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Tuesday, August 18th, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Collegeweb.Com Launches On-Line Community CollegeWeb Inc. announced the launch of CollegeWeb.com, a college community on the Internet. CollegeWeb.com will gather all of its content through on-line submissions from its members. CollegeWeb has recruited a nationwide staff of college writers, college bands, fiction authors, poets, artists and students abroad to deliver content on an international scale. "This is the first community of its kind," said Alex Chriss, President and CEO of CollegeWeb Inc., "we plan on creating something fun, cool and intelligent for college students throughout the United States. Our mission is to bring this group together and create a cohesive environment to share the college experience across different campuses. CollegeWeb is a great way for students to get involved on a national level." CollegeWeb.com differentiates itself from other "communities" by both the content and management of the site. The content is created and updated daily by college students. Students will also take a leadership role in managing the daily operations of the business. "By allowing students the opportunity to author the content and mold the site features, we have created a new genre of web site. Our visitors are not merely audience members absorbing what we feed them, they are active participants with control over the entire experience," Chriss said. "With this new freedom of expression and interactive possibilities, I think we will find that students are far more insightful and intelligent than their 'beer drinking' stereotype allows." CollegeWeb.com will feature campus band reviews, breaking news stories from a college student perspective, chat rooms to discuss issues that affect all college students, student art, student fiction, movie reviews, contests, and reports from students abroad. All content is provided and edited by students with their peers in mind. Scour.Net Website Provides Multimedia Search Engine Scour, Inc., the Internet start-up founded by five UCLA computer science students, announced the availability of Scour.Net,a search engine and guide for finding audio, video and images on the Internet. The website lets users find pictures, movie scenes, music clips, concerts, sporting events and more. Scour.Net's core service is a search engine that specializes in finding multimedia on the Internet. Unlike conventional search engines that index text found on webpages, Scour's search technology scans the Internet exclusively for audio, video and images. Scour.Net offers many enhancements over traditional search engines for finding multimedia including an image index featuring over one million thumbnails, the first ever of its kind. "On the Internet today, over 800 radio stations broadcast live content, over 50 professional sports teams broadcast live games, record companies offer thousands of hours of music samples and movie companies offer video clips from their latest movie releases," said Dan Rodrigues, President and CEO of Scour. "This is truly exciting and compelling content. What Scour.Net offers is a precise way to find this content without browsing hundreds of web pages or thousands of search results." Scour, Inc. is a privately held corporation based in Los Angeles, CA. Scour develops and markets Scour.Net, the first exclusive search engine and guide to multimedia on the Internet. Scour was founded in December 1997 by five UCLA computer science students with combined expertise in Internet searching, multimedia research, Internet privacy and protocols, and web development. Sun-Sentinel Company to Acquire South Florida Newspaper Network Sun-Sentinel Company, a Tribune Publishing company, announced an agreement to acquire South Florida Newspaper Network Inc., a publisher of 33 weekly newspapers in South Florida. South Florida Newspaper Network's publications reach a combined circulation of approximately 700,000 and a readership of more than 1 million throughout South Florida. The network publishes the Jewish Journal, a collection of six newspapers serving South Florida's Jewish community and one of the largest Jewish newspapers in the country. The company, headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Fla., also publishes 12 magazines. "The South Florida Newspaper Network is a very successful company, and we see this purchase as one more way the Sun-Sentinel can continue to grow," said Sun-Sentinel Company President Bob Gremillion. "This will help us reach our goal of becoming South Florida's leading information provider." Southwest Suburban Newspapers Go Online With Channel 4000 News content from the Southwest Suburban newspaper group owned by Red Wing Publishing is now available on Channel 4000, the official website of WCCO-TV and Radio. The Prior Lake American, Eden Prairie News, Chanhassen Villager, Jordan Independent, Chaska Herald, Savage Pacer and Shakopee Valley News have joined Channel 4000 to reach a broader audience through the Internet. Each week, stories and information from the community newspapers will be posted online. News stories will also be archived, forming a database of community information, where visitors can read or look up related material. Users may also send letters, comments or other input to each paper. News photos, classified advertising, discussion groups and other features will be added as desired in the future. "The new website will enable us to increase our usefulness to the Prior Lake community," said Publisher Laurie Hartmann. "Our job has always been to gather and distribute information in the area. Our Web site will help us do both those things better." Advanstar Acquires Travel Agent Magazine Advanstar Communications Inc. has acquired Travel Agent Magazine, a magazine serving travel agents in the United States, from Universal Media, Inc. based in New York City. "The acquisition of Travel Agent provides Advanstar a platform to grow in the travel and tourism market -- the largest industry in the world. Advanstar now offers the best integrated marketing solutions for businesses involved in this booming market," said Robert Krakoff, chairman and chief executive officer of Advanstar Communications Inc. Established in 1930, Travel Agent is a weekly magazine with a BPA-audited circulation of more than 51,000 reaching 100% of U.S. travel agencies certified by the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN). Travel Agent will continue to operate from its current New York City office. The editorial and publishing staff will remain intact. 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. |
