[FPSPACE] Space.com - the Borg of Internet space news

[Joel Powell]

  That's funny because in the floridatoday online coverage of the
shuttle on Fri they said they are not shutting down. So what is really
going on here?

Joel Powell

On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Larry Klaes wrote:

> 
> 
> Space.com/Gannett Contract Finalized: 
> Florida Today's Space Online to Shut Down Soon.
> 
> http://www.nasawatch.com/index.html
> 
> Scroll down to the 8:44 PM entry for the full text....
> 
> "We received word tonight that the contract under which Gannett Co. 
> Inc. - the parent corporation of Florida Today - will become an 
> investor in Space.com, and under which Space.com will purchase 
> the rights to Space Online and other Gannett space-related properties 
> was finalized today ..... We will continue to cover space on the Web 
> but Space Online will be no more once everyone has their ducks in a 
> row, which we expect to happen soon, and our partnership with 
> Space.com is finalized. 
> 
> Editor's note: I am rather sad to see this happen. I have thoroughly 
> enjoyed the people - and the space coverage - at Florida Today's 
> Space Online. Indeed, they were the first to take online space news 
> coverage seriously and set the standards for others to meet. I wish 
> them all well.
> 
> FYI, the first prominent mention given to NASA Watch (actually its 
> precursor "RIF Watch") as on Florida Today in May 1996:
> 
> http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/1996/051096a.htm
> 
> 
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