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The GOP.gov site is essentially a steady stream of press releases outlining Republican positions on a variety of issues, interspersed with notices about upcoming Republican events and speaking engagements. After registering at the site, visitors can subscribe to e-mail lists ...

Geoworks issued a press release calling Phone.com's claims "completely without merit," and "an attempt to interfere with Geoworks' established licensing program." Grannan responded by saying, "We are surprised and disappointed that Phone.com has chosen this unprofessional cou...

In response, Napster CEO Eileen Richardson inexplicably told the Wall Street Journal that her company regrets "that the band's management saw fit to issue a press release -- and to file a lawsuit -- without even attempting to contact Napster." She went on to say that "if these people insist on turning it over to lawyers, we'll defend the case on that turf." ...

"We regret that the band's management saw fit to issue a press release -- and to file a lawsuit -- without even attempting to contact Napster," Eileen Richardson, the company's chief executive officer, told the Wall Street Journal. "But if these people insist on turning it over to lawyers, we'll defend the case on that turf." ...

Peapod's financial woes led investors to file a class action lawsuit claiming the company had issued "a series of materially false and misleading statements in press releases and SEC filings concerning Peapod's cash funding needs." The suit claims that these statements led to Peapod's stock being artificially inflated.

Both companies refuted the allegations. Then, late last summer, the Santa Monica California-based Stamps.com issued a press release saying that it was complying with a subpoena request from the Department of Justice's Antitrust division involving an investigation into Pitney Bowes' business activities.

The jousting between cable and satellite firms and Internet-based versus "walled garden" services is likely to get very spirited. In a recent press release, Open claims that "people purchasing through Open regard it as more secure than the Internet and that the 'feel' of Open is more likely to encourage confidence than the World Wide Web." ...

While CompUSA's latest plan to conquer cyberspace sounds great when read from a press release, there are certain problems that the computer seller must resolve if it is truly serious about long-term success. First, CompUSA must hold its course this time and dedicate the perso...

"In addition to providing high value sales information, the site is also expected to be an important destination for homeowners following the sale by providing critical maintenance and construction specification information, customized to their individual home," the firms said in a press release.

The suit -- filed in federal court in Chicago, Illinois by the New York law firms Abbey, Gardy & Squitieri and Faruqi & Faruqi -- alleges that the Internet grocer violated federal securities regulations by issuing "a series of materially false and misleading statements in press releases and SEC filings concerning Peapod's cash funding needs." ...

Another section, Investigating and Prosecuting Computer Crime, lists computer crime laws and legislative history, as well as press releases regarding significant hacker cases. The International Aspects of Computer Crime section provides information on the efforts of such international groups as the G-8 and the Council of Europe.

Despite being forthcoming about the online fraud, Expedia is doing its best to downplay the threat. A company press release stated that the one-time charge represents the company's estimate of unreserved fraudulent activity to date, which is less than one half of one percent of tickets sold.

In a press release issued Thursday, Michigan Attorney General Jennifer M. Granholm said, "DoubleClick is systematically implanting electronic 'cookies,' or electronic surveillance files, on the hard drives of users' computers without their knowledge or consent." Granholm cont...

In December, the E-Commerce Times reported that a number of e-tail sites appeared to be operating in violation of the Mail Order Rule. Companies that are subject to the 1975 statute include those that engage in traditional sales by mail as well as companies that receive sales orders where "a computer, fax machine or some other similar means is used to transmit an order over telephone lines," according to an FTC press release.

The hackers, who defaced a site belonging to RSA just before midnight EST Saturday, didn't miss the irony, and left in their own version of an RSA home page a link to a company press release describing its "client puzzle" method for authenticating client requests arriving at Internet servers.

Amazon apparently caused considerable confusion about its financials by highlighting what it called its "pro forma" loss in its press release, instead of its complete loss. The pro forma loss was from operations only and excluded amortization of goodwill and other intangibles...

I would also encourage all corporate flacks to seriously consider purging their company's press releases of all cliches and jargon. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have seen "end-to-end," "24x7,"or "back-office" sprinkled into a sentence along with undefined acronyms s...

Internet imaging company IPIX (Nasdaq: IPIX) issued a press release today, saying that the sale was generated by the use of its 360 degree imaging photography. Mordoff said that Gulfstream generally uses the IPIX tool in the sale of pre-owned jets rather than new ones, but a Gulfstream Vice President of Marketing said that the IPIX technology allowed Cuban to tour the aircraft over the Internet.

All of the press releases and most of the news stories describe these affiliations as opportunities for the online and offline giants to expand their reach through partnerships. The Web companies gain exposure in major retail stores, and the retail monsters get credible entry to the Internet world. Everyone wins.

Will they pay for reports or press release writing services? Inc.com believes they will pay for proprietary reports containing information that is superior to the free information online. Digital Work believes they will pay for help with writing and sending press releases.