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Primedia Adds Shows to Outdoors Group

Primedia has announced the launch of four new cable television shows from its Outdoors Group. April 4, 2005

Rodale and GoodTimes Announced Video Agreement

Rodale Inc. April 4, 2005

Grammar Check: Awhile or A While?

James J. April 4, 2005

American Catholics Out of Step With Vatican on Social Issues

A recent USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll sheds some interesting light on the attitudes of American Catholics. April 3, 2005

Rosie O'Donnell Removes Blog Comments

Rosie O'Donnell has removed comments from her blog. April 3, 2005

Tribune Publishing Named L.A. Times CEO, President and Publisher

Tribune Publishing announced that Jeff Johnson, executive vice president/general manager of the Los Angeles Times, will become president, publisher and chief executive officer of the newspaper on June 1. April 3, 2005

New Report Analyzes Game Industry Leaders

A new report, "Market Leaders in the Video Game and Interactive Entertainment Industry," released by DFC Intelligence takes a close look at the top publishers in the video game and interactive entertainment industry. April 3, 2005

Ken Beach Rejoins Ziff Davis Media

Ziff Davis Media announced that Ken Beach has rejoined the Company as Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales. April 3, 2005

Primedia Names Brad Gerber Publisher of Automobile Magazine

Primedia Inc. April 3, 2005

Pope John Paul II Dead at 84

Pope John Paul II passed away today at the age of 84. April 2, 2005

Ziff Davis Announce Game Group Promotions

Ziff Davis Media's Game Group, which publishes Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World, 1UP. April 2, 2005

LookSmart Announced Redesign of FindArticles

LookSmart, an Internet search company, has announced a redesign of FindArticles. April 2, 2005

Elegus Offers Government and Law Search Service

Elegus Corporation has announced the launch of Elegus Select and Search, a vertical Internet search service designed specifically for finding government and law-related information. April 2, 2005

Revenge of the Sith Hits Bookstores

Revenge of the Sith, the latest Star Wars novel is now is in bookstores. April 2, 2005

E3Expo Sells Out of Exhibit Space

The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3Expo), a computer and video game trade event, has sold out of exhibit space for this year's show, making 2005 the fastest sell-out in five years. April 2, 2005

Leading Papal Authority George Weigel to Pen New Book For HarperCollins

HarperCollins has announced that it will publish a new book about the end of Pope John Paul II's life and the beginning of a new era for the Catholic Church by George Weigel, Roman Catholic theologian and author of the 1999 bestseller Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II. April 2, 2005

Rebecca Wells Overcomes Illness to Write Ya-Ya's in Bloom

Rebecca Wells, the bestselling author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Little Altars Everywhere, battled chronic illness for seven years before she was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease and babesiosis, a rare, debilitating tick-borne illness with symptoms similar to malaria. April 2, 2005

News Publishers Buy Stake in Topix.net

Gannett Co. April 1, 2005

Autism Magazine Launches

The Autism Perspective - TAP Magazine has launched. April 1, 2005

Reader's Digest and Hasbro to Publish Tonka Books

Reader's Digest Children's Publishing has announced an agreement with the Hasbro Properties Group to publish and distribute books in the United States and Canada based on Hasbro's Tonka brand. April 1, 2005

ClassesUSA Launches Online Degrees Magazine

ClassesUSA has launched Online Degrees Magazine, a resource available in print for adults seeking advancement through online education. April 1, 2005

HFM Launches Magazine With Celebrity Designer Chris Madden

Hachette Filipacchi Media U. April 1, 2005

ALM Acquires Real Estate Media

American Lawyer Media (ALM), a media company serving legal and business professionals, announced that it has acquired the assets of Real Estate Media, Inc. April 1, 2005

Rabble to Offer Blogging by Mobile Phone

The Mercury New reports that a company named Intercasting is offering a service called Rabble, which will give people the ability to blog with a mobile phone. April 1, 2005

Jiggerbug Simplifies Online Audiobook Rental Process

Jiggerbug, an online audio book rental company, has launched the company's "Easy 1, 2, 3 Rental Process. April 1, 2005