Creative Multimedia to Distribute Juno Free Internet E-mail on Millions of Billboard CD-ROMs.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 5, 1996--Juno, the nation's first free Internet e-mail service There are two ways to get e-mail over the Internet. One is by using a mail program that is installed in your computer, and the other is Web-based e-mail that is accessible from any Web browser. Most of the time, you can get your mail via both methods. , today announced that its software will be bundled with more than two million copies of the Billboard Music Guide CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , Creative Multimedia's interactive guide to music. In addition to being sold at retail, the Billboard Music Guide is itself bundled with a wide range of computer hardware from major manufacturers. Juno and Creative Multimedia are also exploring further distribution opportunities in connection with Creative Multimedia's other software titles. "We're excited about putting Creative Multimedia's extensive reach into the consumer marketplace to work for us, and to provide buyers of the Billboard Music Guide with a service they can use every day," said Charles Ardai Charles Ardai (born 1969) is an entrepreneur, writer, and editor. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Juno, an Internet company, and more recently as the founder and editor of Hard Case Crime, a line of pulp-style paperback crime novels. , President of Juno Online Services Juno client software icon Juno is an Internet service provider based in the United States. It is a subsidiary of United Online, which also owns NetZero and Bluelight Internet Services. , L.P. "Having an e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address is increasingly a necessity-but there is no reason that e-mail has to be complicated or costly. Juno has been designed to be exceptionally easy to use, and it is completely free." "A distribution relationship with Juno helps us achieve our goal of adding value and functionality to our interactive CD-ROM titles," said Craig Froude, new business manager for Creative Multimedia. "Most of our CD- ROMs already provide Internet access See how to access the Internet. ; Juno's free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. feature enables us to offer customers an even more robust product." Juno, which launched its free Internet e-mail service on April 22, 1996 and has already signed up more than 200,000 members, provides free Internet e-mail to anyone who has access to a personal computer running Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. (R) and equipped with a modem. Rather than charging its users, Juno has adopted a strategy of deriving revenues from such sources as selectively targetable advertising, interactive online market research, and optional billable services. Juno was organized and financed by D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and its affiliates. Thousands of hours of user testing, including detailed focus group and usage studies, went into the development and refinement of Juno's interface, which was designed to meet the needs of first-time as well as experienced e-mail users. In addition to the basic e-mail functions-sending, receiving, forwarding, printing, and replying to messages, for example-Juno offers a full-function address book, customizable mailing lists, folders for storing mail, and a built-in spell-check feature. In a survey of e-mail software and services conducted recently by PC Computing magazine (April 1996), Juno was named best in its category. About D. E. Shaw & Co. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. is a small (about 330 employees) but highly capitalized (with aggregate equity in excess of $750 million) investment banking group with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Boston, London, and Tokyo whose activities focus on various aspects of the intersection between technology and finance. The firm was founded in 1988 by Dr. David E. Shaw David Elliot Shaw (born c. 1951) is a computer scientist and computational biochemist who founded D. E. Shaw & Co., a hedge fund company which has been described by Fortune magazine as "the most intriguing and mysterious force on Wall Street. , who was formerly a professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University. Dr. Shaw was appointed by President Clinton in 1994 to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, in which capacity he serves as chairman of the Panel on Educational Technology. Over the past two years, D.E. Shaw & Co. has begun to invest in start-up and early-stage ventures within industries its management believes are likely to be fundamentally transformed by the use of computers. To request a free copy of the Juno software, call 1-800-654- JUNO or send e-mail to "signup@juno.com". CONTACT: Jennifer Mayer OR AmyConefrey Juno Online Services, L.P. Rourke &Company 212-478-0800 617-267-0042, Ext. 303 mayer@juno.com aconefrey@juno.com |
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