“It’s unbelievable really, that AOL would be cashing in for profit by selling the personal privacy of their users.”
Representative Bruce Vento (D.-Minnesota), on AOL’s quickly overturned plans to sell member phone numbers to telemarketers, New York Times, 25 July 1997
“Martha Stewart is about to be the world’s first true multimedia brand.”
Sharon Patrick, president of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, BusinessWeek, 28 July 1997
“We don’t want to rush headlong into new markets, throwing a lot of our shareholder value at them.”
John Petrillo, AT&T’s executive vice president for corporate strategy, on the company’s hands-off approach to exploring Internet telephony, The Wall Street Journal, 23 July 1997
“Wired Ventures continues to realize impressive revenue growth…. Now it’s time to take the entire company to the next level.”
Wired Ventures’ soon-to-be-ex-CEO Louis Rossetto, company press release, 17 July 1997
“Both Burning Man and the Internet make it possible to regather the tribe of mankind.”
Burning Man “impresario” Larry Harvey, New York Times CyberTimes, 21 July 1997
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