Media News Page: 105

This is page 105 of the media news archives.

Barnes & Noble Acquires Publisher J. B. Fairfax International (1999-08-13): Barnes & Noble, Inc.

JCPenney Magazine Aimed at the Teenage Market Makes Its Debut (1999-08-13): JCPenney has announced an agreement with NBC to cross-promote the premier issue of Noise, its quarterly teen magazine.

Internet.com Acquires BHS.com, NT/Windows 2000 Resource (1999-08-11): Internet.

Hollinger Acquires the Southwest Booster (1999-08-11): Hollinger Canadian Newspapers has announced that it has purchased the Southwest Booster, a bi-weekly publication published in Swift Current, Saskatchewan with a circulation of 19,300 copies in southwestern Saskatchewan.

United News & Media Sells CMP French and UK Portfolios (1999-08-11): United News & Media plc has announced that it has sold the UK and French publishing portfolios of the recently acquired CMP Media to VNU for a total consideration of $4 million.

The Reader's Digest Association Acquires Benchmark Publications (1999-08-11): The Reader's Digest Association Far East, Ltd.

DreamWorks Television and NBC Studios Sign Glen Morgan & Jim Wong (1999-08-11): DreamWorks Television and NBC Studios have signed a multi-year deal with writing, producing and directing partners Glen Morgan and Jim Wong, it was announced by Dan McDermott, head of DreamWorks Television, and David Bartis, NBC Studios' senior vice president, Primetime Series.

Tribune Interactive Launches Teen Site Named DishThis (1999-08-11): Tribune Interactive has announced the launch of a DishThis.

PC Computing Announces New Editorial Focus (1999-08-11): PC Computing, a Ziff-Davis monthly computer publication with a paid circulation of more than 1 million readers, has announced the December debut of the new PC Computing as a "new breed of business magazine.

Steve Fox Named Editor-in-Chief of PCWorld.com (1999-08-09): PC World Communications, Inc.

EMAP Petersen and NFL Properties Launch NFL Insider Magazine (1999-08-09): EMAP Petersen, Inc.

Amazon.com and New York Times Settle Legal Dispute Over Bestsellers List (1999-08-09): Amazon.

The Hearst Corporation to Purchase the San Francisco Chronicle (1999-08-09): The Hearst Corporation and The Chronicle Publishing Company have jointly announced that agreement has been reached for the acquisition by Hearst of the San Francisco Chronicle, a morning newspaper published and distributed in the San Francisco Bay Area.

New Florida Publication with Manufacturing Focus Launches (1999-08-06): A new publication, State of Manufacturing in Florida, will be published in conjunction with the Florida Manufacturing Technology Center.

Gorp.com Launches Three-Week Discussion of the Future of Outdoor Recreation (1999-08-06): "I think the Greenhouse Effect is the central problem our civilization has right now," said techno-guru Bruce Sterling, addressing a national conference of industrial designers in Chicago on July 17.

Author John Ruley Joins Windows NT Magazine (1999-08-06): Windows NT Magazine has announced the appointment of John D.

Tribune Interactive Announces Career Resource for Young Adults (1999-08-06): Tribune Interactive, Tribune Company's newly formed business group, has announced the creation of a business unit to develop national, Web-based products and services for the young-adult market.

Talk Magazine Goes Back On Press (1999-08-06): Hearst Magazines has announced that Talk magazine has gone back on press with an additional 300,000 copies.

Internet.com Launches Aspwatch.com (1999-08-05): Internet.

AuntMinnie.com Names Brian Casey Editor in Chief (1999-08-05): AuntMinnie.