[Summary]
The print press going online in the 1990s led the way to print books
going online a few years later, thus the need for this chapter. The
first electronic versions of print newspapers were available in the
early 1990s through commercial services like America Online and
CompuServe. In 1995, major newspapers like The New York Times, The
Washington Post or The Wall Street Journal began offering websites with
a partial or full version of their latest issue, as well as online
archives. In the United Kingdom, the daily Times and the Sunday Times
set up a common website called Times Online, with a way to create a
personalized edition. The weekly publication The Economist went online
too, as well as the daily Le Monde and Libération in France, the daily
El País in Spain, and the weekly Focus and Der Spiegel in Germany.
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The print press going online in the 1990s led the way to print books
going online a few years later, thus the need for this chapter.
The first electronic versions of print newspapers were available in the
early 1990s through commercial services like America Online and
CompuServe.
In 1995, newspapers began offering websites with a partial or full
version of their latest issue, available freely or through subscription
(free or paid), as well as online archives.
For example, The New York Times site could be accessed free of charge,
with articles of the print daily, breaking news updated every ten
minutes, and original reporting only available online. The site of The
Washington Post gave the daily news online, with a full database of
articles, with images, sound and videos. The site of The Wall Street
Journal was available with a paid subscription, with 100,000
subscribers in 1998.
In the United Kingdom, the daily Times and the Sunday Times set up a
common website called Times Online, with a way to create a personalized
edition. The weekly publication The Economist went online too, as well
as the daily Le Monde and Libération in France, the daily El País in
Spain, and the weekly Focus and Der Spiegel in Germany.
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