Farm Journal Media Launches Beef Today Website

At the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's annual convention, Farm Journal Media announced the launch of the website for the business publication Beef Today at BeefToday. February 7, 2003

Left Field Ink Launches Angel Gate Publishing Label

Left Field Ink, Inc. February 7, 2003

Farewell to the Columbia Seven

Americans are growing used to it. February 3, 2003

H.E. Harris Acquires Whitman Coin Guides From St. Martin's

St. January 31, 2003

McClatchy Company Joins the Real Cities Network

Knight Ridder Digital announced a partnership with the McClatchy Company that will result in twelve McClatchy sites joining the Real Cities Web network. January 31, 2003

HarperCollins To Sell PerfectBound Ebooks to Libraries

HarperCollins Publishers announced that it has finalized agreements with netLibrary and OverDrive to sell PerfectBound ebooks to libraries across the country, making it possible for libraries to lend them to their patrons. January 31, 2003

Newspaper Ad Revenues Declined in 2002

Corzen, an online provider of market data for the media industry, has released its final estimate for US media spending in 2002, showing newspaper advertising revenues declined for the first time since 1991. January 31, 2003

Ted Turner to Step Down in May

AOL Time Warner Inc. January 31, 2003

Dutton Children's Books to Publish Walter the Farting Dog

Stephanie Owens Lurie, President and Publisher of Dutton Children's Books; a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, announced that she has acquired the next two Walter the Farting Dog books from authors William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray and illustrator Audrey Colman. January 29, 2003

ALA Announces 2003 Newbery and Caldecott Medals

Avi, author of Crispin: The Cross of Lead, and Eric Rohmann, illustrator and author of My Friend Rabbit, are the 2003 winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals. January 29, 2003

National Lampoon Network Announces Lineup For First TV Season

National Lampoon announced that it has launched a new TV network that reaches 3. January 29, 2003

Infotrieve Acquires Assets of TheScientificWorld

Infotrieve has acquired the assets of TheScientificWorld (TSW), a Web-based publisher of scientific information which ceased business operations last year. January 29, 2003

Hyperion Announces Book Deal With Daughter Of Irish Prime Minister

Hyperion has announced plans to publish two new books by Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern. January 29, 2003

The Sorry State of Super Bowl Ads

Although millions of people tuned in to Sunday's Super Bowl hoping to see either the somewhat geriatric Raiders or the less than exciting Buccanneers win the Vince Lombardi trophy, there is another demographic which faithfully tunes into the game: the Ad Watchers. January 28, 2003

The Rise and Fall of Steve Case

Eighteen years ago, Stephen M. January 24, 2003

Wiley Selects MindLeaders to Produce For Dummies Elearning

John Wiley and Sons, Inc. January 24, 2003

Electronic Media Becomes TelevisionWeek

Electronic Media is set to re-launch March 3 with a new focus, a broader mandate and a new name, TelevisionWeek. January 24, 2003

Stephen King to Publish Pop-Up Book

Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, announced plans to publish a pop-up book by bestselling author Stephen King. January 24, 2003

OverDrive and Fictionwise Target Library Market

OverDrive, Inc. January 24, 2003

Everyones Internet Acquires HostingTech Magazine

Everyones Internet, Inc. January 24, 2003

Delmar Learning Acquires Frontline Publishing

Delmar Learning, a provider of lifelong learning educational resources and part of The Thomson Corporation, has announced its acquisition of Frontline Publishing. January 24, 2003

Balance Magazine Launches to Help People Get Organized

Balance is a new magazine which was launched by RJ Publishing, LLC last Fall. January 24, 2003

The Price of the Information Age

As I was happily surfing the Net today, I happened to zip over to the Los Angeles Times website to check out the business entertainment news -- and received a nasty shock. January 22, 2003

Firefly Swatted by Networks

Joss Whedon's innovative and critically well-received series Firefly has been turned down by ABC, CBS, NBC, UPN and the SCI FI Channel, according to Christopher Buchanan, president of Joss Whedon's production company, Mutant Enemy. January 17, 2003

Scholastic Acquires Rights to Gooosebumps From Parachute Press

Scholastic Corp. January 17, 2003