Miller Freeman Adds Verecom to Electronics Portfolio

Miller Freeman, Inc. February 2, 1999

MSBET Launches Search Engine For Black and Urban Internet Sites

MSBET, the joint venture between Microsoft Corp. February 2, 1999

IDG Books Appoints Elgey to Head New Consumer Group

IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. February 2, 1999

Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Seattle Times Amend Agreement

The Hearst Corporation and the Seattle Times Company have announced changes in their joint business and publishing agreement that will extend the relationship for another 50 years and permit the Seattle Times to join Hearst's Post-Intelligencer in morning publication Monday through Friday. February 2, 1999

Owner-Breeder Magazine Announces Ownership Change

Owner-Breeder, a ten-year-old publication specializing in the bloodstock sector of the thoroughbred horseracing industry, has been acquired by a group of investors it was announced Friday. February 1, 1999

Rob Preston Named Editor-in-Chief of CMP Media's InternetWeek

CMP Media's InternetWeek has named Rob Preston its Editor-in-Chief. January 29, 1999

Preschoolers Can Walk on the Wild Side With Launch of Zoboomafoo Website

PBS Online has announced Zoboomafoo, a website designed to introduce preschoolers to the world of animals. January 28, 1999

Jay Leno Named Contributing Editor At Popular Mechanics

The Tonight Show host, Jay Leno, is adding another gig to his already busy schedule. January 28, 1999

Alex Mironovich Named President of Playboy Publishing Group

Playboy Enterprises Inc. January 28, 1999

Women.com and Hearst Join Forces to Form Online Network for Women

Women. January 28, 1999

Yahoo! to Acquire GeoCities

Yahoo! Inc. January 28, 1999

HarperCollins Publishes Naomi Judd's First Children's Book

HarperCollins Children's Books has announced the publication of Naomi Judd's first book for children, Love Can Build a Bridge (May, $15. January 27, 1999

National Amusements Creates Website

National Amusements, a multi-billion dollar entertainment company, has created its own entertainment website that provides access to information about National Amusements and many of its popular entertainment properties. January 27, 1999

Iconocast To Be Spun Off by Imagine Media

Imagine Media has announced that it is spinning off Iconocast, an Internet marketing e-mail list and site into an autonomous entity called Iconocast Inc. January 27, 1999

Jeannine Shao Collins Named Publisher of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine

Meredith Corporation has announced that Jeannine Shao Collins has been promoted to the position of Publisher of Better Homes and Gardens magazine, effective immediately. January 27, 1999

Ruth Reichl Named Editor of Gourmet

Ruth Reichl will join Gourmet as editor-in-chief starting at the end of April, it was announced by James Truman, editorial director of The Conde Nast Publications Inc. January 26, 1999

Reuters Business Briefing Adds Content from Time Inc. Magazines

Reuters today announced the addition to Reuters Business Briefing of full-text content from Time Inc. January 26, 1999

Information Please Announces Infoplease Kids' Almanac

Information Please LLC, a provider of reference information on the Internet, has announced the launch of their new kids' site, Infoplease Kids' Almanac. January 26, 1999

EarthWeb Announces Online Publishing Deals

EarthWeb announced that it has entered into agreements with seven leading Information Technology (IT) publishers to provide the complete text of their technical books on EarthWeb's ITKnowledge. January 26, 1999

WebSideStory Launches StatMarket

WebSideStory, a provider of Internet traffic analysis has announced the launch of StatMarket, a dynamically updated website that publishes demographic and computing data collected from over twenty-five thousand websites and ten million unique visitors a day. January 26, 1999

Scholastic Inc. Acquires QED

Scholastic Corporation , a children's publishing and media company, has announced the acquisition of QED (Quality Education Data) from Peterson's. January 22, 1999

Borders and Black Issues in Higher Education Announce Launch Of Black Issues Book Review

Borders Books and Music have announced that it has supported the publishers of Black Issues In Higher Education as advertising launch partner for the new magazine Black Issues Book Review that concentrates on African American books and authors. January 22, 1999

The Coriolis Group, Inc. Acquired by Haights Cross

The Coriolis Group has announced that an agreement has been signed with Haights Cross Communications, LLC, to acquire The Coriolis Group from International Thomson Publishing. January 22, 1999

IDG Books Worldwide Plans Customized Distribution Center

IDG Books Worldwide, publishers of the successful . January 22, 1999

New Ripley's Believe It or Not! to be Launched by Sony Signatures

Sony Signatures has announced that it will develop partners for licensing and merchandising efforts, including literary and dramatic rights, for the worldwide Ripley franchise. January 22, 1999