CNN.com and CNNSI.com Partner with iName to Offer Free Web-Based E-Mail Services
PR Newswire - August 12, 1998 08:38
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- CNN Interactive and CNN/SI Interactive have joined forces with iName, a leading provider of e-mail technology and solutions, to provide free e-mail to CNN.com and CNNSI.com's users. A complete range of e-mail functions, such as Web-based e-mail and account forwarding and storage capabilities, are included in the solution, as well as iName's distinctive list of personalized domain names for e-mail addresses.
Through this strategic relationship with iName, CNN.com and CNNSI.com now offer a higher level of functionality and flexibility not readily available through other free Web-based e-mail services. The iName service, which is seamlessly integrated into CNN.com and CNNSI.com, allows users to directly manage all of their e-mail tasks from anywhere in the world, enabling them to:
-- Stay connected, regardless of location, through a free, permanent e-mail address;
-- Select, for a nominal charge, a special personalized address, such as
@mail.com, @teacher.com, @doctor.com, @baseball.com, @hoopsmail.com or
@footballmail.com;
-- Read, write or store e-mail from anywhere in the world via a Web
browser;
-- Maintain independence from work or school with a separate POP 3 message
box that provides maximum flexibility by allowing users to read mail
via the Internet or their favorite e-mail program;
-- Create e-mail accounts for colleagues and family under one Internet
connection.
"We are pleased to work with an industry leader like iName as we continue to expand the services that CNN.com offers its users," said Mark Bernstein, vice president and general manager, CNN Interactive. iName offers one of the most comprehensive e-mail infrastructures available on the Internet. Our partnership provides Internet users with the best of both worlds, creating a single destination for all of their news and information and communications needs."
"It is very important for CNN/SI Interactive to partner with the premier companies in their fields," said Steve Zales, general manager, CNN/SI Interactive. iName meets that need in the booming category of Web-based e-mail. We can be confident that we are now providing our users with the best in e-mail and related community services."
"We are proud to work with CNN to bring the power and convenience of Web-based e-mail capabilities to the millions of CNN.com and CNNSI.com users worldwide," said Lon Otremba, chief operating officer, iName. "The addition of CNN.com and CNNSI.com to the iName Network reinforces our commitment to providing quality e-mail services through the best partners on the Internet."
iName, a division of GlobeComm Inc., offers a comprehensive suite of e-mail services to Internet users worldwide. iName offers free, private e-mail accounts, lifetime e-mail forwarding, and Web browser-based e-mail access. With over 300 quality domain names to choose from, iName is the only e-mail service to offer personalized e-mail addresses. In addition, iName has a strict anti-spam policy. iName offers its services to users through relationships with forty leading Internet and media companies and is also available through its own Web site at iname.com. GlobeComm, headquartered in New York, is a privately held and funded corporation.
CNNSI.com has become one of the top sports destinations on the Web just one year after its launch. CNNSI.com is Time Warner's sports Web site featuring up-to-the minute scores, news, statistics and analysis of domestic and international sports, as well as free fantasy sports, live video-streaming and a local sports section for more than 150 cities. The site features the renowned journalism and photography of Sports Illustrated; content from Turner Sports, including NBA, golf and motor sports; and news from CNN/SI, the 24-hour sports news network from CNN and Sports Illustrated. The first venture of CNN/SI Interactive, CNNSI.com is the sports site for two Web leaders, CNN Interactive and The Pathfinder Network.
CNN Interactive produces six of the eight CNN Web sites, including CNN.com, as well as distributing CNN news content via other distribution platforms such as PageNet pagers, PointCast and AirMedia. The CNN Web sites generate more traffic and attract more unduplicated Internet users than any other company's general news and information Web sites. The CNN Web sites, which averaged 85 million page impressions per week during June 1998, consist of: CNN.com; CNNfn.com, a unit of CNN Financial News; CNNSI.com, a joint sports site with Sports Illustrated; AllPolitics.com, a U.S. political news site produced in conjunction with TIME magazine; CNN CustomNews, a personalized news service operated with Oracle technology; CNNenEspanol.com; CNNemPortugues.com; and Svenska CNN, a Swedish-language news site produced with Telia.
SOURCE iName, Inc.
/CONTACT: Kerrin Roberts of CNN Interactive, 404-827-5340, or
kerrin.roberts@turner.com; Jane Tronnier of CNN/SI, 404-827-5538, or
jane.tronnier@turner.com; Media - Elissa Tomasetti of iName, Inc.,
212-425-3477, ext. 229, etomasetti@iname.com; or Media - Lee Foley of Morgen-
Walke Associates, 212-850-5613, for iName, Inc./ |
