Compton's NewMedia continues on-line dominance with Prodigy partnership; Prodigy selects "Compton's On-line Encyclopedia" as on-line reference tool of choice.CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 1995--Compton's NewMedia continues to expand its cyberspace takeover by partnering with Prodigy Service Co. to offer on-line members "Compton's On-line Encyclopedia". Compton's now has agreements with the two major on-line services, Prodigy and America Online See AOL. , making its on-line encyclopedia available to more than five million on-line subscribers with the click of a button. "Compton's forges its leadership position in the multimedia and on-line arenas by developing innovative products and strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as Prodigy," said Elliott Dahan, vice president strategic alliances of Compton's NewMedia. "We're committed to providing information wherever our families want to access it and this new partnership demonstrates it." "With `Compton's On-Line Encyclopedia,' our members have just moved to the next level of research," said Dan Daniel Dan Daniel may refer to:
Compton's NewMedia's flagship title, "Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, 1996 Edition" (CIE (Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage, International Commission on Illumination, Vienna, Austria, www.cie.co.at) An international organization that sets standards for all aspects of lighting and illumination, including colorimetry, photometry and the measurement of visible and ), is the first CD ROM CD ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory encyclopedia in history to offer direct connectivity to on-line services with the click of the mouse. Compton's is committed to offering direct connectivity from CIE to all of its on-line points of presence by fourth quarter of this year. The Compton's NewMedia forum on Prodigy (JUMP: ENCYCLOPEDIA) offers members easy access to the complete text of more than 35,000 articles of the 26-volume print Compton's Encyclopedia Compton's Encyclopedia and Fact-Index is the title of an encyclopedia published in Elmhurst, Illinois since the 1920s. The company was founded by Chandler B. Beach and in 1907 continued by F. E. Compton. In 1961 it was acquired by the Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. . With this on-line version of the encyclopedia, Compton's will update articles, photographs and sounds on a regular basis. Those members with the new, Windows-based, Prodigy interface can also select from the enormous collection of vivid photographs ranging from a 12th-century, Indian bronze sculpture bronze sculpture. Bronze is ideal for casting art works; it flows into all crevices of a mold, thus perfectly reproducing every detail of the most delicately modeled sculpture. It is malleable beneath the graver's tool and admirable for repoussé work. of Ramanuja to a global view of the surface of Venus from NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. . An extensive compilation of rich, audio sounds are also available and feature such variations in sound from classical composers to the music of the Kalimba, an African thumb piano thumb piano n. An African musical instrument, such as the kalimba or mbira, that has a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs. . "Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, 1996 Edition," provides families with an interactive, user-friendly, multimedia environment in which to retrieve information. The product, with an estimated street price of $69.95, is available in retail outlets nationwide or though Compton's Customer Service at 800/827-6364. Compton's NewMedia is a subsidiary of the Tribune Co., a leading provider of information and entertainment. Compton's distributes its products nationally through 14 different channels that reach more than 7,500 retailers and internationally in 45 countries thorough its worldwide distribution partners. Other premiere titles from Compton's include: "Haight-Ashbury in the Sixties"; "Compton's Complete Street Guide"; "Rock 'N Roll Your Own"; ReElect re·e·lect also re-e·lect tr.v. re·e·lect·ed, re·e·lect·ing, re·e·lects To elect again. re JFK"; "Zoo Explorers"; "Campaigns, Candidates & the Presidency"; and "The Complete Multimedia Bible." CONTACT: Compton's NewMedia Ernest Clark, 619/929-2532 or Bender, Goldman & Helper Lisa Sorge, 310/473-4147, ext. 259 |
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