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Salon Media Group, a new media company and publisher of Salon magazine, announced that its three fee-based services -- Salon Premium, Table Talk and The Well -- have collectively surpassed 35,000 paying subscribers. January 25, 2002
National Press Foundation Award Winners Announced
The National Press Foundation has announced the winners of its 2001 awards. January 25, 2002
Amazon.com Offers Sneak Peek At Grisham's New Legal Thriller
Amazon. January 25, 2002
Time4 Media Acquires This Old House Assets
Time4 Media, a division of Time Inc. January 22, 2002
Reader's Digest and McMurry to Publish Ritz-Carlton Magazine
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. January 22, 2002
iUniverse To Provide Custom Publishing Services for Wolters Kluwer
iUniverse, a digital publishing services provider, announced that Kluwer Academic Publishers, an academic publisher, will use iUniverse's Publishing Commerce Platform to prepare, manage, distribute and fulfill books with custom-content in either print or ebook formats for clients. January 22, 2002
Open eBook Forum Announces Ebook Usability Study
The Open eBook Forum, an international trade and standards organization for the ebook industry, announced that Harold Henke, a 20 year veteran of IBM, will lead a research campaign to better understand and promote consumer adoption of ebooks. January 22, 2002
CMR Forecasts Slight Rise in Overall Ad Spending For 2002
Ad spending is expected to rise 1. January 22, 2002
Advanced Marketing Services to Acquire Publishers Group West
Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. January 22, 2002
Total Sports Publishing to Be Sold at Auction
Total Sports Publishing will be selling all of its assets at auction. January 18, 2002
Talk Magazine Suspends Operation
Talk Media has suspended publication of Talk Magazine, effective with the February issue currently on newsstands, it was announced by Talk Media chairman Tina Brown and president Ron Galotti. January 18, 2002
Scholastic Launches New Imprint for Teens
Scholastic, a children's publishing and media company, has announced the launch of PUSH, a new imprint for teens. January 18, 2002
Primedia to Sell Modern Bride Group to Conde Nast
Primedia Inc. January 18, 2002
BBL Communications to Publish Clipper Magazine for Pan Am
Pan American Airways announced that it has retained the services of BBL Communications to publish the Clipper magazine, an in-flight publication. January 18, 2002
HCI Launches Sally Jessy Raphael Book Imprint
Health Communications, Inc. January 18, 2002
Court TV Announces Series Starring Dominick Dunne
Court TV is taking viewers inside the world of the rich and famous in its newest documentary series, Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege and Justice, announced Henry Schleiff, Chairman and CEO of Court TV. January 18, 2002
CNN Ad Humiliates Star Anchor Paula Zahn
CNN range a strange advertisement for anchor Paula Zahn. The ad was quickly removed from the air. January 15, 2002
Texterity And St. Martin's Launch Electronic Galleys
Texterity, Inc. January 14, 2002
OCLC Purchase of netLibrary Assets Approved
The final closing on the sale of netLibrary assets to OCLC Online Computer Library Center has been set for later this month, based upon approval granted by the U. January 14, 2002
Fictionwise Announces 2001 Ebook Awards
Fictionwise. January 14, 2002
Patricia Cornwell Extends Contract With Penguin Putnam
Patricia Cornwell, the bestselling author of the popular Dr. January 14, 2002
Palm Releases Palm Reader Pro
Palm, Inc. January 10, 2002
Texas Author Released from Prison
Texas writer Vanessa Leggett -- jailed for her efforts to protect her sources -- was released from prison on Friday, January 4, 2002. January 10, 2002
Internet Growing as News Medium
Use of the Internet as a news source is approaching, and in some cases surpassing the use of traditional media, according to a recent study conducted for MSNBC. January 10, 2002
USPS Delivery to U.S. Copyright Office Disrupted Since October
ail delivery from the U. January 10, 2002

