
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 20, 1995                   TAG: 9504210056
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

VENTURE TO HELP PAPERS GET ON INTERNET

Hoping to remove some of the uncertainties in electronic publishing, eight of the nation's largest newspaper companies announced a venture Wednesday to help newspapers get on the Internet.

New Century Network will provide consulting assistance and software to newspapers that wish to create an electronic service. It plans to help newspapers get advertising, track usage and bill people.

The participants are Cox; Advance Publications Inc.; Gannett Co. Inc.; Hearst Corp.; Knight-Ridder Inc.; Times Mirror Co.; Tribune Co. and The Washington Post Co.

- Associated Press

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