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80% of Online Americans Read Internet News

Four out of five adults (80%) who are online report that they have used the Internet to read some kind of news in the last seven days. May 21, 2004

BowTie Acquires Kennel Club Books

BowTie, Inc. May 21, 2004

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: The Movie

Principal photography began May 17 on location in Santorini, Greece, for Alcon Entertainment's coming-of-age adventure The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, based on Ann Brashares' bestselling novel about a special 16th summer in the lives of four lifelong friends. May 19, 2004

Clinton Finishes My Life Book

Clinton has finished writing his memoirs and send the complete manuscript to his editors. May 17, 2004

Homer's Tale Comes to Life in Troy

Homer's epic tale, The Iliad, comes to life on the big screen in Troy. May 16, 2004

Wenner Books Announces Venture with Hyperion

Wenner Media, publisher of Rolling Stone, Us and Men's Journal magazines, announced that their newly formed book imprint, Wenner Books, has entered into a partnership with Hyperion Books in which Hyperion will print, sell and distribute all Wenner titles. May 14, 2004

8th Annual Webby Award Winners Announced

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has unveiled the winners of The 8th Annual Webby Awards. May 14, 2004

Texas Lawyer Launches Executive Legal Adviser

The publisher of Texas Lawyer, has announced the launch of the only statewide business publication in Texas, Executive Legal Adviser, a new quarterly magazine exploring legal issues affecting Lone Star business executives. May 14, 2004

New Magazine to Cover Gay and Lesbian Marriage

New York-based Rainbow Enterprises has announced the launch of Rainbow Weddings. May 14, 2004

Football Pro Ryan McNeil to Launch OverTime Magazine

Ryan McNeil and OverTime Magazine, Inc. May 14, 2004

Broad Street Community Newspapers Acquires Star Publications

Knight Ridder has announced that Broad Street Community Newspapers (BSCN), a subsidiary of Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. May 14, 2004

Study: Local Search Providers Threaten Newspapers

Newspapers face long-term damage to their business from online local-search products, far greater than the damage done to classified advertising revenue by competitors like Monster. May 14, 2004

BusinessWeek Student Case Writing Competition Debuts

BusinessWeek and McGraw-Hill/Irwin, the business and economics unit of McGraw-Hill Higher Education, has launched a new annual college-level case writing competition for business students. May 14, 2004

The Manga Boom

Sales of manga comics are exploding in the United States and surprisingly the largest demographic reading the Japanese comics are teen and tween girls. May 12, 2004

Sun Media Announces Launch of Observer Star

Sun Media Investment Holdings Ltd. May 7, 2004

Reader's Digest and NASCAR Form Publishing Partnership

Reader's Digest Children's Publishing has announced an agreement to publish and distribute books in the United States and Canada based on the popular NASCAR auto racing brand. May 7, 2004

NAPCO Launches Picture Business Magazine

North American Publishing Company (NAPCO), a publisher of consumer electronics publications, has announced Picture Business, a new publication dedicated to the photo specialty and imaging mass-market channels. May 7, 2004

Bob Dole to Write WWII Memoir

Bob Dole is writing a memoir about his World War II experiences called A Veteran Remembers. May 5, 2004

Meximerica Launches Chain of Hispanic Daily Newspapers

Meximerica Media, a U. April 30, 2004

Discounts and Used Books Drive Consumer Demand

Consumer demand for general trade books held steady during 2003 compared to 2002, however spending on a per-book basis slipped, resulting in lower 2003 consumer expenditures, according to recent findings from Ipsos BookTrends, a tracking service from Ipsos-Insight. April 30, 2004