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Survivor Millionaire Richard Hatch Subject of New Expose

Five-time Emmy winning investigative reporter Peter Lance, who spent the summer collaborating with Survivor millionaire Rich Hatch on his bio only to have a $500,000 deal with St. October 19, 2000

HarperCollins Acquires North-American Rights to Novel by Nobel Winner Gao Xingjian

HarperCollins Publishers has announced that it has purchased the North American rights to Soul Mountain, a novel by Chinese writer Gao Xingjian, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature. October 19, 2000

Cloudy Mountain Books Partners with RealRead

RealRead Inc. October 19, 2000

BET.com And HarperCollins To Launch Books Channel

BET. October 19, 2000

Yahoo Internet Life Announces Editorial Staff Additions

Yahoo Internet Life, a lifestyle magazine covering the Internet, has named David Thomas as Executive Editor and Don Willmott as Technology Editor. October 16, 2000

Nettaxi.com and TheStreet.com in Content Syndication Agreement

TheStreet. October 16, 2000

Imagine Media Announces Fuse Magazine

Imagine Media's Business Division, publisher of Business 2. October 16, 2000

Discovery.com and Away.com Announce Strategic Partnership

Discovery. October 16, 2000

Barnes & Noble Announces Free ISP

Barnes & Noble, Inc. October 16, 2000

Wiley Partners With netLibrary and Lightning Source

Stephen Kippur, Executive Vice President and President, Professional/Trade Publishing, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. October 13, 2000

Siebert Financial Purchases Two Women's Financial Sites

Muriel F. October 13, 2000

Nerdworld.com Unveils Nerd Culture and Lifestyle Website

Nerdworld Media has unveiled Nerdworld. October 13, 2000

Americans Consider Museums a Trustworthy Information Source

A study recently released shows that 43-percent of Americans consider museums to be more ``trustworthy'' than any other information source. October 13, 2000

GenomeWeb.com Launches Web News Service

GenomeWeb. October 13, 2000

Gemstar-TV Guide Launches Gemstar Ebook

Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. October 13, 2000

Publishers Invest in Ebrary

ebrary, an online research resource, has announced a joint investment by Random House Inc. October 13, 2000

WSJ.com Passes Half Million Subscriber Milestone

Dow Jones & Company has announced that The Wall Street Journal Online passed the 500,000-subscriber milestone as of September 30, 2000. October 10, 2000

UpsideToday.com Signs Deal With Salon.com

Salon. October 10, 2000

Busy Teens Want More Time to Read

Today's teens are very busy, but they would read more if they had the time, according to a Teen Read Week online survey conducted by the American Library Association (ALA) and Smartgirl. October 10, 2000

theCubicle.com Launches Semiconductor Ezine

Web-based engineering service provider theCubicle. October 10, 2000

Primedia Acquires the Kagan Group

Primedia Inc. October 10, 2000

NiaOnline Launches Website for African-American Women

NiaOnline has launched as an online community and resource for African-American women aged 21-54. October 10, 2000

eNovel.com to Acquire Instant Novelist Site

eNovel. October 10, 2000

Barnes & Noble and Writer's Digest Announce Writing Workshops

Barnes & Noble, Inc. October 10, 2000

VS&A Communications Acquires Phillips Business Information

VS&A Communications Partners III, LP, the private equity affiliate of New York-based media merchant bank Veronis Suhler, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Phillips Business Information, Inc. October 6, 2000