PointCast

PointCast was the leading broadcaster of personalized news and information to business consumers over the Internet and corporate intranets. The PointCast Network automatically appeared whenever the computer is idle, replacing a screensaver with a constant stream of useful, personalized news and information. Viewers effortlessly absorbed headlines, stock quotes and other personalized news on screen or in the scrolling ticker and clicked on any headline to obtain in-depth information. 1.2 million people actively used PointCast in the first quarter of 1998 and advertisers on the PointCast Network include Avis Rent A Car, Inc., Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc., Hewlett-Packard, Company, Levi Strauss & Company, MCI Communications Corporation, Daimler-Benz, North America Corp., Microsoft Corporation, The Procter & Gamble Company and Wells Fargo & Company. PointCast investors included Adobe Systems, Inc., Asahi Shimbun, Benchmark Capital, Cendant Corporation, Gannett Media Technologies International, Knight-Ridder, Inc., KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre, Mohr, Davidow Ventures, SOFTBANK Holdings, Inc. and Times Mirror.