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An electronic method for distributing printed media to subscriber stations for viewing on a personal computer and corresponding electronic distribution system is afforded by this invention. Mass distribution of newspaper or periodical magazine copy is made feasible by converting the copy into an ele

An electronic method for distributing printed media to subscriber stations for viewing on a personal computer and corresponding electronic distribution system is afforded by this invention. Mass distribution of newspaper or periodical magazine copy is made feasible by converting the copy into an electronic data flow stream format with sequentially represented computer files identified for reception, selection and extraction at a subscriber\s computer system. This data stream then is transmitted en masse in this format over a narrow bandwidth transmission channel without filtering or logical processing for local area broadcast over a commercial FM broadcast station on a subcarrier frequency. There selected files are extracted at subscriber reception stations from the data flow stream and stored for interactive manipulation and viewing either as printed media or as an image on a PC viewing monitor.

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An electronic distribution system for mass distribution of media copy to readers, comprising in combination, means for organizing the media copy into an electronic data stream formatted in a set of computer files each file comprising media copy with accompanying control identification tags, radio tr

An electronic distribution system for mass distribution of media copy to readers, comprising in combination, means for organizing the media copy into an electronic data stream formatted in a set of computer files each file comprising media copy with accompanying control identification tags, radio transmission means for transmission of the data stream to a set of end user receivers for viewing directly with corresponding personal computers at corresponding reading stations, radio reception means at the reading stations for receiving the electronic data stream, personal computer means at subscriber stations responsive to the control identification tags in a received data stream for extracting and storing computer files from the data stream, and viewing means at the reading stations for viewing of the media copy selected from stored computer files.