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Miller Freeman Adds Verecom to Electronics Portfolio (1999-02-02): Miller Freeman, Inc.
Stephen Newman Named to Head Primedia's Business Information Units (1999-02-02): Curtis A.
MSBET Launches Search Engine For Black and Urban Internet Sites (1999-02-02): MSBET, the joint venture between Microsoft Corp.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Seattle Times Amend Agreement (1999-02-02): The Hearst Corporation and the Seattle Times Company have announced changes in their joint business and publishing agreement that will extend the relationship for another 50 years and permit the Seattle Times to join Hearst's Post-Intelligencer in morning publication Monday through Friday.
Owner-Breeder Magazine Announces Ownership Change (1999-02-01): Owner-Breeder, a ten-year-old publication specializing in the bloodstock sector of the thoroughbred horseracing industry, has been acquired by a group of investors it was announced Friday.
Rob Preston Named Editor-in-Chief of CMP Media's InternetWeek (1999-01-29): CMP Media's InternetWeek has named Rob Preston its Editor-in-Chief.
Preschoolers Can Walk on the Wild Side With Launch of Zoboomafoo Website (1999-01-28): PBS Online has announced Zoboomafoo, a website designed to introduce preschoolers to the world of animals.
Women.com and Hearst Join Forces to Form Online Network for Women (1999-01-28): Women.
Alex Mironovich Named President of Playboy Publishing Group (1999-01-28): Playboy Enterprises Inc.
Jay Leno Named Contributing Editor At Popular Mechanics (1999-01-28): The Tonight Show host, Jay Leno, is adding another gig to his already busy schedule.
National Amusements Creates Website (1999-01-27): National Amusements, a multi-billion dollar entertainment company, has created its own entertainment website that provides access to information about National Amusements and many of its popular entertainment properties.
Information Please Announces Infoplease Kids' Almanac (1999-01-26): Information Please LLC, a provider of reference information on the Internet, has announced the launch of their new kids' site, Infoplease Kids' Almanac.
Reuters Business Briefing Adds Content from Time Inc. Magazines (1999-01-26): Reuters today announced the addition to Reuters Business Briefing of full-text content from Time Inc.
EarthWeb Announces Online Publishing Deals (1999-01-26): EarthWeb announced that it has entered into agreements with seven leading Information Technology (IT) publishers to provide the complete text of their technical books on EarthWeb's ITKnowledge.
The Coriolis Group, Inc. Acquired by Haights Cross (1999-01-22): The Coriolis Group has announced that an agreement has been signed with Haights Cross Communications, LLC, to acquire The Coriolis Group from International Thomson Publishing.
New Ripley's Believe It or Not! to be Launched by Sony Signatures (1999-01-22): Sony Signatures has announced that it will develop partners for licensing and merchandising efforts, including literary and dramatic rights, for the worldwide Ripley franchise.
Petersen and EMAP Complete Acquisition (1999-01-22): James D.
Elizabeth Corcoran Joins Forbes Magazine to Head Up its Silicon Valley Bureau (1999-01-21): lizabeth Corcoran, an award-winning journalist who has covered the high tech world for more than a dozen years -- most recently for The Washington Post, based in Silicon Valley -- has joined Forbes magazine to head up the magazine's Silicon Valley bureau.
InfoBeat Purchased By Sony Music Entertainment (1999-01-21): Sony Music Entertainment has purchased the rights to the InfoBeat brand and InfoBeat's popular line of free, e-mail consumer newsletters.
Entrepreneur's HomeOffice Changes From Print Magazine To Online Magazine (1999-01-19): Entrepreneur Media, Inc.

