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MSN UK sounding a retreat? - Analysis
News MSN says it has 150,000 users in the UK compared to AOL's 550,000 and Freeserve's 900,000. Kent did not offer any argument against this but focused her comments on the growth of MSN.co.uk, now the UK's second largest portal.
[January 20, 1999, 10:28]
MSN UK partners with gambling site
News Under the agreement, MSN.co.uk is expected in mid-June to begin linking to international gaming site Harrods Casino, a joint venture between Gaming Internet and Harrods Online subsidiary Sporting Resort.
[June 11, 2001, 9:32]
A Year Ago: MSN UK loses 25,000 users
News Microsoft has confirmed that its UK Internet access business -- MSN UK -- is losing subscribers, fast. At the time, MSN's group marketing manager Gillian Kent said MSN's Internet access business could only exist as long as it remained "viable".
[April 5, 2000, 7:00]
MSN UK Cars
Downloads MSN UK Cars is a gadget that will show on your desktop or Vista Sidebar the latest MSN UK Cars. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
[December 11, 2007, 12:09]
A Year Ago: MSN wants to rule UK SoHo Net access
News Network (MSN) UK marketing director. What we're sure of is that 100,000 users today are using MSN to access the Web. The total number of MSN users who are consumer or SoHo users is "in the high 90's", he added.
[January 27, 1998, 7:00]
The bleeding starts: MSN UK loses 25,000 users
News At the time, MSN's group marketing manager Gillian Kent said MSN's Internet access business could only exist as long as it remained "viable". On Jan 20 Microsoft claimed it had an online population of 150,000 users in the UK.
[April 6, 1999, 17:25]
Five years ago: Demon unsure about MSN's UK figures
News Leading UK ISP Demon Internet today poured cold water on Microsoft boasts that it had passed 100,000 British members for the Microsoft Network (MSN). If there are so many users on the Net going in through CompuServe or MSN where the hell are they...
[January 27, 2002, 6:01]
A Year Ago: Chastened MSN UK trying a new tack
News MSN UK had just passed 100,000 users and Taylor Collyer, Microsoft Network (MSN) UK's then marketing director, was moved to announce: "If we're not within spitting distance of the leaders by the end of 1997, I'll be disappointed.
[January 21, 1999, 5:06]
Chastened MSN UK trying a new tack
News MSN UK had just passed 100,000 users and Taylor Collyer, Microsoft Network (MSN) UK's then marketing director, was moved to announce: "If we're not within spitting distance of the leaders by the end of 1997, I'll be disappointed.
[January 21, 1998, 7:00]
Demon unsure about MSN's 100,000 UK members
News Leading UK ISP Demon Internet today poured cold water on Microsoft boasts that it had passed 100,000 British members for the Microsoft Network (MSN). If there are so many users on the Net going in through CompuServe or MSN where the hell are they...
[January 27, 1997, 15:58]
MSN plans to rule SoHo UK Net access
News "If we're not within spitting distance of the leaders by the end of 1997 I'll be disappointed," said Taylor Collyer, Microsoft Network (MSN) UK marketing director. What we're sure of is that 100,000 users today are using MSN to access the Web.
[January 27, 1997, 17:13]
MSN site could charge surfers
News Microsoft confirmed today that it is considering charging users for "premium services" provided through its UK Internet portal MSN, the most visited site in the UK. MSN is at an early stage of looking at charging for premium sevices on MSN UK...
[February 26, 2001, 12:14]
MSN reassures users in online chat session
News "In the UK we always plan to provide our customers with a way to purchase Internet access and currently have no plans to change the way customers receive this today in the UK," said Judy Gibbons, MSN director.
[December 19, 1997, 10:17]
MSN Search beta
Talkback I just made (as far as I'm aware), the FIRST EVER MSN UK SEARCH (BETA) MYCROFT PLUGIN. You can download it here: http://www.orangemapped.co.uk/msn/ And I'm quite happy about it.
[December 21, 2004, 9:38]
A Year Ago: MSN reassures users in online chat session
News Microsoft Network (MSN) UK bosses last night once more played down rumours of an impending exit from providing Internet access in an online chat about the future of the online service. In the UK we always plan to provide our customers with a way to...
[December 23, 1998, 6:32]
Microsoft chatroom closure is 'irresponsible'
News By appearing to take the "moral high ground" and closing its chat rooms in the UK, MSN is acting irresponsibly and endangering children rather than helping them, according to Lycos. Matt Whittingham, head of customer satisfaction at MSN, told ZDNet...
[September 24, 2003, 17:55]
Should MSN go free? You said YES...
News If MSN in the UK wants to survive I think they will have to seriously consider becoming a free service, to enable it to compete. My free service is with Swinternet UK and they also provide 10MB of free web space, this is something that MSN should...
[April 9, 1999, 10:47]
MSN reads news, plans travel booking, London guide
News Dubbed MSN News, the news service will initially concentrate on the general election but will grow to cover all areas that are currently the domain of newspapers in the UK. It won't just be putting up yesterday's print news," said Taylor Collyer...
[March 24, 1997, 16:59]
Five years ago: MSN reads news, plans travel booking, London guide
News Dubbed MSN News, the news service will initially concentrate on the general election but will grow to cover all areas that are currently the domain of newspapers in the UK. It won't just be putting up yesterday's print news," said Taylor Collyer...
[March 18, 2002, 6:01]
A Year Ago: MSN denies plan to pull Net access
News The Microsoft Network (MSN) has denied reports that it is to pull Internet access in the UK, but not in words that suggest it will continue as an ISP forever. As a software company, Microsoft has never aspired to be in the ISP business and has...
[December 3, 1998, 6:12]
