In a deal designed to incorporate more news content into
its service, Compuserve Monday
entered into an agreement with the New York Times Electronic Media company
to host New York Times headlines on its GO NEWS channel.
The one-year agreement calls for the New York Times on the Web to provide
daily headlines from its national, international and business sections
within CompuServe’s news channel, linking the headlines to the New York
Times Web site. No registration is
required by CompuServe members.
Financial specifics were not disclosed.
“CompuServe offers us the opportunity to showcase ourheadlines in front of
a serious, business-minded audience,” said Martin Nisenholtz, president of
The New York Times Electronic Media Company.
“Through this partnership,
The New York Times will be able to provide CompuServe users with an
easy way to retrieve both headlines and full articles of the most
comprehensive, updated news available on the Internet.”