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Re: THE PLAIN DEALER is hurting the internet business

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From: The Lion King
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 00:00
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On 4 Jul 1996, drsoran wrote:

> Marvin Richardson (marvinr@apk.net) wrote:
> : Have you ever noticed that the PeeDee usually rarely features a local
> : provider or Internet type business? Maybe last week was an exeption
> : because they had to woo us back after they doubled there rates.
> 
> 	Actually, the Personal Tech section was kind of cool.. before 
> anyone really read it that is.. remember when it first started it was 
> just like one guy there (probably the designated "computer geek") that 
> got stuck with the job of writing ALL the articles in the entire section? 
> :)  I kinda liked it back then.. now its just full of bloated advertising 
> and boring tidbits.. "Hey!  The Beach Boys are going to be appearing LIVE 
> on AOL on Thursday!!!! Don't miss it dudes!  KEYWORD: OLDTIMERS"

Where I work we sell the the PD, I used to buy a copy on Mondays
when the tech section came out, now I just read the paper and throw
it back in the return box for the PD to pick up.  They really need
to get some useful info in there.
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From: The Lion King <aslan@junior.wariat.org>
Subject: Re: THE PLAIN DEALER is hurting the internet business
Date: 1996/07/05
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