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Pony Launches Juice Magazine

Pony International, a performance footwear brand, has announced the launch of Pony's Juice Magazine, a quarterly that aims to appropriate Pony's fashion style into a fashion, film, music and sports lifestyle magazine. October 17, 2003

Ebook Sales Expected to Top $10 Million in 2003

Churning steadily just below the high profile of the music industry's digital drama, electronic publishing has quietly become a major force in the worlds of media and technology. October 17, 2003

CurtCo Media Launches Digital TV Magazine

CurtCo Media, which publishes Robb Report and most recently acquired Worth, has announced the establishment of Digital TV. October 17, 2003

Tribune Invests in NYC Tabloid Newspaper

Tribune Publishing announced that it is investing in amNewYork, a new daily newspaper in New York City that will target young, urban commuters. October 17, 2003

DBC Pierre Wins Booker Prize

Australian Author DBC Pierre, a former con man and drug addict, has won this year's coveted Booker Prize. October 15, 2003

Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization Founded

More than 300 search engine marketing firms and consultants have announced that they are joining forces to become founding members of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO). October 10, 2003

HarperCollins Signs Book Contract with Billy Crystal

HarperCollins Children's Books announced that it has acquired North American rights to publish two children's books by actor, director and Academy Award host Billy Crystal. October 10, 2003

Tom Wolfe Awarded Chicago Tribune Literary Prize

Author Tom Wolfe has been named the recipient of the 2003 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for his lifetime of achievements. October 10, 2003

AOL and DC Comics Launch Online Batman Comic Strip

The Dark Knight Detective, the citizens of Gotham City and AOL members will soon have a new nemesis -- Sin Tzu -- who will make his cyberspace debut this Fall in the a new original online Batman comic strip created for America Online by DC Comics. October 10, 2003

Avery Cardoza's Player Magazine Launches This Fall

Avery Cardoza, a bestselling author and gambling publisher, is betting that men ages 25-45 will want to read a new upscale gambling lifestyle magazine. October 10, 2003

Dr. Phil Tackles Weight Loss

Dr. September 22, 2003

Mary Ann Liebert Launches Zebrafish Journal

Zebrafish, a new peer-reviewed journal, will be published in print and online by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. September 19, 2003

Microsoft Launches XSN Sports Video Gaming

Microsoft Corp. September 19, 2003

NAPCO Announces Graphic & Design Business Magazine

North American Publishing Company, a publisher of magazines, newsletters, and websites, has announced the fall 2003 launch of Graphic & Design Business Magazine. September 19, 2003

Qiosk Launches Digital Magazine News

Qiosk. September 19, 2003

New Magazine for In-House Counsel Launches

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, a client development company for the legal profession, has announced the debut of Counsel To Counsel, a bimonthly magazine produced in association with Corporate Legal Times. September 19, 2003

America Online Launches AOL Journals

America Online has announced the launch of AOL Journals, a service for AOL members to blog, host an online journal, share photos and more. September 19, 2003

Advanstar Purchases Healthcare Magazines from Thomson

Advanstar Communications has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of The Thomson Corporation to acquire its portfolio of healthcare industry-specific magazines and related custom project services. September 19, 2003

Book Tries to Explain Life

The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? is a self-help styled religious book which offers readers a purpose to their lives. September 19, 2003

HarperCollins Launches Agatha Christie Ebooks

HarperCollins Publishers Perfect Bound division and Agatha Christie Limited, a Chorion company, have announced a program for the publication in ebook format of 85 works by Agatha Christie. September 17, 2003

Warner Independent Pictures Launches

Warner Bros. September 5, 2003

Tribune Publishing Launches Hoy in Chicago

Tribune Publishing has announced the launch of Hoy in Chicago. September 5, 2003

RedVector.com and Wiley Partner for Online Courses

RedVector. September 5, 2003

KeepMedia Launches Digital Content Store

KeepMedia, Inc. September 5, 2003

DirectGroup Selects Karin Slaughter Novel

The DirectGroup division of Bertelsmann, AG, co-owners of Bookspan's Book-of-the-Month Club, has selected A Faint Cold Fear by New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter as the next International Book of the Month. September 5, 2003