"It's an online service specifically targeted at the people who channel flip from MTV to CNN." That's how 26-year ex-Spy staffer, Michael Collins, describes his start-up online service, The Transom, which launched in late August. Transom is the first online service specifically geared to 18- to 34-year-olds. Hip editorial content will be provided by accomplished young writers, aged 24 to 28, whose collective credits include The Washington Post, Spy, The New York Times, and Wired. Contributors to The Transom will cover political satire, social commentary, current affairs, and technology.
In addition to its editorial coups, The Transom offers live chat, Internet access, bulletin boards and regularly updated news feeds. An especially cool option is the NewsGrid, in which the user chooses from a matrix of topics to format their own personalized "news show", NewsGrid alone is reason to keep logging on.
Access to The Transom costs US$5.95/hour or $6.95 a month for five hours; and new users get five free hours, making this is one of the best online deals around.
Free start-up software is available by calling (800) 475 9689, +1 (212) 274 0444, or e-mail at transom@reach.com.
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