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Article: CNN launches 24-hour, constantly updated multimedia news service.
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- Information Today
- Article date:
- October 1, 1995
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CNN has launched an innovative, multimedia news service on the Internet at http://www.cnn.com. CNN's Web site sets itself apart from others on the Internet as the only site with a 24-hour full-time staff reporting constantly updated news, augmented by video, sound clips, still photographs, and maps as well as text.
CNN has created this Web site as a logical extension of their highly respected brand name in journalism. For users of the Internet, it's both a source of breaking news and a rich database. Unlike some Web sites from other journalistic institutions, CNN's site does not merely exist as a promotional tool to serve CNN's flagship brand.
"CNN's Web site ...