7am.com
The news aggregation service 7am.com was developed by Bruce Simpson in 1997. 7am provided a simple Java applet that anyone could put on their website, which would display a stream of news items, and link to the website with that item. This service was a pioneer in providing syndicated content free of charge. Although successful, the concept was not profitable to operate from New Zealand because of expensive and limited internet connectivity. Simpson sold down his interests in the company in 1999.
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