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Thursday, October 22nd, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Pocket Books to Publish Instant New York Yankee Book Pocket Books will publish This Champion Season, a mass market paperback that will detail and commemorate the current record-breaking 1998 Yankee season. It was announced by Gina Centrello, president and publisher of Pocket Books. The book is written by Howard Blatt, a contributing writer to Baseball Weekly, and contains highlights from the Yankees' 1998 season, including details of the World Series with 16 pages of black and white photos. According to acquiring editor Jane Cavolina, "The 1998 Yankees are one of the greatest teams in baseball history. Through this book we hope to immortalize the team and this spectacular season." Books are scheduled to go on sale the first week of November. Howard Blatt is a sportswriter who has covered baseball for the New York Daily News for over ten years, and is currently a contributor to Baseball Weekly. Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster, the publishing operation of Viacom Inc. MapQuest Unveils New Site Design GeoSystems Global Corporation has revamped its MapQuest website for improved ease of use and added functionality. MapQuest is a popular consumer and business interactive mapping service on the Internet. Its new interface is centered by a compass rose that will guide users through its multiple services. MapQuest is now organized to allow visitors to choose between maps, driving directions, trip planning, membership information and the new MapQuest MapStore. Visitors to MapQuest MapStore can purchase from a selection of more than 60,000 map titles, including National Geographic maps and road atlases. One point on the compass leads into a Products and Services section, with information on the business solutions MapQuest offers to map-enable other companies' websites and applications. MapQuest's door-to-door driving directions have been improved. Visitors to MapQuest can now generate detailed driving directions between any two USA addresses. Users can also employ the new "Quick Maps" feature to generate a city map of their choice from 21 United States or 24 International cities. "Many of MapQuest's functions are more tightly integrated to the interface," said Killick. "Strong features of the site, such as TravelPlan USA, are more visible to MapQuest visitors. With TravelPlan USA, travelers can utilize content from Mobil Travel Guide to gather information about destinations, lodging, dining, entertainment and weather for locations all over the country while planning an itinerary." New Razorfish Subnetwork Launches With Content From SonicNet, Nerve and Paper Magazine Razorfish Studios announced that SonicNet, Nerve, and Paper Magazine have signed on as content providers for RSUB, The Razorfish Subnetwork. "Having daily feeds in place from these providers, some of the most critical and interesting destinations online, further establishes RSUB as the destination for culture," said Michael Simon, President of Razorfish Studios. Also included are new RSUB resources. Visitors can search the Web with the Disinformation Subculture Search Engine. They can also sexpand their minds with the humorous Word of the Day, a collection of curious vocabulary from author Richard Grossman. Visitors canalso play a self-contained Mini-Bunko game and shop within the Disinformation Headshop and the Razorfish Studios store. SportsJones Online Magazine Launches SportsJones is a new, daily online magazine for sports and sports culture announced the launch of its website. The online magazine contains book reviews, satire and commentary, personal essays and professional experience, statistical analysis and international reportage. The senior editor is Teri Bostian, athlete, coach, and alum of the University of Iowa writing program. Along with Bostian, there is: Scott Page, game theory professor and statistical analyst; Michael R. Hicks, from the University of Louisville; Erin Edom, left-coast fitness instructor and writer; Tim Morris, author of Making the Team: The Cultural Work of Baseball Fiction; Richard Crepeau, author of Baseball: America's Diamond Mind, 1919-1941; Wes Jackert, a 'soccer rocker' from Seattle; Howard Z. Unger, writer for The Village Voice; Amanda Smith of The Sports Factor, a weekly sport-culture program from the Australian Broadcasting Company; and two dozen other writers, scholars, and athletes. In a recent interview with the online journal Newsies, SportsJones editor-in-chief Royce Webb says, "The mainstream sports media is an industry, a sausage factory. But not every sports fan wants a steady diet of sausage. SportsJones sees the world of sports as a world of great artistry, achievement, meaning, and fun. We love sports and its participants, and we're tired of the cynicism that passes for real criticism. Instead, we believe that sports is ripe for the kinds of thoughtful analysis that all other aspects of our society and culture receive. We shouldn't leave writing on sports to the sportswriters." 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. |
