(1)Sony, others form JV to provide e-publishing services

(1)Sony, others form JV to provide e-publishing services

TOKYO, Japan - Fifteen companies, including Sony Corp., have established a joint venture to provide paid electronic publishing services to member customers, Sony and four other major partners announced at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13. The new firm, Publishing link Ltd., will start distributing books over the Internet from spring 2004.

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