Disaster News Site Focuses on People

It has been a baptism by fire for the new online Disaster News Network, launching this week in the midst of Hurricane Georges. October 5, 1998

BBC Music Magazine Announces Classical Music Awards

Graeme Kay, editor of BBC Music Magazine, announced the establishment of the Classical Music Awards in the United States beginning in the year 2000. October 5, 1998

Reader's Digest Children's Publishing to Produce Line of Barbie Books

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. October 5, 1998

Entrepreneur Media Launches Search Engine, Smallbizsearch.com

Entrepreneur Media Inc. October 5, 1998

Highlights for Children Lands on JuniorNet

Highlights for Children, Inc. October 5, 1998

Newsweek.com Website Launches

Newsweek. October 5, 1998

Otter Creek Press Announces Book Reader's Writing Challenge

Otter Creek Press, a publisher of books for children and young adults,announced its Book Reader's Writing Challenge in conjunction with the promotion of The Magic Bicycle, California Ghosting, The Vampire Hunters, Chasing Time, and Wizard Sword by Lake Tahoe author William (Bill) Hill. October 2, 1998

Major League Baseball Launches Worldseries.com

Major League Baseball announced the launch of the official 1998 World Series Championship website. October 2, 1998

Successful Reseller Supplement Emerges as Full Monthly Mag

Due to its critical success in the government and education information technology market, Government Technology Reseller, formerly a bimonthly supplement, emerges as a full monthly magazine. October 2, 1998

Lisa Caputo Vice Named President of Buena Vista Publishing Group

Lisa Caputo will join the Walt Disney Company as Vice President, Communications and Synergy of the Buena Vista Publishing Group, Inc. October 2, 1998

Knowledge Management Magazine Premieres

The Curtco Freedom Business Intelligence Group announced the premiere October issue of Knowledge Management magazine. October 1, 1998

World's First Global Dictionary Announced

Microsoft Corp. October 1, 1998

Microsoft Launches Website Geared to Seniors

Microsoft Corp. October 1, 1998

Fawcette Technical Publications Announces Enterprise Development Magazine

Fawcette Technical Publications (FTP), an independent publisher of technical information on programming, has announced the launch of Enterprise Development. October 1, 1998

NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group Acquires Peter Bedrick Books

NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, a Tribune Education company, announced the acquisition of Peter Bedrick Books, a privately held publisher of illustrated non-fiction children's titles that are sold primarily to school and public libraries. October 1, 1998

ZDNet Launches New Resource for Web Developers

Ziff-Davis has launched DevHead, an online resource for Webmasters and developers. October 1, 1998

New York Times and Encyclopaedia Britannica Announce Online Partnership

The New York Times on the Web and Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. October 1, 1998

IDG To Launch LinuxWorld Event and Publication

International Data Group (IDG) has announced plans to launch a global product line of events and publications to address the needs of the growing Linux market. September 30, 1998

The New York Times Introduces New Science Times

The New York Times announced that every Tuesday beginning October 13, readers nationwide will enjoy expanded health and fitness coverage in Science Times, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this fall. September 30, 1998

The Boston Globe Begins a New Column on Education

The Boston Globe this week began publication of The Learning Curve, a new weekly column dedicated to the topic of education. September 30, 1998

Fox Sports Online Unveils Allmadden Site

Fox Sports Online and football legend John Madden unveiled AllMadden. September 30, 1998

WanderingMan Announces Its New Online Java Resource Center

WanderingMan Consulting has announced the release of their new Internet-based Java resource center. September 29, 1998

Phillips Business Information Launches Satellite Today

The Satellite Group of Phillips Business Information, Inc. September 28, 1998

Macromedia Inc. Launches NJCommunity

Macromedia Inc. September 25, 1998

ParenthoodWeb Launches Search Engine and Directory

Parenting Web content publisher ParenthoodWeb has this week launched a new search engine and directory devoted to parenting, pregnancy and family websites. September 25, 1998