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- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga promotion in USA.
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 06:28:25 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4cfs29$11j@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <rdingem.433r@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- Summary: I don't know about newspapers but..
- Keywords: TV News
-
- In article <rdingem.433r@grafix.xs4all.nl>,
- Ruud Dingemans <rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl> wrote:
- >In a message of 30 Dec 95 Jason Compton wrote to All:
- >
- > JC> I've gotta disagree, Joanne. Doesn't it say something that the Philly
- > JC> Inquirer was basically the only paper in the states to actively cover
- > JC> the Commodore story? Oh, sure, it was ostensibly "local" because
- > JC> Commodore US was based in Pennsylvania, but the story was one of
- > JC> international intrigue and wheeling, yet only Dan Stets got it covered.
- >
- >I'm afraid I'm gonna have to partly disagree, Jason. I've worked for a
- >newspaper. Commodore's demise not being covered is a direct
- >result of the importance of it's demise on a national and global
- >scale, which is just about zip. After all, how many people worked at
- >CBM when it went sour? Heck, we've got companies here in Holland that
-
- I don't know about newspapers but the demise of Commodore was briefly
- covered in the news on TV here in Canada on the CTV National News. It
- didn't cover as far as I know, Commodore being bought out or the rebirth
- of the Amiga though.
-
- -=*George*=-
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