After researching sites, attending Internet conferences, interviewing web developers and market researchers, the Web Study subcommittee feels the initial question of whether the Internet offers opportunities for professional writers is easily answered. This new medium does indeed hold strong promise for Guild writers. Since movie listings, for example, are the same no matter what site a user is on, it's how those listings are presented that will bring the audience back. At this point, a large amount of original content on the Internet is being written in Information areas such as news, sports, finance, health and science but the information is presented distinctively, with attractive graphics, stills, and increasingly, audio and video. There is also an abundance of material about show business.
Original content continues to grow in other areas, such as websites for children and online games.
However, this study will discuss several key sites that offer intriguing glimpses of the direction entertainment on the Web might be headed. This report will take a look at the Web as it exists in 1998. We will identify categories of writing and genres within them and we'll list and discuss some of the sites that best exemplify these genres. Where possible, we will indicate companies hiring writers and the range of compensation for various types of writing. Jupiter Communications LLP, NY market research firm Return 4.