AOL, Tribune form Digital City alliance. (America Online Inc., Tribune Company Inc.)(Telemedia Week)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, July, 1996 by Tedesco, Richard

America Online and the Tribune Company have formed a partnership around the local information Digital City initiative the two companies have developed. The Tribune Company will now take a minority ownership stake, about 20%, in Digital City Inc., which will provide localized online information to 88 markets around the country.

Sites will be launched both on AOL and on the Internet (www.digitalcity.com). The business plan calls for Tribune's 10 TV stations, which reach approximately two-thirds of U.S. households, to launch Digital City affiliates in each of its four newspaper markets. The stations will be anchor information providers for other DC affiliates expected to be created over the next several months. Tribune will own and operate affiliates in...

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