PERSONALIZATION SITES IN 2001
Wall Street Journal wsj.com
Many newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, allow readers to create “personalized” electronic editions, containing
exactly what they want, and excluding what they do not want.
Individual.com individual.comIf you are interested in getting help with the design of an entirely personalized paper, you can consult an ever-growing number of Websites, including individual.com and crayon.com.
Broadcast.com now yahoo.com
Broadcast.com "has 'compiled hundreds of thousands of programs so you can find the one that suits your fancy.'"
Sonicnet.com now vh1.com
Sonicnet.com allows you to create your own musical universe, consisting of what it calls "Me Music." Me Music is a "place where you can listen to the music you love on the radio station YOU create . . . A place where you can watch videos of your favorite artists and new artists."
Excite excite.com
"George Bell, the chief executive officer of the search engine Excite, exclaims, 'We are looking for ways to be able to lift chunks of content off other areas of our service and paste them onto your personal page so you can constantly refresh and update that 'newspaper of me.''"
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Zatso.com No longer in operation
Zatso.com "'allows users to produce "a personal newscast.' It's intention is to create a place 'where you decide what's news.' Your task is to tell 'what TV news stories you're interested in,' and Zatso.com turns that information into a specifically designed newscast."
Info Xtra No longer in operation
__Info Xtra "offers 'news and entertainment that's important to you,' and
it allows you to find this 'without hunting through newspapers, radio
and websites.' Personalized news, local weather, and 'even your daily
horoscope or winning lottery number' will be delivered to you once you
specify what you want and when you want it."
TiVo tivo.comTiVo, "a television recording system, is designed, in the words of its website, to give 'you the ultimate control over your TV viewing.' It does this by putting 'you at the center of your own TV network, so you'll always have access to whatever you want, whenever you want.' TiVo 'will automatically find and digitally record your favorite programs ever time they air' and will help you create 'your personal TV line-up.' It will also learn your tastes, so that it can 'suggest other shows that you may want to record and watch based on your preferences.'"
Intertainer, Inc. intertainer.comIntertainer, Inc. provides "'home entertainment services on demand,' not limited to television but also including music, movies, and shopping. Intertainer is intended for people who want 'total control' and 'personalized experiences.' It is 'a new way to get whatever movies, music, and television you want anytime you want on your PC or TV.'"
As taken from The Daily Me
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