▁invest ▁time ▁and ▁money ▁in ▁ ▁" new ▁media " ▁vent ures . ▁ ▁He ▁joined ▁the ▁bo ards ▁of ▁T sun ami ▁Media ▁( with ▁CE O ▁Ed ▁Hein bo ck el ▁and ▁board ▁member ▁Steve ▁B annon ), ▁an ▁early ▁online ▁game ▁company , ▁and ▁American ▁Cy ber cast , ▁the ▁first ▁online ▁entertain ment ▁company ▁to ▁produce ▁epis od ic , ▁advert iser - supported ▁series ▁(" The ▁Sp ot ", ▁" The ▁Py ram id ") ▁for ▁the ▁internet . ▁He ▁partner ed ▁with ▁Jim ▁Clark , ▁the ▁ ▁computer ▁scient ist ▁who ▁had ▁previously ▁founded ▁Sil icon ▁Graphics ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁in ▁an ▁interactive ▁video ▁game ▁television ▁channel ▁to ▁be ▁produced ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁N intendo , ▁but ▁the ▁project ▁never ▁went ▁beyond ▁the ▁planning ▁stage . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁time ▁Clark , ▁who ▁had ▁begun ▁p onder ing ▁the ▁World ▁W ide ▁Web ▁and ▁the ▁commercial ▁possibilities ▁of ▁the ▁internet , ▁invited ▁University ▁of ▁Illinois ▁gradu ate ▁student ▁Marc ▁Andre essen ▁to ▁his ▁home ▁in ▁A ther ton , ▁California , ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁internet ▁and ▁Andre essen ' s ▁innov ative ▁navig ator ▁(" a ▁yellow ▁pages ▁for ▁the ▁internet ") ▁that ▁he ▁called ▁a ▁browser . ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁Illinois ▁internet ▁navigation ▁project ▁had ▁been ▁called ▁M osa ic , ▁and ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁name ▁adopted ▁by ▁Clark ▁for ▁its ▁commercial ▁application , ▁M osa ic ▁Communic ations . ▁Sieg ler ▁was ▁a