Editor & Publisher launches page on the World Wide Web p.68

By: Editorial Staff EDITOR & PUBLISHER CO., in collaboration with Steve Outing of Planetary News Inc., has launched a World Wide Web page on the Internet.
The Web site, MediaInfo Interactive, provides a comprehensive listing of online newspapers, including hyperlinks to some 80 newspaper Web pages. It also offers links to dial-up and bulletin board services; commercial services with America Online, Compuserve, Prodigy, AT&T Interchange, Microsoft Network; and other online services.
The listing takes advantage of the hypertext and graphical environment of the Web.
In addition to direct hyperlinks, the service provides sample screen shots and detailed information on the various services, including subscription information.
MediaInfo Interactive also offers a detailed listing of upcoming conferences and conventions, a database of consultants for interactive communications, and postings on job openings in the interactive marketplace.
Outing is a consultant for the interactive industry and is author of online newspaper reports.
Editor & Publisher magazine plans to develop news content and solicit sponsorship for its Web site.
MediaInfo Interactive plans to offer live, on-site coverage of the Newspaper Association of America's Nexpo '95, Connections X and Marketing conferences in Atlanta June 23-28.
Readers who want to visit MediaInfo Interactive should set their Web browsers to http://www.mediainfo.com/ edpub.
?(E&P's home page) [Photo]