WSJ Online sends news via AOL IM

The Wall Street Journal has gotten on board an idea CyberJournalist.net started touting two years ago — sending news via instant messanger. Just send a message to the screen name “WSJOnline” and you’ll get instructions on how to get up-to-date headlines, and stock quotes. Reuters has been doing this for more than a year now through ActiveBuddy, a company it . Just message SmarterChild or AgentFinance for information. Other sites ought to be following their leads.