MCI Communications and The News Corporation … intend to launch a global online newspaper … the electronic newspaper, the first of its kind, would be available to users of the Internet, the worldwide network of computers.
Predictor: Greg, Clark
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for the London Times, reporter Eric Reguly quoted News Corporation executive Greg Clark. Reguly writes: ”MCI Communications and The News Corporation, which signed a $2.4 billion deal last month to create an information and entertainment alliance, said they intend to launch a global online newspaper as one of their first projects. Greg Clark, president of the news technology group of News Corp., said the electronic newspaper, the first of its kind, would be available to users of the Internet, the worldwide network of computers. ‘We envisage that we’ll be able to draw on all the News Corporation titles worldwide,’ he said. News Corp., parent company of The Times, owns more than 100 titles, including The Australian and The New York Post … how subscribers would pay for it has yet to be decided.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Newspapers
Name of publication: Times (London)
Title, headline, chapter name: Online for an Internet First
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=e71b2e46895a1d8b7d20b354fe5eea15&_docnum=1&wchp=dGLbVtb-lSlAl&_md5=4dd4ea8dfdd8b17ad20c225dd271cc95
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Catalfumo, Cara J.