SERVICES & TECH
- April 1997 -- A report from CommerceNet and Nielsen Media Research announces that the number of Internet users in the U.S. and Canada is more than 50 million.
- April 1, 1997 -- One of the first blogs, Dave Winer's Scripting News, is started. Another early blog is Jorn Barger's Robot Wisdom, which is the first to call itself a Weblog. (See also: 2007 anniversary stories about the history of blogs.)
- August 1997 -- Netscape launches its Navigator 4.0 Web browser.
- August 4, 1997 -- The TiVo digital video recorder company is incorporated.
- Sept. 1997 -- Microsoft releases its Explorer 4.0 Web browser.
- The Netscape and Microsoft companies pledge to improve their push technology. Many Web users were introduced to push technology by the PointCast company's screen saver and personal information retrieval system.
- A study from the National Center for Educational Statistics finds that 78% of U.S. public schools are connected to the Internet.
- "The Godfather: The Manhattan Project, Silicon Valley, The World Wide Web. Wherever you look in the information age, Vannevar Bush was there first." Wired, Nov. 1997.
- Dec. 1997 -- A survey from DataQuest reports that 43% of U.S. households own personal computers.
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THE MEDIA
- News Example:
March 27, 1997 --
"Heaven's Gate."
(Source:
Poynter's Links to the News)
- "The Future of
Online Journalism."
CJR, July/Aug. 1997.
- News Example:
Aug. 31, 1997 --
"England Mourns
Princess Diana."
(Source:
Poynter's Links to the News)
- Sept. 1997 -- The CompuServe service is sold to America Online as part of a deal involving telecommunications provider WorldCom.
- "Competing for Cyberturf."
Presstime, Sept. 1997.
- "Sidewalk scares newspapers. Does Microsoft pose a threat to print ad revenues?" SFGate.com, Oct. 12, 1997.
- "So You Want to Be
An Online Journalist?"
AJR, Nov. 1997.
- According to The Antenna, a Web site designed for broadcast journalists, some of the most popular TV news sites are:
- WRAL,
Raleigh-Durham, NC
- WDIV, Detroit, MI
- KPIX,
San Francisco, CA
- KVIA, El Paso, TX
- WCVB, Boston, MA
- WCCO,
Minneapolis, MN
- KRON,
San Francisco, CA
- WGN, Chicago, IL
Awards
Statistics
- According to The Media in Cyberspace IV survey, journalists used the following search engines in 1997:
- The America Online dial-up service has 10,000,000 subscribers.
(Source: AOL)
- There are approximately 1200 television stations with sites on the Internet or dial-up services.
(Source: Editor & Publisher)
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There are approximately 2600 newspapers with sites on the Internet or dial-up services. (Source: Editor & Publisher) Additional Resources
- See Also:
New Media Bibliography
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