1.   Analysts point to Yahoo, the popular portal, as an example of a content company that has prospered overseas.

2.   And it went out and bought what I would call a traditional content company, a very strong and a very high-quality company.

3.   E-commerce and Web content companies required the most money to quickly build name recognition and leadership position in their respective niches.

4.   Last fall, he alarmed outsiders by saying that Internet content companies were subject to the same prohibitions on investment as were Internet service providers.

5.   Not all push technologies are compatible, but many content companies will make their information available in several formats.

6.   Of course, the content companies have claimed all along that they plan to come out with systems that enable consumers to purchase and hear music online.

7.   The companies will want to partner with content companies such as America Online Inc.

8.   Then it began taking partial stakes in content companies, including iVillage Inc., another service aimed at women.

9.   These competing developers of regional sites have been besieging newspapers and other content companies in recent months with partnership deals.

10.   You and your team have been quite explicit about how you do not want to be a content company per se.