as this." CollegeBytes.com, which will be formally unveiled in August, can currently be previewed at http://www.collegebytes.com. CollegeBytes.com is the first personalized full-service Internet hub that provides colleges with a way to easily establish or extend their online presence and students with a resource that enhances their overall college experience with educational, lifestyle and community-building tools and services. About Reuters Reuters supplies the global financial markets and the news media with the widest range of information and news products including real-time financial data, collective investment data, numerical, textual tex·tu·al adj. Of, relating to, or conforming to a text. tex  tu·al·ly adv. , historical and graphical databases plus news, graphics, news
video, and news pictures, reaching over 485,000 users in 57,900
locations. Reuters designs and installs enterprise-wide information
management and risk management systems for the financial markets as well
as providing equity and foreign exchange transaction systems. It
extensively uses Internet technologies for wider distribution of
information and news. The Group employed 16,938 staff in 218 cities in
96 countries at December 31, 1998. Reuters is the world's largest
news and television agency with 2,072 journalists, photographers and
camera operators in 182 bureaus serving 157 countries. News is published
in 23 languages.
About CommonPlaces CommonPlaces(TM), founded by senior Internet veterans, is the first company to create comprehensive, personalized and self-evolving online communities for specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. audiences with common interests. CommonPlaces' first Internet community is CollegeBytes.com(TM), a full-service online hub with free tools and resources for the entire collegiate community (faculty, administration and students). CommonPlaces has joined forces with NET, the nation's largest campus media and marketing services company, to leverage NET's more than 50 years of aggregate college marketing experience and nationwide distribution on more than 2,000 colleges across the country. CommonPlaces is poised to become the market leader in delivering comprehensive online tools and resources for the college community including the 15 million U.S. college students. More information about the company can be found at http://www.commonplaces.com. |
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