Sony Web Site to Be More Fun and Games

By KAREN KAPLAN

March 1, 1999 12 AM PT

Sony Online Entertainment will add 11 classic parlor games to its Station@sony.com Web site through a deal expected to be announced today with Total Entertainment Network. San Francisco-based TEN will provide card, board, word and puzzle games for the Sony site, which already features online versions of TV game shows such as “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune.” The multiyear deal will help Sony Online, a joint venture between Sony Corp. and Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, encourage Web surfers to spend more time at its site, President Lisa Simpson said. TEN, which operates the Professional Gamers’ League, will provide new games to Sony Online over the course of the partnership. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan covers science and medical research for the Los Angeles Times. She has been a member of the science team since 2005, including 13 years as an editor. Her first decade at The Times was spent covering technology in the Business section as both a reporter and editor. She grew up in San Diego and is a graduate of MIT and Columbia University.

Sony Web Site to Be More Fun and Games

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