December 1, 2000

Web Company Founded by Columbia U. Opens a Beta Version of Its Site

By SCOTT CARLSON

Fathom, the for-profit company started by Columbia University, has for months been trumpeting the names of major academic and research institutions that have signed on to help build its Web site, which the company said would host a collection of articles and discussions about major scholarly and popular topics. But Fathom officials were mum about when the rest of the world would be able to see and use the site.

Now the site is live -- sort of. The public can

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