Wired Digital Launches NewsBot Online News Search Service

Posted on October 14, 1997

Wired Digital Inc. has unveiled NewsBot, a new Internet search service that is designed to aid Web participants in finding and navigating the bounty of online news sites now available on the Internet.

Geared toward business professionals and news enthusiasts who need to constantly stay on top of the latest breaking news, NewsBot provides a single point-of-access for up-to-the-minute news from 200 news sources on the Internet covering national, international, business, sports and entertainment news. The news sources continuously indexed by NewsBot include:

Four of the five leading US daily newspapers: the New York Times, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post
Four international news wire feeds: Reuters, Bloomberg, Business Wire and PR Newswire
Online news sites from the major television news networks including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC
Premier online business and computer publications and services such as Forbes, Wired News, C/Net, PC Week and PC World
The Web's leading sports and entertainment news sites including ESPNET SportsZone, CBS Sportsline and Entertainment Weekly

In addition to custom searching on these sites, users can view the latest stories using NewsBot's daily news guide, which organizes the latest headlines into convenient subject areas for browsing. News guide categories include business, entertainment, politics, science and health, sports, technology and World news.