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Starwave Corp.
Co-owned by Paul Allen and the Walt Disney Co., the Starwave Corporation has long been a center in the Web information market. They produce a range of prominent sites including ABCNEWS.com (an MSNBC competitor), ESPN SportsZone (a sometime Microsoft partner), Celebsite, Mr. Showbiz, and others.