The word buzz; Web magazines can offer innovative reading - if you know where to look
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Web-based magazines have proliferated, although none to date have generated a profit. Some of the top magazines note that a small, flexible staff, innovative layouts, and daily updates are the keys to success. Suck (www.suck.com) attracts an audience with its satirical attitude toward life, work, relationships, etc. Suck also has a graphically strong layout that does not mimic traditional media. Suck was founded by two friends who worked overnight at HotWired's offices. HotWired now sponsors the magazine, which is close to breaking even in ad revenues. Slate (www.slate.com), the Microsoft-backed magazine, is high profile, but highly conventional. Feed (www.feedmag.com) is a highbrow, New York-based publication that draws nearly 15,000-20,000 readers a week, despite slightly unfocused content. Salon (www.salonmagazine.com) offers interactive quizzes, puzzles, and games, along with gossip, 'True Stories', and general-interest articles.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1997
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Internet address-rerouting incident raises concern over control of system
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An Internet official's rerouting of the global network's address system has raised questions about the domain name system. Jon Postel, who runs the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority at the University of California under a Defense Department contract, leads a group that supervises 13 specialized 'root server' computers. These computers provide directory assistance for its more than one million Internet addresses. Only the root server A computer, controlled by Network Solutions under a government contract, lists all changes and new addresses. Operators at about eight of the remaining 12 servers complied with Postel's request last week to use Postel's computers as the ultimate Internet address authority rather than root server A. Postel defended his action as a system test for the Sep 30, 1998, expiration of Network Solution's government contract. Some accused Postel of apparently attempting to hijack the Internet.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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