CNET: WSJ.com Pings the News

The online leg of The Wall Street Journal on Thursday began offering stock quotes and snippets of its news stories to users of AOL Instant Messenger, in an attempt to attract new subscribers to its site.

Whenever AIM users want to access the service, they can send an instant message to WSJ.com. The Journal then sends instructions, via IM, for navigating a menu that will provide updated stock quotes and summaries of news articles. In their IM windows, the AIM users can view online sections of the publication such as top U.S. news stories or search for headlines by ticker or by company name.

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