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Wednesday, September 30th, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Fox Sports Online Unveils Allmadden.com Fox Sports Online and football legend John Madden unveiled AllMadden.com, a new website with football coverage and commentary. AllMadden.com features exclusive football fare including weekly picks; player profiles; a special audio opinion feature; reports filed from the infamous MaddenCruiser; and live chats throughout the season. Accessible from both Fox Sports Online, as well as its dedicated web address, AllMadden.com, Madden's site is a fan's comprehensive guide to the entire professional football season. Weekly game previews, week in review, player and plays of the week, as well as the weekly ``Madden Moment'' are among the regular columns featured on the site. The Boston Globe Begins a New Column on Education The Boston Globe this week began publication of The Learning Curve, a new weekly column dedicated to the topic of education. Appearing on Tuesdays on page 2 of the Globe's Metro/Region section, the column will cover educational news and information in Greater Boston and New England from grades kindergarten through college. It will be written by three Globe staff reporters who write about education full-time: Jordana Hart, on suburban education from kindergarten through grade 12; Beth Daley, on the Boston Public Schools; and Kate Zernicke, on higher education. Items published in the first column on September 29 included a report on the elimination of February and April vacations in some school systems; a state department of education program to help public school teachers pay off students loans; a program by Boston's Teen Empowerment to help high school freshmen make the transition from middle school to high school; and the appearance of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Massachusetts College of Art's 125th anniversary dinner on December 5. The New York Times Introduces New Science Times The New York Times announced that every Tuesday beginning October 13, readers nationwide will enjoy expanded health and fitness coverage in Science Times, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this fall. Readers will find new columns and features on a range of health topics including advances in medicine, behavior, nutrition, fitness and the health care system. ``The struggle for good health has become an increasingly significant part of today's society,'' said Cornelia Dean, science editor at The New York Times. ``This expansion is an opportunity to provide our readers with additional coverage of health and fitness and to reaffirm our commitment to thorough and lively coverage of the larger fields of science and medicine.'' Health and fitness features and behavior-related stories will be grouped together in an interior section front anchored by Jane Brody's Personal Health column and will also appear regularly on the section's front page along with Science Times's traditional science coverage. In addition to the expanded health and fitness coverage, the section will include more profiles of science personalities, a weekly letters column and ``Observatory,'' a weekly collection of off-beat, amusing and otherwise unusual short items. Science Times will appear nationally as a stand-alone color section in all three editions of the newspaper -- the New York Edition, the Northeast Editions, and the National Edition. Previously, Science Times appeared as a separate section in only the New York and Northeast Editions. IDG To Launch LinuxWorld Event and Publication International Data Group (IDG) has announced plans to launch a global product line of events and publications to address the needs of the growing Linux market. IDG World Expo, the world's leading producer of IT-focused conferences and expositions, will produce LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, an international exposition addressing the business and technology issues of the Linux operating environment. IDG's Web Publishing unit will launch LinuxWorld, an online-only magazine for the more than seven million technologists requiring in-depth information on implementing Linux and related technologies in diverse environments. ``With an annual growth rate exceeding 100 percent, the Linux market is one of the most noticed new technology areas today,'' said Kelly Conlin, IDG president. ``By launching LinuxWorld Conference and Expo and LinuxWorld Online, we are able to leverage IDG's industry-leading ability to provide customers with the most tailored and relevant IT information for this distinct audience.'' LinuxWorld is an online publication dedicated to providing an open discussion forum where members of the Linux community can further their understanding of the technical and business issues. Led by Michael McCarthy, President of Web Publishing Inc., LinuxWorld provides technical information, real-world scenarios of Linux in the enterprise, features, reader forums, product reviews, reader-submitted links, and guidance for making purchasing decisions. LinuxWorld will go ``live'' in mid-October. The Entertainment Internet, Inc. To Acquire Castnet.com The Entertainment Internet, Inc. has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Castnet.com, formerly known as Only Multimedia Inc. The Entertainment Internet, Inc. (EINI) will upon completion provide an on-line subscriber electronic information and data distribution service for the entertainment, media, and creative industries. The board of Directors has agreed to elect Thom Mount as CEO and Co-Chairman of the board of The Entertainment Internet, Inc. A film and stage producer and former Universal Studios President, he is currently President of The Producers Guild of America, and Co-Chair of the Producers Credit Board. Around the Web Chains' Growth Rate Slows in Second Quarter BookWire McGwire Hits a Home Run in Print Editor & Publisher U.S. Is Now No. 1 Market For Bertelsmann BookWire Web Can't Give Away What People are Willing to Buy ZDNN 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. |
