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The roots of Prodigy date to 1980 when broadcaster CBS and telecommunications firm AT&T Corporation formed a joint venture named Venture One in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. [5] The company conducted a market test of 100 homes in Ridgewood, New Jersey [6] to gauge consumer interest in a Videotex-based TV set-top device that would allow consumers to shop at home and receive news, sports and weather.
Anne Beau Cox Chambers (December 1, 1919 – January 31, 2020) was an American media proprietor, [3] diplomat, and philanthropist who served as United States Ambassador to Belgium from 1977 to 1981. [4] She co-owned the family company Cox Enterprises, a privately held media empire, with her sister Barbara Cox Anthony for 33 years.
The so-called Earthquake tax (also known as special communications tax) was introduced in the aftermath of the earthquake in Izmit in 1999 during which over 17,000 people died. Initially introduced as a temporary tax, it became a permanent tax aimed at the prevention of earthquake-related damage.
Kelly Ann Ayotte (/ ˈ eɪ ɒ t / AY-ott; [2] born June 27, 1968) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from New Hampshire from 2011 to 2017. [citation needed] A member of the Republican Party, Ayotte served as New Hampshire Attorney General from 2004 to 2009.
Patrick J. 'Pat' Esser is the chief executive officer of Cox Communications. Esser assumed the role of president of the cable television company owned by Cox Enterprises in 2006. The announcement was made as part of a re-organization of the top three executives at the company, triggered by the retirement of James O. Robbins and Jimmy W. Hayes ...
The LSU Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes, on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is located in the Gym/Armory building. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The building opened in 1930 and was completely renovated and reopened in 2002 to house the Academic Center for Student-Athletes.
Governor Cox made a whirlwind campaign that took him to rallies, train station speeches, and formal addresses, reaching audiences totaling perhaps two million, whereas Senator Harding relied upon a "Front Porch Campaign" similar to that of William McKinley in 1896. It brought thousands of voters to Marion, Ohio, where Harding spoke from his ...
WFXT (channel 25) is a television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with the Fox network and owned by Cox Media Group.Its studios are located on Fox Drive (near the Boston-Providence Turnpike) in Dedham, and its transmitter is located on Cabot Street in Needham.