Media News Page: 126

This is page 126 of the media news archives.

America Online Names CBS News Its Exclusive Broadcast News Partner (1999-01-05): America Online, Inc.

World Color Completes Acquisition of Great Western (1999-01-04): World Color Press, Inc.

Buena Vista Names Kim Mac Leod Vice President, Magazine Group Development (1999-01-04): Kim Mac Leod has a new role in The Walt Disney Co.

Dow Jones Interactive Publishing Launches Dow Jones University (1998-12-30): Dow Jones Interactive Publishing today expanded its online investment-education focus with the launch of Dow Jones University, a collection of interactive investment courses taught by instructors covering and analyzing the financial markets.

IDC Predicts Major Web Portal Shakeout (1998-12-30): A significant consolidation of Web portal giants, as well as a dramatic Internet stock correction, loom for the online industry in 1999, International Data Corporation (IDC) predicted today.

Discovery Completes Purchase of CBS Eye On People (1998-12-30): Discovery Communications, Inc.

When Does the New Millennium Begin? (1998-12-29): As society barrels toward the third millennium, a new debate is stirring.

Webintosh.com renamed The MacObserver (1998-12-29): The MacObserver announced it has joined The MacAddict Network.

PC Magazine Editors Predict the Future of Technology and the Internet (1998-12-29): Continued Internet growth, including expanded e-commerce and Internet development, occupy the first three spots on PC Magazine's top 10 predictions for the 1999 technology market.

Pen Scanner Enables Capture of Website Addresses From Print Media (1998-12-22): Symbol Technologies, Inc.

John Kennelly Named Publisher of Automobile Magazine (1998-12-22): PriMedia Consumer Magazines, a unit of PriMedia Inc.

The Cat in The Hat Hosts U.S. Kids Compute! (1998-12-22): The Learning Company, Inc.

Mac Publishing's CEO Colin Crawford Named Publisher of eMediaweekly (1998-12-22): Mac Publishing's board of directors has announced that Colin Crawford, CEO and president of Mac Publishing will assume the title of publisher of eMediaweekly, a newsweekly for digital media managers.

Screen Actors Guild Releases Report on Minorities and Women in Television (1998-12-19): The Screen Actors Guild, the 95,000 member union representing performers nationwide, today issued a commissioned report showing that prime time and daytime television significantly underrepresented large segments of the United States population, including women, Latino/Hispanics, Asian Pacific Americans, Native American Indians, the disabled and seniors.

Liberty Group Publishing Acquires Life Newspapers (1998-12-19): Liberty Group Publishing has announced the acquisition of the Chicago area's largest family owned multi-weekly newspaper chain, Oak Brook-based Life Printing & Publishing Co.

CMP Media Plans to Revive the Byte Brand in 1999 (1998-12-19): CMP Media annoucned that it plans to revive the venerable BYTE brand exclusively as an online product, BYTE.

MCY Music Launches Website (1998-12-19): MCY Music will launch its website at the 1999 MIDEM conference in Cannes, France on January 24.

Impeachment Means Good Times for Political Cartoonists Online (1998-12-18): A new website called PoliticalCartoons.

Baptist Introduces New Internet Health Magazine (1998-12-18): Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation is offering Web surfers health information through its new electronic magazine, Baptist OnLine.

EAI and Callaway & Kirk Join Creative Forces (1998-12-18): Engineering Animation, Inc.