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CMP Media and WITI Launch Media Partnership

CMP Media, an integrated media company, and Women In Technology International (WITI), a global association dedicated to advancing women through technology, have announced a media partnership, which will launch with CMP publishing WITI's quarterly FastTrack Magazine supplement for women in technology. March 21, 2003

Children's Book Sales Slide in 2002

Consumers purchased roughly 460 million books intended for children under 14 years of age in 2002 - down 2% from 2001, according to Ipsos Children's BookTrends, an ongoing tracking service from Ipsos, a global marketing research firm. March 21, 2003

Riverdeep Launches Learning Company Books

Riverdeep, Inc. March 14, 2003

Phillips and Lou Dobbs Launch Financial Newsletter

Phillips Investment Resources, LLC, has announced the launch of Lou Dobbs' Money Letter. March 14, 2003

Gallup Organization Launches Poll Data Archive Resource

The Gallup Organization, a provider of measurement and analysis of public attitudes and opinions, has launched the Gallup Brain, an online public database of more than 60 years of Gallup polls and analysis. March 14, 2003

R.R. Bowker Launches Web Resource for Children's Books

R. March 14, 2003

Book Buyers Continue to Seek Discounts

In the last half of 2002, the U. March 14, 2003

BarnesandNoble.com Launches Book Clubs Center

Barnes & Noble. March 14, 2003

CNN's Talk Back Live is DOA

In a surprisingly insightful move, CNN has finally cancelled one of its most annoying programs: the insipid, hyperactive and relentlessly interactive Talk Back Live, hosted by entertainment reporter Arthel Neville. March 10, 2003

Overture Acquires AlltheWeb.com Search Engine

Overture Services, Inc. March 7, 2003

OurSelves Newsletter Targets Midlife Women

OurSelves: The Newsletter for Women at the Center of Life, a new publication created to serve the generation of women now in midlife, was launched on March 1. March 7, 2003

Madonna Signs Children's Book Deal With Penguin Group

Madonna and Callaway Editions are creating an original series of five illustrated storybooks for young readers in association with Penguin Group. March 7, 2003

HarperCollins Acquires Berenstain Bears Program

HarperCollins Children's Books announced that they have acquired the classic and bestselling Berenstain Bears franchise. March 7, 2003

NewBay Offers Blogging Software for Mobile Phones

NewBay Software has developed a mobile phone blogging system. March 7, 2003

Clinton vs. Dole: Again

Somebody over at CBS' 60 Minutes has really got his groove on. March 6, 2003

Oprah Travels With the Classics

In a move that has the beleaguered book industry down on its knees thanking the publishing gods, media mogul Oprah Winfrey has announced that she is bringing back her popular book club, although in a different form. March 4, 2003

Saddam Hussein: Ready For His Closeup

After the presidential election debacle of 2000, some people were hoping that Dan Rather's career was about to end in retirement. February 28, 2003

PennWell Corporation Launches Woman Dentist Journal

PennWell Corporation, a business-to-business media and information company, has launched Woman Dentist Journal, the first publication to address the unique needs of women dentists. February 28, 2003

One-Third of Americans Go Online at Work

More than one-third (37%) of working Americans now go online regularly at the office, according to a new report presented by The Wall Street Journal Online and prepared by eMarketer. February 28, 2003

Vanguarde Media and ZelnickMedia Announce Partnership

Vanguarde Media, Inc. February 28, 2003

Regal Entertainment and Convex Announce Content and Marketing Alliance

The Convex Group, a newly-formed media and entertainment holding company, and Regal CineMedia Corporation ("RCM"), the media subsidiary of Regal Entertainment Group ("REG"), a theatre operator, have entered into a multi-year programming and marketing alliance across REG's theatres, which includes a development agreement based on the HowStuffWorks franchise for RCM's in-theatre digital network. February 28, 2003

Goldie Hawn To Publish Her Memoir With G.P. Putnam's Sons

Actress Goldie Hawn has reached an agreement with G. February 28, 2003

Farm Journal Media Expands Livestock Portfolio

Farm Journal Media has announced two new publications targeting the largest beef and pork producers, and increased its circulation of Beef Today. February 28, 2003

CNNSI.com Becomes SI.com

CNNSI. February 28, 2003

WB Plans Movie Based on American Girls Series

The WB Network will make its first foray into the original movie business with Revolution Studios. February 28, 2003