Hello, 

I need a list of the premium/subscription online consumer services in
Italy. These are online services where the consumer pays a
subscription fee to access content/services. I need around 30.

These services can be of any type. For example, in the US they could
include content (CNN, ABC, consumer reports, Wall Street Journal
etc.), software (McAfee, CyberPatrol, etc.), games (Sony, NCSoft,
etc.) and others.

For each service I need to know if possible
- Name of service
- Description of the service
- Price
- Company name
- Number of subs
- Any points of interest

My cutoff date is 7 February, but earlier is better.

Thank you,

James

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Clarification of Question by macaonghus-ga on 04 Feb 2003 11:56 PST

See https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=156854
for an example of answer to this question (for the UK).

I am not saying it needs to be done like this, but offer it as extra
help.

Hello macaonghus-ga,

I decided to do the search for the Italian sites. In addition to using
the techniques the other researchers had used I also decided to think
about the difficulty of finding these sites and reframed the question.
We are looking for paid content. So I did some searching on “paid
content” by itself and then combined with the country identifiers. I
got some gratifying results. I discovered that there are some sites
dedicated to the subject, there are lots of articles in the trade
press and in addition, also found a couple of market research reports
that cover this industry. I’m including these, in case you’re not
familiar with them.

The search for Italian sites was tough. I ended up only with 18 sites.
But while I was trolling for the Italian sites, I kept coming across
additional sites for the search I’d done for the Asian countries plus
some others that I didn’t think the other Researchers working on these
questions would have encountered. So, I’ve included 20 of these sites
as well.

I hope these resources will be helpful to your project and that we’ll
have met your February 7 deadline.

Wishing you success.

czh

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PAID CONTENT INDUSTRY
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http://www.clickz.com/design/freefee/article.php/1557571
Online Content: The 2002 Report
This is a short article but it’s filled with statistics about the
current state of the online content industry based on several market
research reports.

http://www.emarketer.com/products/report.php?content_on&aff=endoffree
The Online Content Report
$795, December 2002, 184 Pages
The world wide web is tightening up. Not only are more sites charging
for content—more consumers are paying for it. Financial figures, news
and information, music, less free stuff is slipping through.

http://www.paidcontent.org/
PaidContent is an independent service for the digital media and
technology executives, providing news and resources on: tethered and
wireless paid content industry, subscription-enabling technologies,
and corporate initiatives in gaining subscription revenues through
content.
****** Followed links to names mentioned in articles daily logs.

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-933361.html
June 6, 2002,, Study: Online gaming ready to explode
He predicts that companies will move to a tiered plan, offering free
advertisement-supported games alongside a premium subscription-based
service.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=1212&e=1&u=/nm/20030121/wr_nm/tech_malaysia_dc&sid=95573503
1/21/03, Online Games Zap E-Shopping in AsiaOnline games are becoming
the rage across Asia as Internet usage grows, with Web gamers
outnumbering shoppers by as many as two to one in China and Malaysia,
a recent survey by IDC Asia Pacific showed.

http://www.dfcint.com/game_report/Online_Game_toc.html
The Online Game Market 2002
This 400-page report contains a comprehensive analysis of the online
gaming market.  Includes current sales trends, market forecast, and
in-depth company profiles.

http://www.internet.com/corporate/releases/03.01.06-broadband.html
JUPITER RESEARCH SHOWS BROADBAND IS DRIVING THE UPTAKE OF PAID FOR
CONTENT ON THE INTERNET
(London, U.K. - January 6, 2003) - Research just published by Jupiter
Research, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM)
(formerly INT Media Group, Inc.), has found that Internet users are
significantly more likely to pay for online content if they have a
broadband connection, suggesting broadband will be a key driver in
changing attitudes towards paying for content on the Internet.

http://www.econtentmag.com/whitepapers/2003/jan03/toc.htm
A White Paper series focusing exclusively on content and
content-related issues for executives and professionals

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SEARCH STRATEGY 
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paid content
subscription-based online gaming

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ITALY
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1) SERVICE NAME: Diritto Societario
URL: http://www.civile.it/societario/
COMPANY NAME: Civile.it by IusOnDemand.com -
DESCRIPTION: Research site for lawyers, judges, officials interested
in civil law.
PRICE: ten days free, 25 euro/month, 45 euro/3 months, 144 euro/11
months http://www.civile.it/societario/nuovoabbonato.asp
SUBSCRIBERS: 
INTEREST: Must be subscriber to access articles.

2) SERVICE NAME: IGN.com Italy
URL: http://insider.ign.com/
COMPANY NAME: Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: IGNX)
DESCRIPTION: 
PRICE: 7-day free trial (credit card only), Monthly - $5.95, Annual -
$24.95, Cash, Check or Money Order (USD only) Annual Only - $25.00
SUBSCRIBERS:.
INTEREST: 

3) SERVICE NAME: Corriere della Serra
URL: http://www.corriere.it/
COMPANY NAME: Corriere della Serra
DESCRIPTION:. The print edition of Corriere is the leading newspaper
in Italy with a circulation of nearly 700,000 copies any day.
PRICE: Monthly price is €11.90, there's also a 1 day/1 Euro trial that
can be charged to your phone bill. You can also read La Gazzetta della
Sport for €11.90 or €18.90 for both.Detailed pricing options
http://edicola.corriere.it/index_abbonati.jhtml
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera introduced new
paying products on October the 8th. This "edicola" service lets you
download and print pdf files for the last 20 days, either in text mode
or as images that are faithful to the paper edition layout. The
current day's text version remains free.

4) SERVICE NAME: La Repubblica
URL: http://www.repubblica.it/
COMPANY NAME: La Repubblica
DESCRIPTION: The print edition of La Repubblica stands second with
630,000 copies.
PRICE: Monthly price is €11.90, there's also a 1 day/1 Euro trial that
can be charged to your phone bill, similarly to what La Repubblica has
been doing since January 2002. (I haven’t found the page on the Web
site that confirms this.)
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Online version of Italy’s second largest newspaper.

5) SERVICE NAME: ScuolaInWeb
URL: http://www.scuolainweb.it/ 
COMPANY NAME: Tecnica della Scuola http://www.tecnicadellascuola.it
DESCRIPTION: This is a service for answering questions from students
and teachers.
PRICE: Yearly subscription rate based on number of users.
http://www.tecnicadellascuola.it/Notizie.nsf/wAbbonamenti

SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Questions answered 24/7

6) SERVICE NAME: CWW
URL: http://www.cww.it/
COMPANY NAME: Corporate Wide Web
DESCRIPTION: This Italian business news site which recently launched a
"DopoBorsa" section for fee-based after-hours financial information
delivered in pdf format.
PRICE: 59€ per 6 moths or 100€ per 12 months
mesihttp://www.cww.it/jumpNews.asp?idLang=IT&idChannel=0&idUser=0&idNews=9578
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Specializes in e-business, tlc, networking, Information
Technology.

7) SERVICE NAME: http://www.amicodiieri.it/
URL: http://www.amicodiieri.it/
COMPANY NAME: Friends Reunited, HappyGroup Limited
DESCRIPTION: Lists Secondary and Primary Schools, Colleges and
Universities to find former classmates and workplaces to locate old
work friends..
PRICE: The Membership divides between those who decide to pay our fee
for a full annual membership (which we call "Full Members"), and those
who do not ("Standard Members"). Full members pay (€7.50) per year.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Similar to Classmates.com

8) SERVICE NAME: Vitaminic Music Club
URL: http://club.vitaminic.it/
COMPANY NAME: Vitaminic SpA
DESCRIPTION: "Vitaminic Music Club", Europe's first digital music
online paid subscription service. The Vitaminic Music Club is also a
unique business tool, allowing companies the opportunity to add value
to their existing services by tailoring bespoke subscription packages
for their customers.
PRICE: 6 months 50 Euro,  1 year 80 Euro --
http://club.vitaminic.it/join_the_club.php3
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST:

9) SERVICE NAME: Museo Federico Eusebio di Alba
URL: http://www.eusebio-online.it/Index_1.asp
COMPANY NAME: Museo Federico Eusebio di Alba
DESCRIPTION: 
PRICE: Registering Registration is not required to view topics on the
website; however, registration is required if you want to submit a
URL, view content explicitly for premium members, and view details in
the classified ads. Additional items may also be available to you if
this site includes a paid subscription area. (Unable to find the
pricing for premium members)
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Site dedicated to friends of the museum. Offers a selections
of museum publications, newsletter and other services.

10) SERVICE NAME: Virgilio
URL: http://tin.virgilio.it/
COMPANY NAME: Subsidiary of SEAT Pagine Gialle
DESCRIPTION: Tin.it is one of the biggest Italian ISPs. Virgilio is
the free portal provided by Tin.it. Virgilio has several premium
services for a monthly subscription. Virgilio+ offers games, music,
news and other premium content. Communicator+ offers a variety of mail
and video services. http://tin.virgilio.it/servizi/index.html?pmk=HPHeada
PRICE: The pricing for Virgilio+ depends on which Tin.it internet
access package you bought. tin.it Special 4,95 Euro/month, tin.it Pro
7,95 Euro/month, tin.it Family 6,66 Euro/month
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: This is one of the biggest media companies in Italy.

11) SERVICE NAME: ANSA
URL: http://www.ansa.it/index.shtml
COMPANY NAME: ANSA - Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata
DESCRIPTION: This is a large portal site of the National News Agency
representing more than a dozen newspapers.
PRICE: See map for list of premium services, including, business news,
press releases, English and Spanish news
http://www.ansa.it/mainhtml/mappa.html
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: This is a comprehensive business portal.

12) SERVICE NAME: Yahoo! Italy
URL: http://it.docs.yahoo.com/yexpress.html
COMPANY NAME: Yahoo!
DESCRIPTION: Same portal and search service as in the US.
PRICE: Paid submission came to Yahoo Italy in late 2002. As with the
US, sites are guaranteed to be reviewed within seven working days and
provided a yes or no answer about being accepted. The cost is on an
annual basis, €159 per year, excluding VAT. Adult/porn sites pay €259
per year.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Yahoo Express is an optional choice -- free submission also
remains for all categories. Uniquely for Yahoo, Yahoo Italy is not
processing the charges in house. Instead, Italian search engine
marketing firm Ad Maiora handles billing. However, once billing has
been processed, sites are passed on for editorial approval by Yahoo
Italy's own staff.

13) SERVICE NAME: Dolomiten Online
URL: http://www.dolomiten.it/dolomiten/
COMPANY NAME: ATHESIA Publishing
DESCRIPTION: Daily newspaper of the South Tyrol, site is in German
although it’s an Italian domain.
PRICE: Various pricing plans starting at 10,00 Euro/month for online
delivery in pdf form.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Portal site for daily newspaper

14) SERVICE NAME: CONSULENZAnet
URL: http://www.consulenzanet.it/
COMPANY NAME: CONSULENZANET
DESCRIPTION: This is a portal for counseling and consulting by a group
of professionals with a range of professional skills in
administration, finance, management, and more.
PRICE: Cost varies from 40-110 Euro depending on the question and
subject. 10% discount with prepaid package.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST:

15) SERVICE NAME: cenfor.net
URL: http://www.cenfor.net/index.htm  or http://www.cenfor.it/
COMPANY NAME: Cenfor International
DESCRIPTION: While it does not require a paid registration, Cenfor is
the Italian hub for links to several subscription/fee-based sites and
products, including: Lexis/Nexis, Gale databases, IDS and more.
PRICE: Each database has its own pricing structure.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Business, legal, and consumer research products.
"Cenfor International and LexisNexis Europe have concluded an
agreement for the distribution of LexisNexis products in Italy. This
agreement will see LexisNexis give Cenfor support in the promotion and
sale of LexisNexis's unrivalled full-text, one-stop, online
information services."

16) SERVICE NAME: ICoN
URL: http://www.italicon.it/
COMPANY NAME: Consorzio ICoN
DESCRIPTION: Italian Culture on the Net. Must register (free) to
access Digital Library, Virtual Museum and Encyclopedia. Courses are
conducted via tutoring or self-study.
PRICE: ·  An annual subscription is available for registered users,
schools and universities; this allows access to the complete texts of
the teaching modules, the works in the Virtual Museum and all the
Encyclopaedia entries. Three different forms of yearly subscription
are available: 1) individual subscription - at a cost of 140 Euro
2)subscription for high schools and ICoN partners - at a cost of 650
Euro 3) subscription for foreign universities - at a cost of 1000 Euro
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: ICoN, on behalf of the universities forming part of the
Consortium, offers a degree course in Italian language and culture for
foreign citizens and for Italians resident abroad. Offers courses in
liberal arts and Italian language.

17) SERVICE NAME: FOD.ISO
URL: http://fodiso.cineca.it/index.html
COMPANY NAME: CINECA Interuniversity Consortium
DESCRIPTION: CINECA (Interuniversity Consortium established by law in
1969) is a Consortium consisting of 18 Italian Universities and CNR -
National Research Council.
PRICE: Various pricing plans for using resources and services
http://www.cineca.it/HPSystems/ScientificComputing/tariffe.html#schema
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Sample e-learning program “Formazione a Distanza per
apprendere le norme ISO 9000 sui sistemi di gestione per la qualità”
ISO-9000 training.

18) SERVICE NAME:
URL:
COMPANY NAME: INFORMEST: Service and Documentation Centre for
International Economic Cooperation
DESCRIPTION: The mission of INFORMEST is to develop economic
co-operation between Italian enterprises and economic operators
interested in the central and eastern European Countries, in the Newly
Independent States and in some Asian Countries such as China,
Mongolia, Vietnam.
PRICE: Business Guides 130 € for each country, 2.300 € for all.
Available to Club members only.
SUBSCRIBERS: 6000+
INTEREST: This is a portal site with some services only available to
members.

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SEARCH STRATEGY -- ITALY 
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site:.it abbonamento
"paid content" italy
servizi a pagamento
Italy online "paid subscription"
Abbonamenti "servizi a pagamento"
site:.it e-learning abbonamento

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MULTIPLE COUNTRIES
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1) SERVICE NAME: IGN.com
URL: http://www.ign.com/about_ign.html
COMPANY NAME: IGN Entertainment (Nasdaq: IGNX)
DESCRIPTION: IGN Games is without a doubt the biggest, best and most
visited games site on the Internet. Why? Split into nine channels
covering every gaming platform that matters - Sony Playstation 2,
Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC, Nintendo 64, Sony Playstation,
Macintosh, Sega Dreamcast, and hand-held machines like Game Boy - IGN
Games delivers daily content that tells you everything going on in the
world of gaming.
PRICE: 7-day free trial (credit card only), Monthly - $5.95, Annual -
$24.95, Cash, Check or Money Order (USD only) Annual Only - $25.00
Pricing and Registration URL – drop down box to choose country.
http://my.ign.com/my/sb?action=protect&location=http%3A%2F%2Fplay.ign.com%2Fgames%2F9mm.html&locname=9MM&regAction=login
SUBSCRIBERS: 5.0 million registered users and more than 65,000 paying
subscribers.
INTEREST: IGN Entertainment (Nasdaq: IGNX), through its IGN.com
network, is the Internet's leading information and entertainment
destination for teen and young adult gamers. IGN serves its audience
by providing both free and subscription-based content and services.
IGN' s award winning content - two Webby People's Voice Awards and two
Wired Magazine's Readers Raves Awards - attracts more than eight
million unique visitors a month, including over 5.0 million registered
users and more than 65,000 paying subscribers. – 2/6/03 IGN Reports
First Profitable Quarter: IGN Entertainment (fka Snowball.com)
(Nasdaq: IGNX), the online gaming network, is in black, according to
its Q4 results.

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UNITED STATES
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2) SERVICE NAME: News Is Free
URL: http://www.newsisfree.com
COMPANY NAME: NewsKnowledge is the commercial branch of NewsIsFree!
DESCRIPTION: Advanced News Aggregator-- collects headlines from 4120
sources around the web and lets you manage them in new ways.
PRICE: http://www.newsisfree.com/user/premium/#rss
Portal Service USD 20 / EUR 20, Export Service USD 20 / EUR 20, Combo
Service USD 35 / EUR 35
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: This site also offers headline syndication, for personal and
non-commercial usage. Commercially syndicated headlines are available
through NewsKnowledge. Available in English, French, German.

3) SERVICE NAME: Forefield
URL: http://www.forefield.com/
COMPANY NAME: Forefield Inc., Marlboro, MA 01752
DESCRIPTION: Forefield is the foremost provider of realtime sales,
education, and presentation solutions for financial institutions and
their advisors. Forefield's web-based solutions facilitate the
communication of client-centric financial planning knowledge and
advice that is current, concise, and compliant.
PRICE: Monthly $35, Annual 365
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: The financial advisory business is shifting from
product-centric transactions to client-centric relationships. Changing
demographics -- particularly the aging of the baby boomer generation
-- are escalating the need for expanded financial planning related to
life goals. Offers a variety of products for organizations,
associations, and independents.
http://www.clickz.com/em_mkt/case_studies/article.php/1566201

4) SERVICE NAME: WorldWinner
URL: http://www.worldwinner.com/
COMPANY NAME: WorldWinner.com Inc.,
DESCRIPTION: Choose from over 30 games and compete against others to
win cash and merchandise.
PRICE: Each Money tournament requires a player to pay a tournament
entry fee. You may use the $5 in Practice Money we give you towards
those tournament entry fees. Tournament entry fees start at $0.25, and
prizes often are greater than $100. SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: WorldWinner was founded in July 1999 with a commitment to
becoming the premiere destination for skill-based tournaments. Today,
the company is a recognized leader and the pioneer in skill-based
gaming as it continues to define industry standards and deliver an
experience that is the fairest, fastest, and most fun around.

5) SERVICE NAME: ChicagoBusiness.com
URL: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/
COMPANY NAME: Crain’s
DESCRIPTION: ChicagoBusiness.com is a local business portal founded by
Crain Communications Inc., publisher of more than 25 special interest
publications (see links below), including Crain's Chicago Business —
the nation's pre-eminent regional business newspaper.
PRICE: ChicagoBusiness.com, the online version of Crain's Chicago
Business, is turning into a subscription site, according to a note on
its site. Rates: Print Subscriber: $24.95/year; Online-Only:
$49.95/year; Weekly rate (print subscribers or non-subscribers) $6.95;
Print/online combo subscription $99.00/year. SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: ·  Full text of weekly issue of Crain's Chicago Business.
Unlimited access to Crain's Archives, Full access to all Crain's Lists
and Directories, Unlimited access to Daily Headline News, Daily Email
News Alerts, Weekly Email News Alerts, Custom Email News Alerts

6) SERVICE NAME: StreetIQ.com
URL: http://www.financialcontent.com/, http://www.StreetIQ.com
COMPANY NAME: A division of FinancialContent, Inc.
DESCRIPTION: South San Francisco, CA - INTERNET WIRE - February 5,
2003 -- FinancialContent, Inc. (OTCBB: FCON), today unveiled plans to
launch StreetIQ, a new subscription service for professional trading
firms and businesses in the financial services industry.
PRICE: StreetIQ will offer a standard package for $14.99 per month per
seat with volume discounts for large deployments and a flexible add-on
schedule for premium content.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: StreetIQ will be launched as a subscription service at
www.streetiq.com and will include a comprehensive suite of market
data, tools and trading alerts, as well as access to premium content
offered by many of the industry's leading providers.

7) SERVICE NAME: TheStreet.com
URL: http://www.thestreet.com/
COMPANY NAME: TheStreet.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSCM),
DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK, January 28, 2003- TheStreet.com, Inc.
(Nasdaq:TSCM), a leading multimedia provider of financial commentary,
research, analysis and news, today announced the launch of The Save
Safe Plan, the latest subscription offering from TheStreet.com.
PRICE: The Save Safe Plan is available for $79.95 a year.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: THESTREET.COM LAUNCHES  "THE SAVE SAFE PLAN" Latest
Subscription Offering Targets Investors Looking for Long-term
Investing Strategies

8) SERVICE NAME: JavaWorld
URL: http://www.javaworld.com/
COMPANY NAME: TheServerSide.com
DESCRIPTION: JavaWorld, an online J2EE community and tutorial site run
by an Austin-based Java consulting firm, has layunched a subscription
version.
PRICE: JavaWorld will offer a special introductory rate of $29.99 for
a yearly subscription if you subscribe by March 1 and will be yearly
subscription of $49.99.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: "JavaWorld provides an extensive archive of tutorials dating
back to its March 1996 premier issue. Moving forward, the JavaWorld
Archive will only be available through a yearly subscription of
$49.99."

9) SERVICE NAME:ChangeOne.com
URL: http://www.changeone.com/splash/index.jhtml
COMPANY NAME: Reader's Digest
DESCRIPTION: Reader's Digest Launches Website for Dieters: Reader's
Digest has launched ChangeOne.com, a subscription-based online service
and resource for dieters.
PRICE: Charter memberships will cost $9.95 per month.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: ChangeOne.com will compete with established U.S. dieting
websites such as eDiets, Shape Up America!, Cyberdiet.com and many
others as well as recent launches such as iShape.com from Shape
Magazine.

10) SERVICE NAME: Soap City
URL: http://www.soapcity.com/
COMPANY NAME: Sony Pictures
DESCRIPTION: Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment's online soap opera
destination site, is poised to offer popular daytime TV programs over
the Internet. The program offering is expected to include
commercial-free versions of both current and archived episodes.
Consumers will be able to choose between per-program and subscription
payment methods.
PRICE: 
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: The site provides extensive coverage updated daily, for all
daytime dramas and hosts the official sites for Days of our Lives, The
Young and the Restless, Guiding Light and As the World Turns.

11) SERVICE NAME: utne.com
URL: http://www.utne.com/ 
COMPANY NAME: Utne magazine
DESCRIPTION: 
PRICE: $14.97 per year (6 issues) print, $19.97 for web edition.
You’ll be able to read the current issue as soon as it hits the
newsstand, and you’ll have access to more than 3,000 archived
articles—all for only $19.97 a year!SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Utne.com went subscription when Utne Reader magazine was
relaunched as just "Utne" this November

12) SERVICE NAME: Baseball Prospectus Premium
URL: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/
COMPANY NAME: Prospectus Entertainment Ventures, LLC.
DESCRIPTION: Baseball Prospectus To Relaunch and Go Premium: Baseball
Prospectus, a scouting guide (as a yearly book) and a website
providing analysis of top players in each organization, will reluanch
as a subscription website.
PRICE: $39.95 per year http://premium.baseballprospectus.com/
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: The site will also launch an online radio program, to be
available to premium subscribers as well.

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13) SERVICE NAME: Brunico.com
URL: http://www.brunico.com/
COMPANY NAME: Brunico Communications Inc.,
DESCRIPTION: Publishes Playback http://www.playbackmag.com/ ,
KidScreen http://www.kidscreen.com/ , Boards http://www.boardsmag.com/
, Strategy http://www.strategymag.com/ , and RealScreen
http://www.realscreen.com/ . Each magazine is available by online
subscription only as an option.
PRICE: 
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Brunico Communications Inc., is a privately-held company
with its head office in Toronto and offices in Los Angeles and
Montreal. Brunico specializes in building international, business to
business brands in the communications, entertainment and marketing
sectors. Each brand is focused on providing business information,
inspiration and opportunities to individuals to network and learn
about their industries and business communities.

14) SERVICE NAME: The Record
URL: http://www.therecord.com/
COMPANY NAME: The Record
DESCRIPTION: Newspaper -- Serves the Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
PRICE: the online-only options also costs the same--$14.40 a month--as
the print-online combo.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Canadian Newspaper The Record Goes Subscription, With a
Twist: Candian newspaper The Record, out of Kitchener, Ontario, is
going subscription only from Feb. 3, and available only to print
subscribers.

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KOREA
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15) SERVICE NAME: Korea IT News
URL: http://www.etienglish.com/
COMPANY NAME: eTimesinternet Co., Ltd
DESCRIPTION: This is an IT news portal that has an abbreviated English
site. Full articles and some services are  only available to
registered members.
PRICE: $29 for 1 month, $69 for 3 months, $120 for 6 months, $174 for
12 months.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: In addition to the usual business portal information this
site also offers educational resources and shopping.

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UNITED KINGDOM
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16) SERVICE NAME: ChemWeb.com,
URL: https://www.chemweb.com/ (UK)
COMPANY NAME: ChemWeb.com,
DESCRIPTION: This is a very large scientific resource site for anyone
interested in science, especially chemistry. While some resources are
free, most of the site is dedicated to for-purchase reports and tools.
PRICE: Products are available on a per item basis or through
subscription to specific journals and services.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Also offers many typical portal resources, i.e., career
information, news, discussion forums, etc.

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SPAIN
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17) SERVICE NAME: La Vanguardia Digital
URL: http://www.lavanguardia.es/
COMPANY NAME: 
DESCRIPTION: Spanish newspaper goes to subscription model.
PRICE: Annual subscription 80 Euro
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: La Vanguardia Digital has a new look and a new business
model as of last Saturday (February 1). The newspaper, which has
completely redesigned its website, has switched to a paid-subscription
offer. All content will be free for seven days after its publication,
although it requires the reader to be registered. After one week of
being online, it will be available only for a fee. Paid subscribers
will have access to: all content online, the PDF version of the print
version, and e-mail newsletters, among other things. To these
services, already known by the readers, La Vanguardia Digital offers
access to its historic archive in PDF format.

18) SERVICE NAME: TerraLycos.com
URL: http://www.terralycos.com/
COMPANY NAME: Terra Lycos
DESCRIPTION: LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S.-Spanish Internet company
Terra Lycos (Madrid:TRR.MC - News; NasdaqNM:TRLY - News) announced on
Monday the launch of five European subscription dating sites, an
effort to boost revenues in the wake of the dot-com advertising
collapse.
PRICE: Terra will charge 24.95 euros ($26.30) per month for
subscriptions on Matchmaker sites based in Continental Europe and
15.95 pounds ($25.59) for its British Matchmaker site.
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Through an agreement with Terra Lycos and Web portal Lycos
Europe (XETRA:LCYE.DE - News), a venture jointly owned by Terra and
German media giant Bertelsmann (BERT.UL), Matchmaker sites were
launched this month in Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy and France in
local languages, Terra said on Monday.

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UKRAINE
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19) SERVICE NAME: KyivPost.com
URL: http://www.kyivpost.com/
COMPANY NAME: The Kyiv Post
DESCRIPTION: The Kyiv Post covers all the major political, economic,
and cultural events that affect Ukraine, Eastern Europe and the world.
Staffed by a team of 24 Western style journalists, both Ukrainians and
foreigners, and focused on local events. The Kyiv Post is a true
source of reliable, independent and objective information about
Ukraine in English.
PRICE: Price: $49 per year ($24 for Kyiv Post print subscribers)
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: E-version Delivered earlier than print copy to website

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CHINA
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20) SERVICE NAME: Sohu.com
URL: http://www.sohu.com
COMPANY NAME: 
DESCRIPTION: Once written off as another flamed-out Web portal,
Chinese media company Sohu.com has roared back to life with its
second-ever quarterly profit...
PRICE: 
SUBSCRIBERS:
INTEREST: Site is completely in Chinese. Has a  popular service that
allows Internet surfers to send text messages to cell phone users in
China. The strong fourth-quarter performance highlighted a remarkable
turnaround for the company, which along with main rivals Sina.com
(NasdaqNM:SINA - news) and NetEase.com (Nasdaq:NTES - news) was among
the best performers on the Nasdaq in 2002 as all three turned the
corner late last year.