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Wednesday, March 24, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs America Online Announces New Organization to Integrate Netscape America Online Inc. has announced a new organization to integrate Netscape's operations and build on the strengths of the Netscape brand. America Online said it will commit its full resources to maximizing Netscape's talent and technologies across the entire Company to extend its industry leadership and, through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, Inc., will take e-commerce to the next level of success. The Company said it will organize into four Product Groups: The Interactive Services Group, focused on its branded interactive services; the Interactive Properties Group, built around branded properties that operate across multiple services or platforms; the Netscape Enterprise Group, which will continue to serve Netscape's enterprise customers and contribute to America Online's part of the e-commerce alliance with Sun; and the AOL International Group, overseeing AOL and CompuServe operations outside of the U.S. Each of these Product Groups will report to Bob Pittman, President and Chief Operating Officer of America Online, and both America Online and Netscape executives have been named to key management positions within these groups. Netscape-branded operations will remain based in Mountain View, Calif. As part of its integration of Netscape, the Company said job redundancies and its new organizational structure will lead to reductions of 350 to 500 positions at Netscape and approximately the same number across America Online's other operations, out of a total workforce of about 12,000 people. America Online said it plans to take a charge in its fiscal 1999 third quarter for the integration of Netscape and the reorganization of the Company. Oscar.com Experiences Record Traffic Throughout Oscar Weekend Oscar.com, the official website of the Academy Awards, experienced record traffic during Oscar weekend (Saturday, March 20 - Monday, March 22). More than one-and-a-half million users came to the site during the weekend, generating 12 million impressions. On Oscar night, Oscar.com offered users many features to enhance their viewing experience. For the first time Oscar.com produced a TV-synchronized Web event -- "And The Envelope Please..." -- a live game meant to be played while watching the Academy Awards telecast. Users were prompted to answer trivia questions about both Oscar history and events during the telecast. In addition, Oscar.com provided behind-the-scenes access to users through live streaming video of the red carpet arrivals, preshow reports, photos of winners as they accepted their awards, transcripts of winners' acceptance speeches, streaming video of winners' backstage acceptance speeches and an up-to-the-minute list of winners. Oscar.com's reporters had backstage access, providing users with a look at events occurring off-stage during the Academy Awards. McGraw-Hill Names Norbert Young to Head Construction Information Group The McGraw-Hill Companies has named Norbert W. Young Jr. president of the McGraw-Hill Construction Information Group, the leading source of project news, product information, industry analysis and editorial coverage for design and construction professionals. He will report to Vasant Prabhu, president, Information and Media Services. Young had been the Construction Information Group's senior vice president for editorial and product development since May 1998. CIG's brands include F.W. Dodge, Sweet's Group, Engineering News-Record, Architectural Record and Design-Build. "Norbert's extensive knowledge of and experience in all aspects of the construction business will serve CIG well in extending its industry leadership," said Harold McGraw III, president and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies. "Norbert is uniquely qualified to lead CIG in its mission to provide the highest quality information products to all segments of the construction industry." Young joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in November 1997 as vice president, editorial, for F.W. Dodge. He previously was president of Bovis Management Systems, a division of Bovis Construction Corp., where he was instrumental in planning and executing major capital projects for such clients as Bank of America, AMC Theaters and Rutgers University. In addition, he successfully managed the planning and construction for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global publishing, financial, information and media services company with 16,000 employees located in more than 400 offices in 30 countries. Founded in 1888, the Corporation is a leading information services provider meeting worldwide needs in education, business, finance, the professions and government. 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