Subject: Leading Art Site Suspended
David Green (david@ninch.org)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:19:44 -0500
Message-Id: <v0213050db121e9cca7e5@[192.100.21.23]> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 12:19:44 -0500 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: david@ninch.org (David Green) Subject: Leading Art Site Suspended
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
March 3, 1998
Leading Art Site Suspended
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/03/cyber/articles/03adaweb.html>
One of the leading websites for the creation and distribution of
Web-specific art works, adaWeb, has been closed down by its new corporate
owners according to a report by Matthew Mirapaul in today's New York Times'
CyberTimes.
David Green
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> Title: Leading Art Site Suspended
> Source: New York Times (CyberTimes)
> <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/03/cyber/articles/03adaweb.html>
> Author: Matthew Mirapaul
> Issue: Arts
> Description: The Web site which is one of the most premier destinations
> for original Web-based art, ada'web, is being suspended. Co-founder,
> Benjamin Weil, said the reason was that ada'web's publisher, Digital
> City Inc., had canceled the Web site's financing. Skeptics had
> anticipate its closing since the selling of ada'web's founding company,
> WP Studio, to Digital City, owned primarily by America Online and the
> Tribune Company, 13 months ago. They were unable to "reconcile the
> site's high-minded mission with the mass-market orientation of other
> sites, and given the often- challenging nature of the material,
> commercial sponsorship was not a likely option. Weil agreed, saying:
> "For one year, it's been very difficult. We've been trying to find ways
> for our corporate parent to understand that there was value in this for
> them. It seemed like the message didn't really get through. And then
> we tried to go non-profit to remain online, but we realized there was
> very little funding available." Weil is now seeking a permanent home for
> ada'web's archives so pre-published artwork can remain accessible.
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