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Friday, May 29th, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Miller Freeman, Inc. Launches Intelligent Enterprise, a New Technology Magazine Miller Freeman, Inc. announced the launch of Intelligent Enterprise, a technology publication covering the integration and management of business-critical applications and corporate information infrastructures. The new magazine will feature columns, product reviews, and features that provide both technical detail and an emphasis on achieving business objectives. Intelligent Enterprise has evolved from two of MFI's current information technology (IT) publications, DBMS and Database Programming & Design, and will replace both of them. The new magazine will serve an audience of more than 100,000 IT executives such as CIOs and technical VPs, IT managers such as application development managers and software project leaders, IT specialists such as application developers, systems analysts, and database specialists, and corporate managers such as CEOs, general managers, and line-of-business managers. Intelligent Enterprise will be a technical magazine with a focus on enterprise applications. The new publication will be staffed by editorial, sales, and production personnel from both DBMS and Database Programming & Design. David M. Kalman, currently Publisher of DBMS, will serve as Publisher of the new magazine, and David Stodder, Editorial Director of Database Programming & Design, will serve as Editorial Director. Justin Kestelyn, currently Editor-in-Chief of Database Programming & Design, will be Executive Editor. The first Intelligent Enterprise issue will be published in September 1998 with an October cover date. Torstar Corporation Partners With ITI Education Corporation Torstar Corporation and ITI Education Corporation today announced that Torstar will acquire 3,000,000 common shares of ITI. The transaction, which has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both Torstar and ITI, is expected to close June 12, 1998. David Galloway, President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar, said, "We are delighted to have the opportunity to invest in ITI. Management has done an excellent job in developing high quality information technology education programs and we look forward to working with them on expanding the business in the future. The demand for skilled information technology professionals is growing worldwide and we believe ITI is a leader in this market." Torstar Corporation is a broadly based publishing company. Its operations include The Toronto Star; Metroland Printing, Publishing & Distributing, publishers of community newspapers and distributors of advertising materials; Harlequin Enterprises, publisher of series romance fiction; the Children's Supplementary Educational Publishing Division, which publishes and produces educational products for teachers, parents and children under the Frank Schaffer, Tom Snyder Productions, Delta Education, Brighter Vision and Troll Communications names. ITI Education Corporation, through ITI Information Technology Institute, is Canada's leading postgraduate information technology education institution. Founded in 1984, ITI Information Technology Institute has grown steadily to become Canada's largest single source of new IT graduates. Goosebumps Children's Book Series Announces Creepstakes Contest Goosebumps fans have a chance to write their own terrifying story with a chance to win the Creepstakes -- a nation-wide contest in which fans finish a story by R.L. Stine. Stine's story beginning, as well as clues to be included in the story, are featured in upcoming Goosebumps Series 2000 Books #6-9 (June through September). When readers receive all eight clues, they must write an ending to the story that includes each of the clues. The Grand Prize is a trip to New Orleans to visit graveyards, mansions, and swamps. The Grand Prize winner also receives a DreamWorks Goosebumps CD-ROM and an autographed copy of R.L. Stine's autobiography It Came From Ohio!. Twenty-five First Prize-Winners will receive a DreamWorks Goosebumps CD-ROM and an autographed copy of It Came From Ohio while fifty Second Prize Winners will be awarded an autographed copy of It Came From Ohio. The Goosebumps Series 2000 books which feature clues in the Creepstakes are: Goosebumps Series 2000 #6: I Am Your Evil Twin (Scholastic/Parachute Press; June 1998; $3.99; Ages 8-12), #7: Revenge R Us (Scholastic/Parachute Press, July 1998; $3.99; Ages 8-12), #8: Fright Camp (Scholastic/Parachute Press; August 1998; $3.99; Ages 8-12) and #9: Are You Terrified Yet? (Scholastic/Parachute Press; September 1998; $3.99; Ages 8-12). The clues will also be included on in-store merchandise displays, on consumer giveaways, and on the Goosebumps website. The Creepstakes is open to all residents of the USA 15 years-old and younger (as of 12/31/98). Entries (no longer than three pages) should be sent along with name, address, birthday and telephone number to: Goosebumps Series 2000 Creepstakes, c/o Scholastic Inc., PO Box 7500, Jefferson City, MO 65102. Deadline for entries is October 1, 1998. Mark Reed and Bill Lewis to Lead New Orange County Site OCnow.com, the city site focused on Orange County launched last month by Cox Interactive Media (CIM), announced Mack Reed as news producer and Bill Lewis as marketing manager. "Mack and Bill's contributions have played an enormous role in the early success of OCnow.com," said Studio Manager Braxton Jarratt. "Their commitment and input has helped make OCnow.com Orange County's daily destination for frequently updated local and interactive news, weather reports, marine and surf conditions, entertainment and recreation." Mack Reed began his journalism career reporting community news for the Norwich Bulletin in Conneticut's blue-collar east end. Over the next several years, his career led him to The New Haven Advocate, The St. Petersburg Times, The Philadelphia Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. While at the Inquirer, Mack won the National Mental Health Association's 1987 Silver Medallion for his investigation of overcrowding in a psychiatric hospital. In 1990, Mack joined the Los Angeles Times, where he helped launch the Ventura County edition as a staff writer, covered criminal justice, youth and defense contractors, and contributed a weekly column. In 1996, Mack earned the California Bar Association's Bronze Medallion for his investigation of a shortage of death row lawyers in the state, and he has also been honored on several occasions by the Ventura County Press Club. Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter.  www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
