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To: SteveG who wrote (764)	10/6/1999 9:41:00 AM
From: SteveG	Respond to of 1860

<A> Office.com Joins With Leaders in the Content and Training Industries to Offer Small and Mid-Sized Companies Best-of-Breed Business Information biz.yahoo.com NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Office.com(SM), an online business service from WinStar Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: WCII - news) scheduled to launch this fall, today announced a series of alliances designed to maximize and enhance small and mid-sized businesses' access to information and tools on the Internet. In addition to proprietary content and tools developed by Office.com, the following organizations will provide seamless access to databases and other resources to deliver competitive intelligence, strategic planning and general business guidance: Dun & Bradstreet, Gale Group, Responsive Database Services, U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Classroom, and WinStar Telebase. ''A primary goal of Office.com is to help businesses discover and use the exceptional information available on the Internet to unlock value and available expertise,'' said Jeff Cutler, senior vice president and general manager of Office.com. ''To create an exceptionally strong business-focused Web destination, we knew we had to work with businesses that are recognized as leaders in their fields. Each field leader provides information and services that are unmatched on the Web today, and we believe they will help us deliver the promise of the Internet to Office.com users this fall.'' Following are specific solutions provided by Office.com's business research content providers: -- Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), a company of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, is the world's leading provider of business credit, marketing and purchasing information and receivable management services. This relationship enables Office.com users to search D&B's extensive marketing database covering more than 11 million organizations from across the U.S. Users will have easy access to quality business information on millions customers and prospects. D&B's detailed business reports can also be obtained directly from the Office.com Web site. -- Gale Group is a world leader in reference and research publishing for libraries, educational institutions, businesses and information technologists, and is best known for its ability to deliver intelligently organized and accurate information. From Gale Group's vast information base, Office.com has selected the following for its customers: PROMT Online, which features abstracts and full-text from international trade and business journals; the abstracts and full-text documents in Trade & Industry Online; Gale Company Profile Directory, a full-text database covering nearly 100,000 private and public companies; and the Gale Newsletter Database, which provides the timely information and expert opinions found in today's most respected business and industry newsletters. -- Responsive Database Services (RDS) is a leading producer of electronic information resources used in companies, and public and academic libraries throughout the world. Business professionals rely on RDS services for competitive intelligence, strategic planning, market research, identification and evaluation of new opportunities, new product tracking and for issues related to effective business management practices. Under this partnership, access to more than 1,500 business sources, along with free abstracts of articles from The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, will be made available to Office.com users. -- The Small Business Classroom, a service of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), is an online systems resource for training and informing entrepreneurs and other students of enterprise. It offers a new, easy to use dimension in entrepreneurial training and is designed to provide interactive business guidance on a variety of topics to many types of students. Besides "traditional" small business clients, the online classroom will benefit high school and college students, individuals with time and travel limitations, people with disabilities, international business resources and others. -- WinStar Telebase Inc. is an innovative leader in developing, managing and marketing online information services designed to help people find the information they need when they need it. WinStar Telebase's offerings encompass more than 500 databases from the world's leading electronic information services, offering Office.com users access to the news and information they require to do business easily and efficiently. The initial launch of Office.com is scheduled for this fall. At that time, users will not only be able to access integrated business news and financial content, but also take advantage of many commerce and communications tools. The site will also provide timely information on the latest business trends and strategies, discussions with business leaders, and the marketing, legal and technical information necessary to operate a successful business. About Office.com Office.com, a service from WinStar, is the first complete and relevant destination site to meet the needs of businesspeople by focusing the power of the Internet for the workworld. Office.com combines deep, industry-specific content, community, commerce and communications services from best-of-breed partners and in-house experts, helping people in business work smarter, faster and more efficiently.

To: SteveG who wrote (764)	10/6/1999 9:44:00 AM
From: SteveG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1860

<A> "AT&T Cable TV Chief Steps Down" (having seen Hindrey cluelessly interact with the street, imo T is lucky to be rid of him) dailynews.yahoo.com NEW YORK (AP) - Leo J. Hindery Jr., who heads AT&T Corp.'s (NYSE:T - news) huge cable television operations, is leaving the company. AT&T announced today that Hindery, 51, was going to ''pursue other interests'' but would continue as a strategic adviser on cable issues to AT&T's chairman and chief executive C. Michael Armstrong. As head of the cable division, Hindery also directed AT&T's developing efforts to break into the local telephone market by offering phone service over cable TV lines. Hindery had been president of Tele-Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:TCOMP - news), the huge cable TV company acquired by AT&T in a deal announced in mid-1998 and closed in March. Since then, AT&T has also reached a deal for another big cable TV company, MediaOne. That deal is expected to close early next year. The two cable purchases will make AT&T the largest cable TV system owner in the U.S. with more than 24 million subscribers as well as being the largest provider of long-distance phone service. Adele Ambrose, a spokeswoman for AT&T, said Hindery's departure ''was a mutual decision that has evolved over several months'' and denied that he had been forced out. In a statement, Armstrong said AT&T's plans to roll out new cable services remain on target, including plans to offer phone service over cable lines in eight cities by the end of the year. Daniel E. Somers, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of AT&T, will temporarily assume responsibility for AT&T's cable operations while a search begins for a permanent successor. Before joining AT&T in 1997, Somers was chairman and CEO of Bell Cablemedia PLC, a cable television and communications company in the United Kingdom.