New Media Timeline (1995)

SERVICES & TECH

THE MEDIA

• “A Journalist’s Guide to the Internet.” AJR, Jan./Feb.1995.
• “Commercial Online Newspaper Services.” By Steve Outing, Feb. 26, 1995. (This document is posted on an Electronic Frontier Foundation archive page.)
• News Example:
  April 19, 1995 —
  “Oklahoma City Bombing.”
  The potential of online journalism is observed when the world turns to the Internet for current information on the Oklahoma City bombing. Web sources include statements from the White House, photos of the damage, victim lists, and updated reports about the disaster.
  (Source:
  Poynter’s Links to the News)
• April 1995 — A consortium of newspaper companies is formed. New Century Network is a joint venture of Advance Publications,Cox,Gannett,Hearst Corporation,Knight-Ridder, Times Mirror, Tribune Company,The New York Times Company, and the Washington Post Company.
  (New Century Network will close in March 1998.)
• “Getting on Boards: Some Papers Choose a Time-Tested Alternative to the Internet and Big Online Services.” Presstime, May 1995.
• “The Evolution of the Newspaper of the Future.” CMC Magazine, July 1, 1995.
• A few examples of new media sites launched during 1995:
  (Source: E&P and Alexa)

  • St. Petersburg Times, Sptimes.com,
    Feb. 1995,
    Service: Internet
  • Slate Magazine,
    Feb. 1995,
    Service: Internet
  • USA Today,
    USA Today Online,
    April 1995,
    Service: Internet
  • ZDNet,
    April 1995,
    Service: Internet
  • The Guardian, (London)
    April 1995
  • Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Online,
    April 1995,
    Service: Internet
  • The Age, (Australia)
    April 1995,
    Service: Internet
  • Lawrence Journal-World
    May 1995,
    Service: Internet
  • Die Welt, (Germany)
    May 1995
  • Houston Chronicle,
    June 1995
  • Yomiuri Shimbun, (Japan)
    June 1995
  • Washington Post,
    Digital Ink,
    July 1995,
    Service: Interchange
  • KHON-TV, (Honolulu, HI)
    July 1995
  • Detroit News,
    July 1995
  • Orlando Sentinel,
    July 1995,
    Service: AOL
  • Asahi Shimbun, (Japan)
    Aug. 1995
  • Boston Globe, Boston.com,
    Oct. 1995,
    Service: Internet
  • KVIA-TV,
    (El Paso, TX)
    Nov. 1995
  • Salon Magazine
    Nov. 1995
    Service: Internet
  • Denver Post,
    Nov. 1995
  • La Nacion, (Argentina)
    Dec. 1995
  • CQ,
    1995
    Service: AOL
  • Star Tribune,
    Star Tribune Online, 1995,
    Service: Interchange
  • Gainesville Sun, Sun.One,
    1995,
    Service: BBS
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch, Gateway Virginia,
    1995, Service: Prodigy
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Post-Link,
    1995, Service: Delphi
  • The Arizona Republic
    1995, Service: Internet
  • The Times of London, (England)
    1995, Service: Delphi
  • ABC,
    1995
  • CNN,
    1995
  • CBS,
    1995
  • FOX,
    1995
  • NBC,
    1995
  • WGBH-TV, (Boston)
    1995
  • WRTV-TV, (Indianapolis)
    1995
  • Le Monde, (France)
    1995
  • The Jerusalem Post, (Israel) 1995