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I'm pulling this mostly from my decaying memory but nando.net (Raleigh? News and Observer) was neck-and-neck with the SJ Mercury with a web presence. Many of t
by epc 11y ago
I'm pulling this mostly from my decaying memory but nando.net (Raleigh? News and Observer) was neck-and-neck with the SJ Mercury with a web presence. Many of the early newspaper web sites were simply HTML variations on existing online presences (CI$, Prodigy, AOL, etc).
- mc32 11y agoTrue and nando times had great sports information. The merc used to include a PDF version of its front page, I believe.
- honestcoyote 11y agoYou're correct. News and Observer (nando.net I think) was a daily visit for me back in the mid 90's. It was the first one I found which provided a full newspaper without being hidden in a walled garden and without needing monthly fees. AP & Reuters were available online but locked behind a very expensive paywall. Nando was the first time I read of breaking news online. The story on the Oklahoma City bombing jolted me awake one morning. Reading Nando over coffee on my tiny 12 inch screen of a Macintosh LC. I've often wondered if they could have leveraged their very early lead into something else.
- JeremyNT 11y agoNot only did they pioneer web news content, before that nando.net was even an ISP - in fact, it was my first ISP. It seems odd looking back now, seeing how "newspapers" have all become lumbering dinosaurs, but at the time this particular newspaper was on the bleeding edge of innovation.
- rconti 11y agoWow, yeah. I didn't realize nando was a regional paper. I read it all the time though because it was the first good online newspaper.