Consumer Reports and Yahoo Sign Content Distribution Deal

Yahoo Inc. June 6, 2001

QMags.com To Deliver Electronic Copies of Magazines Online

qMags. June 6, 2001

Bell & Howell Becomes ProQuest Company

The 94-year-old Bell & Howell Company is changing its name to the ProQuest Company (NYSE: PQE - news). June 6, 2001

Black Newspaper Publishers Announce First 10 Papers for Online Project

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and United Parcel Service (UPS), partners in an initiative to develop a network of customized websites for African American newspapers, have identified the first 10 newspapers to go online this summer. June 6, 2001

Zeplin Media Announces Launch of Mojo10.com

Zeplin Media, an integrated media company, announced the launch of Mojo10, which it is billing as "The Men's Guide to Women. June 6, 2001

PWC Forecasts Growth For Global Entertainment and Media

Buoyed by the growing importance of the Internet as a distribution medium, and overcoming the 2001 U. June 6, 2001

DIC Entertainment to Acquire Golden Books

DIC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. June 6, 2001

Cygnus Business Media Acquires Design/Build Business Magazine

Cygnus Business Media, a business-to-business media company, announced that it has acquired Design/Build Business magazine, a publication with nearly 60,000 subscribers serving builders and architects. June 6, 2001

Vivendi Universal to Acquire Houghton Mifflin

Vivendi Universal, announced that it has agreed to acquire Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Company, a U. June 1, 2001

Response Magazine Becomes Official Trade Publication of ERA

Response Magazine and the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) have joined forces in a move that transforms Response Magazine into the official trade publication of ERA. June 1, 2001

Study Finds Consumers Are Not Eager to Purchase Ebooks

At the BookExpo America in Chicago, market researchers Ipsos-NPD and The NPD Group reported that although two-thirds of online users have heard of ebooks and close to half are interested in the concept, only about one in four are likely to buy one. June 1, 2001

R.R. Donnelley and netLibrary Announce Printing Alliance

netLibrary Inc. June 1, 2001

Ebooks Now Eligible for National Book Awards

Neil Baldwin, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, announced at BookExpo America, that ebooks will now be considered for the annual National Book Awards. June 1, 2001

Over 500,000 Books Sold By iUniverse.com To Date

iUniverse. June 1, 2001

Digital Goods Refers Ebook Publishers to ContentGuard

ContentGuard, Inc. June 1, 2001

WriteRead.com Acquires AbsoluteWrite.com

WriteRead, a provider of resources and services for writers, has acquired AbsoluteWrite. May 29, 2001

Still Waiting for Outcome of Ebook Rights Suit

Random House and RosettaBooks are still waiting for a decision from New York federal District Court Judge Sidney Stein in a major electronic rights case. May 29, 2001

Pages Magazine To Hit Newstands in July

Advanced Marketing Services, Inc. May 29, 2001

Peter Lance Talks The Stingray

Interview with Peter Lance about his book, The Stingray: the Lethal Tactics of the Sole Survivor May 29, 2001

Internet.com Finalizes Name Change to INT Media Group

internet. May 29, 2001

Primedia Acquires gURL.com Assets

dELiA*s Corp. May 29, 2001

The Wall Street Journal to Serialize Novel

The Wall Street Journal will serialize a new novel, Amanda. May 25, 2001

Court Lifts Ban On The Wind Done Gone

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has lifted an earlier District Court injunction banning the publication of The Wind Done Gone. May 25, 2001

WH Smith To Roll Out Airport Ebook Stores

WH Smith announced that its test of an ebook store was successful and has committed to installing e-Book stores from Zoom Systems on a national scale. May 25, 2001

Netscape Launches Netbusiness Magazine

Netscape Communications, a subsidiary of America Online, Inc. May 25, 2001