Hearst Magazines and K-tel to Launch Music Series

Hearst Magazines Brand Development and K-tel International (USA) have joined forces to produce a series of CD music anthologies under the Cosmopolitan and Esquire brands. August 14, 1998

Chaos! Comics and the World Wrestling Federation To Produce Comic Book

Chaos! Comics and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) will team up to produce the upcoming "Undertaker" comic book, a new monthly comic based on the most popular and "dark" wrestler in the WWF. August 13, 1998

New Applet Posts Poetic Laments

The Wellington, Florida based Vow. August 13, 1998

Random House Children's Publishing and First Book Announce Reading Hero Award

Random House Children's Publishing and First Book have partnered to create the Reading Hero Awards, a program to honor the inspiring work of teachers, tutors, mentors, and volunteers throughout the nation, who have made a difference in the literacy lives of children, it was announced by Harold Clarke, President of Random House Children's Publishing and Kyle Zimmer, President of First Book. August 13, 1998

Sun Media Corporation Buys Several Papers

Sun Media Corporation, through its subsidiary Bowes Publishers Limited, announced the purchase of The Northern Times in Kapuskasing, The Timmins Times and Norweb in Timmins, Ontario. August 13, 1998

MoneyCents Creates Website for Children

MoneyCents Inc. August 13, 1998

Debut of New Online Magazine for Java Servlet Developers

Java developers looking for the latest information on servlets have a new source with the launch of Servlet Central, the Server-Side Java Magazine. August 13, 1998

Golf Masters to Publish with HarperResource

HarperCollins Publishers' new reference imprint, HarperResource, scored wins for its golf program on July 19, when author Mark O'Meara won the British Open, and author Hale Irwin captured the Ameritech Senior Open. August 13, 1998

Bonnie Fuller Named Next Editor of Glamour

Bonnie Fuller has been named the next editor-in-chief of Glamour, S. August 11, 1998

M&A Today Now Online at nvst.com

nvst. August 11, 1998

Miller Freeman Teams With Rational Software to Publish Rose Architect

Miller Freeman, Inc. August 11, 1998

Macworld Online Launches iMacworld

Macworld Online, published by Mac Publishing, L. August 11, 1998

Ruth Whitney Retires as Editor of Glamour

Ruth Whitney will retire this fall from Glamour, the magazine she has edited for 30 years. August 11, 1998

Scholastic and Purple Moon to Create Book Series for Pre-Teen Girls

Scholastic Inc. August 10, 1998

Garden Escape Acquires Time Inc. New Media's Virtual Garden

Garden Escape, Inc. August 10, 1998

Top Technology Writers Join Editorial Staff of NewMedia Magazine

Becky Waring, editor of NewMedia® magazine, announced the appointment of five of the biggest names in technology writing as contributing editors to the magazine. August 10, 1998

PubList.com Launches Worldwide Directory of Publications

Bowes & Associates, Inc. August 10, 1998

Firehouse Magazine Celebrates 350 Years Of the U.S. Fire Service

In honor of the 350th anniversary of the American fire service, Firehouse Magazine is publishing a special commemorative September issue saluting the traditions and history of this American institution. August 7, 1998

Texas Monthly to Publish New Business Magazine

Michael R. August 7, 1998

Ziff-Davis and Seybold Publications Announce the Vision Awards

Ziff-Davis and Seybold Publications announced they will be honoring the innovators and technologies that have profoundly impacted the publishing industry with a new awards program, the Seybold Publications Vision Awards. August 7, 1998

Borders Designates August Italian Book Month

In a promotional partnership with the Italian Trade Commission and its representative ICE publishing partners, 30 Borders Books & Music stores will celebrate Italian Book Month in August. August 7, 1998

West Coast Community Newspapers Sold

Veronis, Suhler & Associates reported this week that Independent Newspapers, Ltd. August 6, 1998

Webnoize 1998 Music and New Media Conference Adds Speakers

Another round of speakers, as well as exhibition, sponsorship and registration information and an event schedule, have been added to the Webnoize '98 conference site. August 6, 1998

David Lawrence Resigns as Miami Herald Publisher

Knight Ridder announced that David Lawrence Jr. August 6, 1998

Nominees Announced for Temple University's Best New Magazine Award

The ten magazines nominated for the 1998 Acres of Diamonds Award for Magazine Development have been announced by Temple University's School of Communications and Theater, sponsor of the award with Conde Nast Publications, Inc. August 6, 1998