From: nobody@shell.portal.com
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 93 02:38:03 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: "The Internet Letter"--Internet's First Commercial Digest
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I hear the first issue of TIL is free.  If somebody obtains
an e-copy can they post pointers to its availability to
cypherpunks, send it via e-mail upon request, or put it up on an 
ftp site? thanks.
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The Internet Letter (ISSN 1070-9851), the first commercial newsletter
on the Internet, will premiere at INET 93 and INTEROP(r)93, and a hard
copy version will be available at Booth #1334 (InterCon Systems Corp.)
in the South Hall of the Moscone Center.

The first issue of TIL provides provides the following information
about the editor:

     The editor is Jayne Levin (netweek@access.digex.net). Levin
     was former deputy bureau chief of Institutional Investor in
     Washington, D.C., and has written on the Internet for The
     Washington Post and Infoworld. Tony Rutkowski
     (amr@CNRI.Reston.VA.US) is special adviser. Rutkowski is
     founder and vice president of the Internet Society and
     director of technology assessment at Sprint Corp. He was
     former editor-in-chief and publisher of Telecommunications
     magazine. Levin will be available for interviews at INTEROP.
     Contact INTEROP press relations.

The table of contents for the first issue covered a wide range
of topics. The articles were professionally written and incisive:

001) INTERNET EXPERIENCING AN INFORMATION EXPLOSION
002) COMPANIES TAP INTERNET'S POWER
003) THE TOP 150 COMMERCIAL USERS ON INTERNET -- CHART
004) CIA, US GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES DEVELOP INTERNET LINK
005) REALTY FIRM IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET SPEEDS REALTY TRANSACTIONS
006) MULTIMEDIA MAGAZINE TO DEBUT ON INTERNET
007) TASK FORCE PROPOSES STANDARD TO SECURE CONTENTS OF E-MAIL
008) INTERNET MERCANTILE STANDARDS EXPLORED
009) GOPHER LICENSING FEE SPARKS DISPUTE
010) FINDING GOPHER & GN
011) FROM SOFTWARE TO MAGAZINES, BUYING ELECTRONICALLY
012) CIX LAUNCHES COMMERCIAL "INFORMATION" EXCHANGE
013) SOME COMPANIES PREFER WAIS FOR BUILDING IN-HOUSE DATABASES
014) MORE ON WAIS
015) INTERNET TO ASSIST BETHANY IN ADOPTION SERVICES
016) FAQ
017) PROVIDERS' CIRCUIT
018) CIX CONTACTS -- CHART
019) TIPS & TECHNIQUES
020) POINTERS
021) TALK OF THE NET
022) WASHINGTON
023) READ ALL ABOUT IT
024) DATEBOOK

The first issue of TIL provides the following price information:

     30-DAY INTEROP SPECIAL (good until September 30)

     40% Discount off the regular rate of $249/year

     Charter subscriptions: $149/year -- a 40% discount.
     Universities and nonprofits $95/year.

     If you not completely satified, your money will be refunded.

     You can receive The Internet Letter electronically or on paper.