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To: Susan G who wrote (16502)	1/28/2000 10:26:00 AM
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PR RE: Go.com no longer to be an 'all-purpose' internet portal as "reaffirmed" by the AOL/Time Warner merger: [snip] Go.com, the newly-formed Internet subsidiary of the Walt Disney Co., will no longer try to compete with America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and other all-purpose ''portal'' sites on the World Wide Web, the company confirmed Thursday. cbs.marketwatch.com A couple of brief comments: 1) RE: Go.com's entertainment/leisure focus - Mr. Wadsworth may be underestimating the Playsite/Hasbro affiliation <g> but I would assume their emphasis would take a different slant (Disney, etc.)... 2) RE: "Vertical Sites" - Note this terminology in reference to other portal sites as quoted by an analyst at Forrester Communiations, Ms Lin. Comments on the article, anyone? (Be nice! :)