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| COVER STORY
Dueling Net Strategies BERTELSMANN Sells books, music, magazines, and TV shows over other people's networks or Internet portals, such as AOL and Lycos. Uses partners to sell books and music directly to consumers via bol.com in Europe and Asia and barnesandnoble.com in the U.S. AOL-TIME WARNER Produces own entertainment and information through Time, Sports Illustrated, CNN, and Warner Bros. studio. Will distribute through Time Warner Cable Systems and AOL. DISNEY Produces own entertainment and information through its studio, theme parks, ABC, and ESPN. Owns majority control of Go network portal. Has dramatically increased sales of Disney consumer products over Internet. NEWS CORP. Produces own entertainment and information through its Fox studio and network, Fox Sports, and HarperCollins book company. Controls satellite distribution companies in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. VIACOM Brands properties on Internet, including MTVi, Nickelodeon.-com, and the spun-off CBS MarketWatch. Viacom's CBS invests directly in Internet properties, including the sweepstakes site iWon.com. VIVENDI UNIVERSAL The world's largest music outfit, Universal owns music site Jimmy & Doug's Farmclub.com and half-interest in retailer GetMusic.com. Its pending merger with Vivendi gives it access to wireless distribution. DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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 RELATED ITEMS Bertelsmann: A New Net Powerhouse? COVER IMAGE: A New Net Powerhouse? TABLE: The Deal TABLE: The Building Blocks of Bertelsmann TABLE: Dueling Net Strategies The Man behind Project Thunderball Commentary: Napster: Tune In, Turn On, Pay Up ONLINE EXTRA: Middelhoff: ``Somebody Has to Take the Lead'' INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
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