ESPN.com Celebrates Five Years as the Most Popular Sports Web Site On April 1; Since 1995, ESPN.com Has Pioneered The Way Fans Consume Sports Information and Entertainment.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2000 ESPN.com, part of GO.com (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GO), marks its fifth anniversary on April 1, 2000, heralding five years as the most popular sports site on the Internet. The online sports landscape has changed dramatically in the last five years, but one thing has remained constant...more people go to ESPN.com for their daily sports fix than any other site. Through continuous product enhancements and technical innovations, ESPN.com continues to be at the forefront of the industry and is an integral part of sports fans' daily routine. In addition to delivering news, scores and statistics on demand, ESPN.com has deployed innovative technology to pioneer new applications such ESPN GameCast, ScorePost, Batter vs. Pitcher, Sortable Stats, event-driven navigational tabs, and Live Drafts and Head-2-Head competition for its fantasy games. "We've succeeded in attracting and pleasing a core audience and have even grown our lead over the competition," said John Skipper, senior vice president and general manager, ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Internet Group (EIG EIG Excellence in Government EIG Engineering Installation Group EIG Evènement Indésirable Grave (French) EIG Erie Insurance Group EIG Ecole Internationale de Genève (French) ). "From Day 1, ESPN.com has been all about giving fans unprecedented access to sports, with an emphasis on immediacy and interactivity," says Geoff Reiss, senior vice president, production and operations, EIG. "Marrying ESPN's industry-leading newsgathering ability with the most advanced technology of any sports site has resulted in a site that's led the sports category since our launch." Some of ESPN.com's major industry milestones: -- EIG's combined home/work reach of 8.1 million unique users is greater than that of SportsLine USA and CNNSI.com combined (Media Metrix, January 2000) -- On Monday, March 13, 2000, the day after the NCAA basketball tournament brackets were announced, EIG registered 42.4 million page views and 4.7 million visits (internal log files) Reach & Traffic -- EIG's combined home/work reach of 8.1 million unique users is greater than that of SportsLine USA and CNNSI.com combined (Media Metrix, January 2000) -- On Monday, March 13, 2000, the day after the NCAA basketball tournament brackets were announced, EIG registered 42.4 million page views and 4.7 million visits (internal log files) ESPN.com is part of GO.com (NYSE:GO), the Internet business of The Walt Disney Company. GO.com manages some of the Internet's most popular Web sites, including the GO.com portal, which specializes in the areas of entertainment, recreation and leisure, as well as ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com, ABCNEWS.com, ABCSports.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, Family.com, ESPN.com, ESPNstore.com, EXPN EXPN Expand .com, Mr. Showbiz, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online, NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= .com and NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga .com. Steven M. Bornstein is the chairman of GO.com, which is headquartered in North Hollywood, California, with operations in Sunnyvale, California, Seattle, New York, Bristol, Connecticut, and London. |
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