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Price[edit]

How much was GNN sold to AOL for? It says it was one of the first big transactions of the internet era but no details are given or supporting references. --70.48.240.24 02:29, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

$11 million; see third bullet, next section. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 18:05, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Should be incorporated[edit]

Mention in Forbes article, February 2009: http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/22/kindle-oreilly-ebooks-technology-breakthroughs_oreilly.html

CNET, 2006: http://news.cnet.com/GNN-tries-to-get-hip-with-new-show/2100-1023_3-216792.html

Sale, 2005: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SA&p_theme=sa&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFECC5F208CD49&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

Best of the net award: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SA&p_theme=sa&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFECC5F208CD49&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM (and http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/PG/lib00052,0EADF8B5EECAB6AB.html )

January 2006 relaunch: http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5DFEDC5575E9B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

AOL and GNN split with regard to browsers: http://news.cnet.com/AOL-goes-for-Explorer-after-all/2100-1023_3-207258.html

-- John Broughton (♫♫) 18:04, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Advertising[edit]

Advertising was a bit controversial, and, of course, breaking new ground. Bits and pieces I've found that might be incorporated into the article, related to that:

Usenet newsgroup announcement, August 25, 1993

Wall Street Journal article, August 27, 1993, "Internet to Get Hit with Ad Clutter" (not available via Google News or Web search]

October 1993 update, including Tim O'Reilly's response to WSJ article.

Also:

October 1994 email newsletter to subscribers

-- John Broughton (♫♫) 16:08, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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