Tribune Interactive First to Provide
AT&T Digital PocketNet(sm) Users Wireless Local News and
Information
Alliance enables users
to view Latimes.com content via wireless phones
CHICAGO, February 21, 2001 --
Tribune Interactive, Inc., a leader in
interactive news and information Web sites and a subsidiary
of Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB),
today announced that it has signed an agreement with AT&T
Wireless to become the first provider of local news and information
on AT&T Digital PocketNet (sm) service. AT&T Wireless
will be the first carrier to offer local content on its wireless
Internet service.
Beginning February 26, 2001, Tribune Interactive
will provide headlines and full-length news stories from the
latimes.com to AT&T Digital PocketNet customers via their
compatible Internet-ready wireless phones. In addition, this
alliance enables Tribune Interactive to provide content from
seven of its other newspaper Web sites: chicagotribune.com,
newsday.com,
orlandosentinel.com,
sunspot.net
(The Baltimore Sun), sun-sentinel.com
(South Florida Sun-Sentinel), ctnow.com
(The Hartford Courant) and mcall.com
(The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.). Rollout of content to
the individual markets will continue throughout the Spring.
"AT&T Digital PocketNet customers
will soon be able to access top headlines from the nation's
leading newspapers at a touch of a button on their wireless
phones," said David Hiller, president of Tribune Interactive.
"What a great way to stay connected to the breaking news,
minute-by- minute in your community."
"AT&T Wireless welcomes Tribune Interactive
as a local news and information provider," said John
Zeglis, Chairman and CEO of AT&T Wireless. "With
leading sites like latimes.com, AT&T Digital PocketNet
users will receive the local news they crave from top sources
in their communities."
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Tribune Interactive, Inc., a subsidiary
of Tribune Company (NYSE:
TRB), operates leading interactive news and information
sites in major markets across the United States, including
18 of the top 30. Tribune Interactive's Web sites attract
nearly 5 million visitors per month, and rank among the top
20 interactive news/information networks in the country.
AT&T Wireless operates one of the
largest digital wireless networks in North America. With more
that 15 million subscribers, including partnership and affiliates,
and revenue exceeding $10 billion, AT&T Wireless is committed
to being among the first to deliver the next generation of
wireless products and services. Today, AT&T Wireless offers
customers high-quality wireless communications services, whether
mobile or fixed, voice or data, to businesses or consumers,
in the U.S. and internationally. For more information, please
visit us at www.attwireless.com. |
