Media News Page: 135

This is page 135 of the media news archives.

BBC Music Magazine Announces Classical Music Awards (1998-10-05): Graeme Kay, editor of BBC Music Magazine, announced the establishment of the Classical Music Awards in the United States beginning in the year 2000.

Disaster News Site Focuses on People (1998-10-05): It has been a baptism by fire for the new online Disaster News Network, launching this week in the midst of Hurricane Georges.

Newsweek.com Website Launches (1998-10-05): Newsweek.

Highlights for Children Lands on JuniorNet (1998-10-05): Highlights for Children, Inc.

Entrepreneur Media Launches Search Engine, Smallbizsearch.com (1998-10-05): Entrepreneur Media Inc.

Major League Baseball Launches Worldseries.com (1998-10-02): Major League Baseball announced the launch of the official 1998 World Series Championship website.

Lisa Caputo Vice Named President of Buena Vista Publishing Group (1998-10-02): Lisa Caputo will join the Walt Disney Company as Vice President, Communications and Synergy of the Buena Vista Publishing Group, Inc.

Successful Reseller Supplement Emerges as Full Monthly Mag (1998-10-02): Due to its critical success in the government and education information technology market, Government Technology Reseller, formerly a bimonthly supplement, emerges as a full monthly magazine.

Knowledge Management Magazine Premieres (1998-10-01): The Curtco Freedom Business Intelligence Group announced the premiere October issue of Knowledge Management magazine.

Microsoft Launches Website Geared to Seniors (1998-10-01): Microsoft Corp.

World's First Global Dictionary Announced (1998-10-01): Microsoft Corp.

NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group Acquires Peter Bedrick Books (1998-10-01): NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, a Tribune Education company, announced the acquisition of Peter Bedrick Books, a privately held publisher of illustrated non-fiction children's titles that are sold primarily to school and public libraries.

Fawcette Technical Publications Announces Enterprise Development Magazine (1998-10-01): Fawcette Technical Publications (FTP), an independent publisher of technical information on programming, has announced the launch of Enterprise Development.

New York Times and Encyclopaedia Britannica Announce Online Partnership (1998-10-01): The New York Times on the Web and Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

ZDNet Launches New Resource for Web Developers (1998-10-01): Ziff-Davis has launched DevHead, an online resource for Webmasters and developers.

IDG To Launch LinuxWorld Event and Publication (1998-09-30): International Data Group (IDG) has announced plans to launch a global product line of events and publications to address the needs of the growing Linux market.

The Boston Globe Begins a New Column on Education (1998-09-30): The Boston Globe this week began publication of The Learning Curve, a new weekly column dedicated to the topic of education.

Fox Sports Online Unveils Allmadden Site (1998-09-30): Fox Sports Online and football legend John Madden unveiled AllMadden.

The New York Times Introduces New Science Times (1998-09-30): The New York Times announced that every Tuesday beginning October 13, readers nationwide will enjoy expanded health and fitness coverage in Science Times, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this fall.

WanderingMan Announces Its New Online Java Resource Center (1998-09-29): WanderingMan Consulting has announced the release of their new Internet-based Java resource center.