Microsoft? Have you ever heard of a little portal called "MSN"? This info is listed in the April 12th CBS $100,000,000 deal. Hello.
Press Release:
In a separate transaction, BigE has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CinemaSource, the nation's largest provider of movie showtimes listings to the Internet industry; which transaction is also expected to close in the second quarter of 1999. Internet portals and websites that obtain their movie showtimes listings from CinemaSource include Yahoo!, MSN, Excite, Go Network, CitySearch, and Zip2, among others. The joint venture company being formed between Big Entertainment and CBS is to include hollywood.com, bige.com, and CinemaSource.
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