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Times Mirror Magazines Becomes Time4 Media

Time Inc. March 27, 2001

Random House to Acquire Prima Communications

Prima Communications, Inc. March 27, 2001

Scholastic's Instructor Magazine Launches Offshoot Publication

Scholastic Inc. March 27, 2001

InfoWorld Media Group Launches CTO Magazine

InfoWorld Media Group, a unit of IDG, an IT media company, has launched CTO Magazine, a quarterly publication designed for IT executives. March 27, 2001

Broadway.com And Stagebill Announce Strategic Alliance

Hollywood Media Corp. March 27, 2001

Randall Publishing Purchases Cahners Automotive and Trucking Magazines

Randall Publishing Co. March 23, 2001

IUMA Acquired and Re-Launched by Vitaminic

IUMA, an artist community on the web, has signed an agreement to be acquired by Vitaminic, a European digital platform for the promotion and distribution of music over the Internet. March 23, 2001

Barnes & Noble University Claims 200,000 Students

Barnes & Noble. March 23, 2001

Salon.com To Charge For Ad-Free Content

Salon. March 21, 2001

Palm Acquires Peanutpress

Palm, Inc. March 21, 2001

Modern Bride Group Weds with MarryingMan.com

Margery Gladstone, president of the Modern Bride Group, announced that it has acquired the assets of MarryingMan. March 21, 2001

Hungry Minds Lets Customers Mix and Match Chapters

Hungry Minds, publisher of the For Dummies series and Frommer's Travel Guides, announced the launch of Hungry Minds a la Carte, a new epublishing website. March 21, 2001

HarperCollins Signs Deal With The C.S. Lewis Company

HarperCollins Publishers announced that it has finalized a long-term, multi-million dollar agreement with The C. March 21, 2001

Contentville and NWU Launch Online Licensing System

The National Writers Union (NWU) and Contentville, an online content store founded by publisher Steven Brill, formally launched an online licensing system for authors. March 21, 2001

Primedia Restructures Intertec and IndustryClick Units

Primedia, a media company with print, video and Internet businesses focused on consumer and business-to-business audiences, announced initiatives designed to increase efficiencies and streamline its Intertec and IndustryClick business units. March 16, 2001

National Book Critics Circle Awards Announced

The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, consists of nearly 700 active book reviewers, interested in communicating with one another about common concerns. March 16, 2001

Congressional Quarterly Launches New Website

Congressional Quarterly is launching a new website that will provide continuously updated news and analysis on Congress, plus CQ insights on the people, events and ideas that make up the Capitol Hill community. March 16, 2001

Borders Forms Alliance with Ingram For Fulfillment Services

Borders Group announced that it has signed an agreement with Ingram Book Group to make Ingram the primary provider of book fulfillment services for Borders Group's special order and online sales. March 16, 2001

Book Sense Announces Book of the Year Finalists

The independent booksellers with Book Sense have nominated their favorite books of 2000, and the finalists in each of the 4 categories -- Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, Children's Literature and Children's Illustrated Book -- have been announced. March 16, 2001

PaperExchange Announces Partnership With Paperloop

PaperExchange, an business solutions provider for the pulp and paper industry, announced a strategic alliance with paperloop, an information and ebusiness network for the paper, printing and converting industries. March 14, 2001

GoReader and Harcourt Announce Ebook Agreement

goReader, Inc. March 14, 2001

Bridge to Provide Financial News to ScreamingMedia

Bridge Information Systems, a provider of financial information services, has announced an agreement with ScreamingMedia, a provider of content solutions, to syndicate its financial news and proprietary content. March 14, 2001

Amsale Launches Online Lifestyle Magazine For Women

Bridal and evening wear designer Amsale Aberra has launched a new lifestyle magazine, Amsale Woman, which is also accessible through her existing website, amsale. March 14, 2001

Work.com Will Cease Operations March 31

Work. March 9, 2001

Liberation and PlanetOut Cancel Merger Plans

Liberation Publications Inc. March 9, 2001