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

Andersen Forecasts Digital Content Trends

Andersen, a provider of tax, finance and other professional services, has forecasted continued growth in digital entertainment and media. January 10, 2002

Simon & Schuster To Launch World Wrestling Federation Publishing Imprint

More books about wrestling and wrestlers are on the way. January 9, 2002

ARP Launches Fitness RX Magazine

Advanced Research Press (ARP) launched its second publication, Fitness RX: Your Ultimate Prescription for the Perfect Body, when it hit newsstands on January 8th, 2002. January 9, 2002