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Damez Media Launches Glossy Fashion Magazine and Catalog

Damez is a new publication and catalog for young women from Damez Media. November 7, 2001

Corus Entertainment Acquires Rights to Babar

Corus Entertainment's Nelvana and The Clifford Ross Company announced Nelvana's acquisition of all proprietary rights to Babar, the popular elephant in children's books. November 7, 2001

Online Journalism Award Winners Announced for 2001

The winners for the second annual Online Journalism Awards (OJAs) were announced by the Online News Association (ONA) and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism at the ONA annual conference in Berkeley. November 2, 2001

Random House Launches Children's Ebooks

Random House Children's Books announced the debut of its ebook publishing program Random View Books. October 31, 2001

New York Times Launches Downloadable Electronic Edition

The New York Times has launched The New York Times Electronic Edition, an exact replica of the New York edition of the newspaper that may be downloaded via the Internet to a laptop or desktop personal computer. October 31, 2001

Ecookbooks.com Announces Affiliate Deal With Epicurious.com

Jessica's Biscuit, a catalog and internet-based company devoted to cookbooks, announced that it has entered into an affiliate relationship with Epicurious. October 31, 2001

CliffsNotes Become Ebooks

Palm, Inc. October 31, 2001

National Geographic and America Online Sign Agreement

National Geographic announced a multi-year cross promotional agreement with America Online that will distribute and integrate Nationalgeographic. October 31, 2001

Dynamic Media to Launch American Life, DVD Magazine

Dynamic Media, Inc. October 31, 2001

Primedia Announces Hiring and Salary Freeze

primedia-hiring-salary-freeze October 26, 2001

Reedy River Press Debuts PC Teach It Magazine

Reedy River Press, Inc. October 26, 2001

Zinio Launches Digital Magazine Services

Zinio Systems Inc. October 24, 2001

Ziff Davis Media Launches Baseline Magazine

Ziff Davis Media Inc. October 24, 2001

Houghton Mifflin Expands Online Textbook Offerings

The College Division of Houghton Mifflin Company, an educational publisher, and Rovia, Inc. October 24, 2001

Barnes & Noble.com Digital Releases First List of Books

Barnes & Noble. October 24, 2001

Information Today Acquires Online Magazine

Information Today, Inc. October 19, 2001

Franklin Takes Equity Stake in MobiPocket.com

Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. October 19, 2001

CMP Media Launches EE Times Network

CMP Media's EE Times, an industry news source for engineers and technical managers, announced the the formation of specialized networks in the communications, embedded systems and design automation markets. October 19, 2001

Brill's Content Closes and Primedia Acquires Inside Magazine

The popular, but unprofitable entertainment industry website Inside. October 19, 2001

Crain Ceases Publication of Automotive News International

Crain Communications, publisher of the industry trade journal Automotive News, ceased publication of its monthly publication, Automotive News International, effective with the October issue. October 19, 2001

Time Inc. Completes Acquisition of IPC Media

Time Inc. October 17, 2001

MarketResearch.com Signs Distribution Deal with Amazon.com

MarketResearch. October 17, 2001

Universal Studios Launches the Jurassic Park Institute

Universal Studios has announced the creation of the Jurassic Park Institute (JPI) -- an educational program and resource for dinosaur research, learning and entertainment. October 17, 2001

iUniverse Secures Additional Funding

iUniverse, a provider of epublishing services, announced that it has secured an additional $18 million in venture capital funding from Warburg Pincus, a private equity investor. October 17, 2001

Universal Music Group, Penguin Putnam Launch InsideSessions

Penguin Putnam Inc. October 17, 2001