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Radical Entertainment Teams with Disney and ESPN to Launch ESPN Digital Games

Radical Entertainment Ltd. May 28, 1998

Dale Strang Named Publisher of Equip

Equip, a new Ziff-Davis magazine due to launch in August, has named industry veteran Dale Strang as Publisher. May 28, 1998

PC Magazine Looks at the Future of Computing

They may not look like HAL 9000, the independent-minded computer from the movie, but personal computers in 2001 will be found in TVs, lights, refrigerators and even watches. May 27, 1998

Jewel to Judge Online Poetry Contest on TVGEN

TV Guide Entertainment Network has unveiled "The Official Jewel Online Poetry Contest," giving would-be-poets a chance to shine online. May 27, 1998

Barnesandnoble.com Website Undergoes Redesign

barnesandnoble. May 27, 1998

New Online Game Based on Tolkien Works

Yosemite Entertainment, formerly known as Sierra Publishing, has finalized negotiations with Tolkien Enterprises to cement an extensive multi-year, multi-product deal to develop interactive games based on J. May 26, 1998

TNT's Rough Cut Online Announces Screenplay Challenge

Beginning July 17, 1998, TNT's Rough Cut Online and New Line Cinema will present the Rough Cut Screenplay Challenge, a chance for Web surfers to collaborate online with Hollywood screenwriter, David S. May 26, 1998

Yahoo! Internet Life Increases Circulation

Ziff-Davis announced that Yahoo! Internet Life will increase its rate base from 400,000 to 600,000 in February 1999. May 26, 1998

Website Announced for New Book One Digital Day

A new website is online to coincide with the release of the book One Digital Day, a documentation of the variety of ways microprocessors affect the world in the course of an ordinary day. May 22, 1998

Magic Attic Press and Publisher Millbrook Join Forces

The L. May 22, 1998

Dove Entertainment Becomes NewStar Media

NewStar Media Inc. May 21, 1998

Expert Gamer Debuts in August With 175,000 Rate Base

Ziff-Davis has announced that EGM2, its video game strategy magazine, has been graphically updated and renamed Expert Gamer, effective with the August 1998 issue. May 21, 1998

Amazing Stories Magazine Scheduled to Relaunch in July

Wizards of the Coast Inc. May 21, 1998

AboutLiving Offers Philosophical Debate Online

The world wide web, often portrayed as a solitary experience with emerging technologies and not our fellow human beings, is beginning to transmit a new "killer app" -- the human mind. May 20, 1998

Journal Register Company to Acquire Taconic Media

Journal Register Company President Robert M. May 20, 1998

Red Herring Announces New Look

Red Herring has revamped its design. May 20, 1998

1998 ABBY Winners Announced

The American Booksellers Association (ABA) announced that Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier and The Hat by Jan Brett are the winners of the 1998 American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Awards. May 20, 1998

Millennium Publications Announces the Launch of Gamers' Republic

Millennium Publications Inc. May 19, 1998

Titanic Phenomenon Sparks Trend in Reading for Children and Young Adults

There is a growing trend among children and teens -- reading all that is written on the infamous journey of the Titanic. May 19, 1998

Mercury Center News Site Moves to Free Subscription

Mercury Center, the online edition of the San Jose Mercury News, announced that it will no longer charge a fee to subscribers. May 19, 1998

Winners and Finalists in Loeb Competition Announced

William P. May 19, 1998

Seinfeld Withdrawal Support Online

A Seinfeld fan website is inviting fans to "Chat About Nothing" Thursday nights beginning May 21 at 8:00 PM Eastern. May 18, 1998

Live Cannes Film Festival Coverage Begins

Internet pioneer Mayra Langdon Riesman leads an 8-member team of reporters for reviews, gossip and Cannes news, much of it Webcast live from the 1998 "Film Scouts on the Riviera" website. May 18, 1998