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iExalt Acquires Preacher Magazine

iExalt, Inc. March 22, 2002

Report Finds Strong Consumer Demand for Greeting Cards

Despite the explosion of communication options today, including electronic email, chat rooms, wireless Internet, cellular and fax, a new report states that over 70% of consumer households still reach out and touch someone the "old-fashioned" way -- with a greeting card or letter. March 22, 2002

AdStar and Tribune Company Enter Strategic Alliance

AdStar, an application service provider for the classified advertising industry, announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance that includes approximately $1. March 22, 2002

USA Entertainment Launches Reveille LLC Headed by Ben Silverman

USA Entertainment announced the formation of Reveille LLC, a new television and film production and distribution company under the direction of Ben Silverman. March 21, 2002

Rainbow Media and American Express Publishing Enter Alliance

Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. March 21, 2002

The Neal Awards Honor Top B-to-B Editorial Content

Pharmaceutical Executive, published by Advanstar, Inc. March 21, 2002

Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalists Announced

The Los Angeles Times announced the finalists for the 22nd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, which will be awarded at a public ceremony to be held Apr. March 21, 2002

International Horror Guild Award Nominees Announced

The International Horror Guild has announced the finalists for its annual awards recognizing outstanding achievements in the field of horror and dark fantasy from the year 2001. March 21, 2002

National Magazine Award Finalists Named

The New Yorker, once again, leads this year's list of 97 National Magazine Award finalists with a total of nine nominations in eight categories. March 21, 2002

WHSmith to Create Online Digital Media Store

WHSmith, the UK's largest books, stationery and magazine retailer, announced plans to expand its online ebookstore into an online digital media store featuring DRM-protected downloads of audio books, music and video in the Microsoft Windows Media format. March 15, 2002

TechTarget Delivers Premier Issue of Storage Magazine

IT media company TechTarget announced that is has shipped the premier issue of Storage magazine to a controlled circulation of 50,000 IT professionals responsible for managing and implementing enterprise storage systems. March 15, 2002

90 Minutes Soccer Magazine To Launch Later This Year

San Diego Soccer Development Corp. March 15, 2002

National Journalism Award Winners Announced for 2001 Work

The Scripps Howard Foundation has announced the winners of its National Journalism Awards, a competition open to all news organizations in the United States honoring work done in 2001. March 15, 2002

Lord of the Rings Fan Club Movie Magazine Launches

Decipher, Inc. March 15, 2002

Louis L'Amour Unpublished Works Made Available For Online Subscription

Louis L'Amour, wrote over 119 books and has sold over 280 million copies worldwide since 1955. March 15, 2002

Perseus Books Group and Running Press Announce Merger

Running Press and the Perseus Books Group announced that they have entered into an agreement to merge the two companies, creating one of the largest independent trade book publishing companies in North America. March 14, 2002

Judy Blume To Publish New Novel In Fudge Series

Judy Blume has made Penguin Putnam the new home of her entire Fudge series, it was announced by Doug Whiteman, President of the Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers division. March 14, 2002

BizBash Launches Newspaper for Meeting and Event Planners

The BizBash Event Idea Center, a media company serving the event, trade show, and business entertaining community in New York City, announced that it has launched a new business-to-business newspaper, the BizBash Event Style Reporter. March 14, 2002

Scholastic Corporation Acquires Klutz

Scholastic Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Klutz, a publisher and creator of unusual books for children from Corus Entertainment, Inc. March 8, 2002

Scholastic Expands Epublishing Initiative

Scholastic Inc. March 8, 2002

NYSSCPA Financial Journalism Award Winners Announced

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants has announced winners for its Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards to be presented at the Society's Annual Election and Dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City on Thursday, May 9. March 8, 2002

Mike Myers to Star in The Cat in the Hat

Mike Myers has been signed to star in the title role of Dr. March 8, 2002

Handheld Media Group Acquires PDABuzz.com

Handheld Media Group announced it has acquired the website PDABuzz. March 8, 2002

Disease Management Named Official Journal of The DMAA

The Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. March 8, 2002

Bonus Books is Acquired By Publishing Executive Jeffrey Stern

Bonus Books, a 30-year-old Chicago book publisher, has been acquired by Jeffrey Stern, a publishing executive based in Los Angeles, California. March 8, 2002