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Monday, August 31st, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Worldly Information Network, Inc. Launches worldlyinvestor.com Worldly Information Network, Inc. (WIN), announced the launch of worldlyinvestor.com, a US based online media service that is totally dedicated to the international financial marketplace. Worldlyinvestor.com will provide around-the-clock, around-the-globe coverage of companies, markets and trends important to North American investors. WIN has signed an agreement with America Online for worldlyinvestor.com to be an anchor tenant within the business section of AOL's International Channel on AOL. Content partnerships have been established with Stockpoint, a unit of Neural Applications, Corporation, for stock quotes, mutual fund data, personal portfolios, charting capabilities and global market information; with Lipper Analytical Services for offshore mutual fund rankings; and with Capital Idea, James Inc., producer of Adroit, for customized access to Adroit's leading ADR database. WIN president and CEO Lewis Gersh commented, "Worldlyinvestor.com provides a unique environment in which individual investors can navigate the world of global investments and financial news. Through our own editorial staff and the flow of information from our content partners, we supply unbiased, popularly written financial editorial on the world's marketplaces." law.com Acquires Legal Website Counsel Quest law.com, a newly formed Arizona-based company, has announced the acquisition of the Counsel Quest website. Counsel Quest, is a web tool for finding legal information. law.com Chairman and CEO R. Bruce Whiting said the company, which will launch its site this fall, is currently negotiating to acquire other legal sites as well. "There is some terrific legal information on the web, but we believe the time has finally come to break down the barriers and make that information much more accessible and easier to use for business people, consumers and the legal community," said Whiting. Whiting said law.com would provide the business community and individual consumers a comprehensive community for finding out about laws, cases, legal fees and lawyers. law.com will also feature thousands of downloadable legal forms. He said the company will also focus on helping lawyers use the Internet to communicate with clients and the business community by providing website consulting and design, "@law.com " e-mail address services, and information on products and services. FOX Sports Online Unveils New Site Design FOX Sports Online unveiled a newly designed site with new features and functionality, exclusive online analysis from FOX Sports' on-air experts, in-depth regional coverage, customizable score boards, player tracking, and real-time game information. FOX Sports Online is operated and produced by News America Digital Publishing. The new site, launched to coincide with the kick-off of the new NFL season, provides fans with targeted, comprehensive regional information. The design and functionality of the new site enables fans to navigate easily through the depth of information from a universal navigation bar featured prominently at the top of the screen throughout the site. Bold graphic and production features like the java-enhanced FOX Box Ticker scoreboard, which runs across the top of the nav bar, reflect the style and attitude of the site's broadcast counterpart. By clicking on the board, fans are given a menu of customization options, enabling them to select only the game results they wish to see appear on the ticker. Fans are prompted to enter their ZIP codes in a prominently displayed box which will then link to regional action, setting the region of choice as the default page. "The redesigned site will reflect the unique and powerful structure of the FOX Sports brand, merging the ability to leverage our strong Internet service with the attitude and innovation of FOX Sports' national broadcast and FOX Sports Net's unsurpassed coverage of local teams, players and personalities," commented Scott Ehrlich, executive producer of News America Digital Publishing, on the expansion of the website. Bigwords.com Enters the College Textbook Market Bigwords.com announced the launch of an Internet bookstore that sells and rents new and used textbooks to college students anywhere. College students pay more than $5 billion annually for their textbooks (according to NACS), yet most complain about selection, availability and price. Bigwords.com has established relationships with major textbook publishers and distributors to create a comprehensive selection of new and used books available. The site has more than 2.5 million titles. "College students need a break. They've been standing in line for over a hundred years, paying top dollar and putting up with limited availability," said Bigwords.com founder and president, Matt Johnson. "Bigwords.com is the student-friendly alternative. With our huge inventory, great discounts, and innovative rental program, students get what they need on their terms." When students choose the rental program they will be charged 60% of the cost of the book, and a deposit equal to the other 40%. At the end of the quarter when they return the book postage pre-paid, their charge card will be credited, or they can receive Bigwords credit, or even a check in the mail. SonicNet Album Reviews Website Debuts SonicNet Music Network, an online music network, is launching albumreviews.com, a new music album reviews website on September 1st. Albumreviews.com will feature two new album reviews daily, five days a week, album-related news, an upcoming releases page and access to the entire Addicted to Noise/ SonicNet album reviews archive. Included in each review will be some excerpts from the albums lasting approximately thirty seconds each. "SonicNet's albumreviews.com will provide fans of contemporary music with the best reviews of new albums on or off the Web," says SonicNet Senior Vice-President and Editorial Director Michael Goldberg, who will oversee the site. "The SonicNet team has spent months creating a website that combines ease of use, a state-of-the-art interface and top quality reviews and news. For the first time, there is a high quality multi-media album reviews site." Reviews of all genres of contemporary music -- including alternative, rock, hip-hop, electronic, ska, new depression country, swing and dance -- will be featured at albumreviews.com. Album reviews are written by the SonicNet Music News of the World and Addicted to Noise stable of critics. Musicians will also be occasionally contributing reviews. The site will also include an archive of at least 1,000 album reviews (all with sound samples) and a section where users rate new albums. Conde Nast Traveler and Travel Channel Create Programming Alliance Conde Nast Traveler and Travel Channel are joining forces to produce television programming. Thomas A. Florio, vice president and publisher of Conde Nast Traveler, and Jay R. Feldman, senior vice president and general manager of Travel Channel, announced that this partnership will bring these very special programs to an unprecedented audience of affluent, worldly travelers. Conde Nast Traveler and Travel Channel will partner to produce Conde Nast Traveler Presents Amazing Destinations, an original, primetime series premiering on Travel Channel on Monday, September 28. The magazine's editor-in-chief, Thomas Wallace, will host the series, which airs Monday through Friday from 10-11 PM (ET/PT). The two companies are also producing The Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards; a 60-minute primetime special based on the magazine's Readers' Choice Awards issue published each fall. This exclusive premiere, hosted by Tom Wallace, editor-in-chief of Conde Nast Traveler, and Michelle Garforth of the primetime series, Travel Daily, is scheduled to air on Travel Channel on Thursday, October 15, from 10-11 PM ET/PT and will air seven times during the fourth quarter fall season. It will visit a selection of the magnificent destinations, hotels, resorts, museums and cultural treasures featured in the Readers' Choice Awards issue. Tom Florio said, "The Travel Channel partnership is Conde Nast Traveler's initial foray into expanding the brand into new mediums -- giving us the opportunity to reach new potential readers. It reinforces our leadership position and provides our advertisers with new and exciting cross media opportunities." 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. |
