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Usenet newsgroup. A Usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from users in different locations using the Internet. They are discussion groups and are not devoted to publishing news. Newsgroups are technically distinct from, but functionally similar to, discussion forums on the World Wide Web.
NBCUniversal News Group is the news division of NBCUniversal, composed of the NBC News, CNBC and MSNBC units, that was created on July 19, 2012, under chairwoman Pat Fili-Krushel. In April 2015, Andrew Lack took over as CEO of the group, with CNBC being moved to a direct unit reporting to NBCUniversal CEO.
Usenet ( / ˈjuːznɛt / ), USENET, [1] or, "in full", User's Network, [1] is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose Unix-to-Unix Copy (UUCP) dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979, and it was established in 1980. [2]
The prefix "alt" refers to the fact that it is a "hierarchy that is 'alternative' to the 'mainstream' (comp, misc, news, rec, soc, sci and talk) hierarchies". The "So You Want to Create an Alt Newsgroup" FAQ repeats a common joke that the name "alt" is an acronym for "Anarchists, Lunatics, and Terrorists". [3]
This is the most extensive newsgroup hierarchy outside of the Big 8. Examples include: alt.atheism — discusses atheism; alt.binaries.slack — artwork created by and for the Church of the SubGenius. alt.config — creation of new newsgroups in the alt.* hierarchy. alt.gothic — first widespread on-line community for the goth subculture
Xfinity. Adelphia Communications Corporation: assets acquired by Time Warner Cable and Comcast in 2006. Comcast Entertainment Television (CET) Comcast Television 2 (Michigan) Commuter Cable. ExerciseTV (with Time Warner Cable, New Balance, and Jake Steinfeld) Group W Cable. Susquehanna Communications.
Big 8 (Usenet) The Big 8 (previously the Big 7) are a group of newsgroup hierarchies established after the Great Renaming, a restructuring of Usenet that took place in 1987. These hierarchies are managed by the Big 8 Management Board. [1] Groups are added through a process of nomination, discussion and voting.
newscorp.com at the Wayback Machine (archived June 24, 2013) The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City.