Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Newsbytes News Network, called “an Associated Press for tech-information junkies” was founded in May, 1983 in San Francisco, California by broadcast journalist Wendy Woods, who remained editor in chief for the 19 years of its existence. It was the oldest continually publishing tech news wire service (1983–2002). It included news reports on computing, interactive media, telecommunications and cybersecurity spanned the formative years of Silicon Valley and the advent of personal computers.The Washington Post Company acquired Newsbytes in 1997. The archive of Newsbytes stories is currently on the Lexis-Nexis research database under the code NWSBYT Predating the Internet, Newsbytes News Network came to be considered a “boot camp“ for online journalism. Its alumni have gone on to work for CNet, ZDNet, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and The New York Times.At the height of its popularity in the mid-1990s, Newsbytes was published by over 180 media outlets and produced almost 100 technology news reports daily. Its success was buoyed by enthusiasm for news about emerging technologies. Newsbytes was able to offer instantaneous delivery of technology information before the invention of the Internet.. }
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- Newsbytes_News_Network abstract "Newsbytes News Network, called “an Associated Press for tech-information junkies” was founded in May, 1983 in San Francisco, California by broadcast journalist Wendy Woods, who remained editor in chief for the 19 years of its existence. It was the oldest continually publishing tech news wire service (1983–2002). It included news reports on computing, interactive media, telecommunications and cybersecurity spanned the formative years of Silicon Valley and the advent of personal computers.The Washington Post Company acquired Newsbytes in 1997. The archive of Newsbytes stories is currently on the Lexis-Nexis research database under the code NWSBYT Predating the Internet, Newsbytes News Network came to be considered a “boot camp“ for online journalism. Its alumni have gone on to work for CNet, ZDNet, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and The New York Times.At the height of its popularity in the mid-1990s, Newsbytes was published by over 180 media outlets and produced almost 100 technology news reports daily. Its success was buoyed by enthusiasm for news about emerging technologies. Newsbytes was able to offer instantaneous delivery of technology information before the invention of the Internet.".