The Web application is available to newspapers outside of Oregon, says Shryock. Real Media Inc. of New York City lays off 50 employees, withdraws its IPO because of market conditions and secures new funding from PubliGroupe Ltd. , a Swiss-based communication and service company for media and advertisers. Belo, which owns the Dallas Morning News , adds online sales representatives and trains its television and print salespeople to sell its Web sites. Visitors can search by name, date, hometown, place of birth and place of death. Savos of New York City develops technology that allows providers of streaming news, weather, sports and music to stream to cell phones.
Users dial a local phone number and select a content channel.
Among the Pressline casualties is the popular Classroom Hotline that allowed students and parents in Nashua and surrounding communities to call and find out what teachers had assigned as homework that night. Nearly 40 schools were using the service, which began in 1996. The new feature will offer news, reviews, articles, interviews and event listings about books and authors. The failure rate increased toward year's end, with 60 percent of the closures happening at during the fourth quarter. Half of U.S. adults go online at least once a month, according to a study by Mediamark Research of New York City.