The Rise and Fall of Suck: A Digital Legacy

We continue our survey of early web media plays with some that have lasted the test of time and some that, while not currently extant, were lasting in terms of impact. It’s a big episode. WSJ.com. NYTimes.com. EOnline. The Weather Channel. ZDNet. CNet. Salon. Slate. Wired magazine and HotWired.com. And our long lost, beloved Suck.com.

By the way, as promised, here are some early NYTimes screenshots, compliments of Rich Meislin.

Here is a screenshot of @Times on AOL

And here’s an early NYTimes.com homepage

Bibliography:

•  The Weather Channel Book
•  http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116087/weather-channel-website-chases-storms-clicks
•  http://thevane.gawker.com/the-new-weather-com-is-a-sad-shell-of-its-former-self-1550958111
•  Bamboozled at the Revolution: How Big Media Lost Billions in the Battle for the Internet 1st edition by Motavalli, John published by Viking Adult Hardcover
•  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZDNet
•  Architects of the Web: 1,000 Days that Built the Future of Business
•  http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ZIFF-DAVIS+UNIFIES+ITS+ONLINE+SERVICES+UNDER+A+NEW+NAME%3a+ZD+NET-a017072062
•  http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_30/b3639039.htm
•  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780435/
•  http://www.informationweek.com/cnet-to-buy-ziff-davis/d/d-id/1008822?
•  http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/cnet-networks-inc-history/
•  http://www.salon.com/2005/11/14/salon_history/
•  http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1996-10-20/honey-whats-on-microsoft
•  The Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway
•  http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/slates_10th_anniversary/2006/06/my_history_of_slate.html
•  http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/mosaic.html?pg=5&topic=

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