Curiocity's FreeZone and America Online Partner to Provide Quality Kids Content.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 1999-- New Kids Only Channel on 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. Gives Online Kids Direct Access to Curiocity's FreeZone Programming AOL kids now have direct access to the first online community for kids, Curiocity's FreeZone (http://freezone.com), where they can connect with kids around the globe. America Online See AOL. has partnered with Curiocity's FreeZone and other leading kids content providers to create the Kids Only Channel, an entertaining and educational destination for online kids ages 6 to 12. Curiocity's FreeZone has team of expert junior reporters (other kids) who cover pop culture, sports, weird news, wired news Wired News is an online technology news website, formerly known as HotWired, that split off from Wired magazine when the magazine was purchased by Condé Nast Publishing in the 1990s. Condé Nast later purchased Wired News on 2006-07-11. and events and offer AOL kids a unique look at the world from a kid's perspective. Interactive activities include jokes written by kids, the Pet Advice Column, and the slang-o-meter where kids discover what slang words mean. AOL kids can access Curiocity's FreeZone's online community through AOL keyword: Freezone. "We are thrilled to work with AOL to give kids the best online experience possible," said Patricia Lindsay, Curiocity's FreeZone executive director. "FreeZone's unique kid-to-kid content allows users to share their thoughts and ideas with the world in a safe, monitored environment." "It is predicted that by the year 2002 more than 20 million kids will be online. In order to capture their attention AOL has recognized the importance of creating unique, interactive, and stimulating content for kids," said Jonathan Sacks Not to be confused with Yonason Sacks. Rabbi Sir Jonathan Henry Sacks (born 1948, London) is the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom's main body of Orthodox synagogues. His official title is Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. , AOL's Vice President of Programming Operations. "By working with leading content providers such as Curiocity's FreeZone we are able to make the Internet and AOL a place kids will want to come back to time and time again." Curiocity's FreeZone is part of Thomson Target Media's Curiocity for Kids family of products, which also includes Curiocity magazine and the educational newspaper page Curiocity's BrainStorm. Thomson Target Media pioneers new and effective ways to meet the needs of readers, newspapers and advertisers. TTM TTM Trailing 12 months. Often used with Earnings Per Share. produces 11 different products under the four topical topical /top·i·cal/ (top´i-k'l) pertaining to a particular area, as a topical antiinfective applied to a certain area of the skin and affecting only the area to which it is applied. top·i·cal adj. areas of kids and families; entertainment; health and fitness; and professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . Combined, these products reach more than 14 million households each month. |
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