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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

