Found this from INFOSEEK this morning: NTN most popular AOL game site.
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America Online Announces AOL Members' Choice Award Winners; Most Popular Content Areas and Web Sites Honored at the AOL Members' Choice Awards Ceremony
06:16 Dec 05, 1996 EST
DULLES, Va., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- America Online (AOL), the world's most popular Internet online service, last night announced the first annual AOL Members' Choice Awards, which honor the most popular AOL content areas and Web sites in cyberspace based on a popular vote. AOL presented awards to ten content area winnersduring a special ceremony at its partners conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The AOL content area winners are: The Grandstand, Best Community Area; Nickelodeon, Best Kids/Family Area; Hecklers, Best Humor Area; NTN Communications, Best Game Area; AOL's Today's News, Best Daily Feature; AOL's Olympics, Best Special Event; The Motley Fool's 13 Steps to Investing Foolishly, Best Live Series; Rosie O'Donnell, Best Online Personality; The Sporting News, Best New Area; and ABC Online, Best Area.
The AOL Members' Choice Award recipients will be promoted on AOL and will display the AOL Members'Choice seal prominently on their own areas.
"The AOL Members' Choice seal symbolizes outstanding Internet and online content," said Bob Pittman, Presidentand CEO of AOL Networks, a newly created subsidiary of AOL Inc. "It represents quality, creativity and innovation -- all of the characteristics that define the very best in interactive services.
"In addition, the AOL Members' Choice seal tells our members that they are visiting an area on AOL or a Web site that is appreciated and recommended by others. It's a great tool for helping our members navigate through well-liked places in cyberspace."
The Web site winners are: ESPNET SportsZone, Best Community Web Site; Disney.com, Best Kids/Family Web Site; Comedy Central Online, Best Humor Web Site; Riddler, Best Web Game; CNN Interactive, Best Web Daily Feature; NBC Olympics Home Page, Best Web Special Event; Discovery Channel Online, Best Web Live Series; The Dilbert Zone, Best Web Personality; MSNBC, Best New Web Site; and ESPNET SportsZone, Best Web Site.
To select the winners, AOL's seven million plus members had an opportunity to vote for their favorite areas online and on the Web. An icon on the front screen directed members to an area where they could cast their ballots after reviewing a list of the four nominees in each of ten categories representing the most popular content areas and Web sites.
America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's most popular Internet Online service, with more than seven million members worldwide. AOL offers its subscribers a wide variety of services including electronic mail, conferencing, software, computing support, interactive magazines and online classes, as well as easy and affordable access to services of the Internet. Founded in 1985, AOL today has a global work force of more than 5,000 people. Personal computer owners can obtain America Online software at major retailers and bookstores, or by calling 800-827-6364. |
