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The Washington Post's Digital Ink To Provide Full Internet Access; Online News Service Will Offer Subscribers Transparent Access to Netscape Navigator
Business Wire, August 17, 1995
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1995--Digital Ink Co., the electronic subsidiary of the Washington Post Company, today announced that its online news and information service, The Washington Post's Digital Ink, will soon provide subscribers with direct Internet access. As part of AT&T Interchange Online Network(SM), Digital Ink will soon begin beta testing integrated World Wide Web access using Netscape Communications Corp.'s Navigator(TM) software.
Integrated Internet access is scheduled to be available in September and at that time, Digital Ink Co. will provide details of its Internet strategy.
"It is essential that we offer full Internet access and new services to the Washington Post's Digital Ink subscribers, and today's announcement by AT&T Interchange Online Network will enable us to implement these plans," said Donald Brazeal, editor and publisher of The Washington Post's Digital Ink. "We are working in a number of Internet-related areas, both advertising and editorial content, and will be offering new services during the next several months."
With the soon to be available Internet capabilities, the Washington Post's Digital Ink will be able to integrate Web links into content such as news or sports articles or advertisements. When a subscriber to the Washington Post's Digital Ink clicks on an embedded Web link, Netscape Navigator will automatically launch and transport the subscriber directly to the specified Web site.
Integrated Web access and other Internet access capabilities will be available in the next release of AT&T Interchange client software, scheduled for September. The Netscape 1.1 browser will be available as a free download for subscribers of services hosted on the AT&T Interchange network.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Digital Ink Co. is the electronic publishing subsidiary of the Washington Post Company. In addition to the online service, Digital Ink Co. includes the Post-Haste audiotext service, which receives more than one million phone calls per month, as well as the Broadband division, which develops and publishes multimedia CD-ROM products.
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