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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
  
                             Washington, D. C.  20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
  
                      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
                         Date of report:  February 4, 1999
                Date of earliest event reported:  January 20, 1999
  
  
                                   CONNECT, INC.
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                     DELAWARE
                  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
  
  
         000-20873                                          77-0431045
  (Commission File No.)                          (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  
                                 515 ELLIS STREET
                             MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA  94043
               (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
  
  
        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 254-4000
  
  
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  ITEM 5.        OTHER EVENTS.
  
            Connect, Inc. (doing business as ConnectInc.com, the "Company")
  announced on January 22, 1999 that it had completed a financing that raised
  approximately $4.0 million through a private placement of its common stock. The
  Company announced that it had completed the sale of 1,538,462 shares of common
  stock at $2.60 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $4.0
  million. The Company is obligated to file with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission as soon as practicable, a registration statement with respect to the
  resale of the privately placed shares.
  
            Further details of this transaction are contained in the Company's
  press releases dated January 20, 1999 and January 22, 1999, filed as Exhibits
  99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated
  January 15, 1999, by and among the Company and the purchasers listed therein,
  filed as Exhibit 4.1, each of which is filed herein.
  
  ITEM 7.        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
            A.   None.
  
            B.   None.
  
            C.   EXHIBITS
   
                 4.1     Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of January 15,
                         1999, by and among the Company and the purchasers listed
                         therein.
  
                 99.1    Press release dated January 20, 1999.
  
                 99.2    Press release dated January 22, 1999.
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                                    SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                                    CONNECT, INC.
  
  Dated:  February 4, 1999                By:    /s/ Greigory Park
                                                 --------------------------------
                                                  Greigory Park
                                                  Vice President of Finance
                                                  and Chief Financial Officer
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                             Washington, D. C.  20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
                      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                          Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                         Date of report:  February 4, 1999
                Date of earliest event reported:  January 20, 1999
  
                                   CONNECT, INC.
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                     DELAWARE
                  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
         000-20873                                          77-0431045
  (Commission File No.)                          (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
                                 515 ELLIS STREET
                             MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA  94043
               (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
  
        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 254-4000
  
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  ITEM 5.        OTHER EVENTS.
  
            Connect, Inc. (doing business as ConnectInc.com, the "Company")
  announced on January 22, 1999 that it had completed a financing that raised
  approximately $4.0 million through a private placement of its common stock. The
  Company announced that it had completed the sale of 1,538,462 shares of common
  stock at $2.60 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $4.0
  million. The Company is obligated to file with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission as soon as practicable, a registration statement with respect to the
  resale of the privately placed shares.
  
            Further details of this transaction are contained in the Company's
  press releases dated January 20, 1999 and January 22, 1999, filed as Exhibits
  99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated
  January 15, 1999, by and among the Company and the purchasers listed therein,
  filed as Exhibit 4.1, each of which is filed herein.
  
  ITEM 7.        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
            A.   None.
  
            B.   None.
  
            C.   EXHIBITS
   
                 4.1     Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of January 15,
                         1999, by and among the Company and the purchasers listed
                         therein.
  
                 99.1    Press release dated January 20, 1999.
  
                 99.2    Press release dated January 22, 1999.
  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                                    CONNECT, INC.
  
  Dated:  February 4, 1999                By:    /s/ Greigory Park
                                                 --------------------------------
                                                  Greigory Park
                                                  Vice President of Finance
                                                  and Chief Financial Officer