InfoBeat Adds Third Party Publications to Email News Offerings

Posted on April 20, 1998

InfoBeat Inc., has created InfoBeat Select, a source for free e-mail publications from Time Inc. New Media, Red Herring, MSNBC, Preview Travel and other leading publishers.

In the next month, InfoBeat's subscribers will be able to request e-mail delivery of such publications and information as Time Inc. New Media's Fortune's Street Life, Money Daily and People Daily, MSNBC's daily news headlines, IDG's PC World and TipWorld publications, Chicken Soup for the Soul's Home Delivery, Michael Tchong's Iconocast, Robert Seidman's Online Insider, travel news from Preview Travel and content about books from Amazon.com.

"InfoBeat Select lets us partner with top-tier companies like Time Inc. New Media to offer their outstanding content to our subscribers, and help our partners find new readers and revenues," said John Funk, InfoBeat founder and chairman. "By participating in InfoBeat Select, publishers can significantly broaden their reach to a highly desirable population - InfoBeat's 2.6 million subscription base - consumers who have chosen to receive regular information delivery via e-mail."