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The Wall Street Journal Launches Business Fare

The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition at http://wsj. September 15, 1998

Modern Maturity Magazine Appoints Fitness Editor

Modern Maturity Magazine has appointed Edward Jackowski, CEO of Exude Fitness as its first ever Fitness Advisor and Contributing Editor. September 14, 1998

Kids Magazine Launches In Major Cities

Curiocity magazine, an upbeat publication created for and about kids ages 8 to 12, is being launched in 10 major cities the week of September 14, reaching a circulation of more than 500,000. September 14, 1998

Warren St. John Joins Wired Magazine As Senior Writer

Katrina Heron, Editor in Chief of Wired magazine, announced that Warren St. September 14, 1998

Mecklermedia Acquires Intranet Design Magazine and Scriptsearch.com

Mecklermedia has acquired two Web development sites, Intranet Design Magazine, a leading online resource for intranet professionals and Scriptsearch, one of the most popular script archives on the Internet. September 14, 1998

Thomson Business Information Merges Three Companies, Forming the Gale Group

Thomson Business Information announced that it is merging three of its electronic and reference publishing subsidiaries -- Gale Research, Information Access Company (IAC), and Primary Source Media -- into a new company called The Gale Group. September 14, 1998

Chemical Week Associates Acquires Today's Refinery Magazine

Chemical Week Associates, a communications and information company for the worldwide chemical business and related industries, announced its acquisition of Today's Refinery, the journal of record of the petroleum industry's refining sector from Percy Publishing Inc. September 11, 1998

Deb Daniels Promoted to General Manager at In Style Magazine

Deb Daniels has been promoted to general manager at In Style, it was announced by publisher Ann Jackson. September 11, 1998

Sister Newspapers in Oregon Join Forces to Publish New Joint Sunday Edition

On September 13, a new Sunday paper, Mid-Valley Sunday, will be jointly published for the first time by the Corvallis Gazette-Times and the Albany Democrat-Herald newspapers after a year of planning. September 11, 1998

Pocket Books to Publish the Starr Report

Pocket Books will publish in a mass market paperback format ($5. September 11, 1998

Book Signing Sets Guinness Record

A world record for the largest book signing by a single author was officially recognized Wednesday by the Guinness Book of Records, marking the 1,642 copies of the New York Times best-selling L. September 11, 1998

Melissa Etheridge to Keynote National Academy of Songwriters Expo 21

Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge will keynote the National Academy of Songwriters (NAS) Expo 21, a conference in North America for songwriters, musicians, bands, producers, and music-industry professionals. September 10, 1998

Money Magazine Gets New Look

A new redesign has been unveiled by Money magazine. September 10, 1998

Barnesandnoble.com Signs Deal for The Reader's Catalog

Barnesandnoble. September 10, 1998

Telephony Magazine Launches Upstart

Today Telephony, published by PriMedia Intertec, has added Upstart, a new supplement to the magazine. September 9, 1998

Los Angeles Times to Provide Live Online Coverage of the Emmy Awards

Los Angeles Times coverage of the Awards will be posted on the newspaper's Web site at www. September 9, 1998

ANG Newspapers Announces Acquisition of the Pacifica Tribune

ANG Newspapers, publishers of The Oakland Tribune and six other Bay Area dailies including the San Mateo County Times, has expanded its reach on the San Francisco Peninsula by acquiring The Pacifica Tribune and The Wave. September 9, 1998

SportSearch.com New Sports Search Engine/Directory

SportSearch. September 8, 1998

RoughCut.com's Screenplay Challenge Draws Over 1000 Screenwriters

Imagine a story set in a 22nd century techtropolis called Cinnabar, where a 211-year old man of mysterious origin enlists the aid of a public inquisitor to solve his own murder. September 8, 1998

Sun Media Corporation Completes Transactions

Sun Media Corporation announced that it finalized the acquisition of four daily newspapers from Southam Inc. September 8, 1998

1999 EPpy Awards Call for Entries

Entries for the EPpy Awards, considered the premier accolade for online news Web sites, will be accepted Sept. September 8, 1998

NBG Radio Network Launches Travel Magazine

NBG Radio Network has announced the launch of a new division which will produce the magazine called Travel Exclusives. September 3, 1998

United Publications Announces CC News

United Publications has announced CC News, a business newspaper for call center and customer care professionals. September 3, 1998

American Education Corporation and Teaching Technology Announce Partnership

The American Education Corporation (AEC) and Teaching Technology, Inc. September 3, 1998

ESPN.com Launches as Flagship Service of New Online Sports Network

ESPN Internet Ventures will soon debut ESPN. September 3, 1998