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Wednesday, October 28th, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs 1998 Momentum Awards Announced Travelocity, eBay, Priceline, Mary Furlong, Homeshark, Seth Godin, and LinkExchange take home Internet leadership awards. The First Annual Momentum Awards were announced last night, honoring seven outstanding Internet industry leaders. The Momentum Awards, presented by Exceed's ChannelSeven.com, ICONOCAST, Internet.com, The Industry Standard, eMarketer, @d:tech, & @NY, recognize organizations and individuals whose contributions are driving the Internet industry forward. The event was attended by 1,100 Internet executives. "This year's winners are all examples of companies or individuals who are pushing the envelope in a new Internet-driven economy," according to Robert Risse, Publisher of Channel Seven. "The diverse group of winners clearly shows how the Internet is shaping a wide range of business, marketing, advertising, and community activities." The seven winners included eBay.com, Priceline.com, Mary Furlong, CEO of Third Age Media, Travelocity.com, Homeshark.com, Seth Godin, President/CEO of Yoyodyne and LinkExchange.com. Finalists for the Momentum Awards included: Flexlease.nl, Net Perceptions, Kate Everett-Thorpe (CEO Lot21), Autoweb.com, Peter Murphy & Dr. Scott Eliott (Vantage) Jonathan Nelson (CEO Organic), Tim Smith (CEO Red Sky Interactive), Candice Carpenter (CEO iVillage), Knight Ridder, Hotjobs.com, America's Health Network, Mplayer.com, Freeshop, Comet Systems, and WebTV. The Jury was composed of a diverse panel of independent Internet marketing experts, including: Samsung Electronics' Thomas Rhee, Sony Audio's Marty Homlish, Public Relations expert Jack O'Dwyer, Caesar's Palace's Phil Cooper, Syndicated Columnist Cindy Adams, Advertising expert Jerry Della Famina, Abrams/Gentile Toy inventor Marty Abrams, Madison Square Garden's Pam Harris, Estee Lauder Companies' Angela Kapp, ChannelSeven.com Europe's Andrei Puhov, DM News' Ken Magill, Advertising Age's Michael Wilke, Reuters America's' Yukari Iwatani, Tristar Interactive's Lynda Keeler, eMarketer's Sam Alfstad, The New York Post's Don Kaplan, J&R Music World's Rochelle Friedman, HWH PR's Lois Whitman, USA Network's Karen Donahue The Industry Standard's John Battelle, ICONOCAST's Michael Tchong, and ChannelSeven.com's Mara Lipacis. GreenTree Unveils New Health and Nutrition Site GreenTree Nutrition, Inc., an online wellness center and superstore, has unveiled its new website at Intel Corporation's Internet Health Day. GreenTree addresses the needs of health-conscious Americans with a site that delivers health resources by combining objective content, online community, and discounted vitamins and nutritional supplements. "Some websites offer traditional medical advice, some present information on alternative health, and others offer products," states Don Kendall, CEO and co-founder of GreenTree. "GreenTree pulls all of these offerings together in one convenient location so customers can investigate the latest health news, get personalized recommendations, purchase discounted wellness products and interact with others who share their health interests, all in one seamless experience." The GreenTree editorial team updates the site's content daily, working with partners such as The New York Times Syndicate and the GreenTree Advisory Board. This Board helps oversee the editorial and policy decisions for the website. The Board members include the president of the American Dietetic Association, the former dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, the managing editor of the University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter, and a leading group of registered dietitians and medical professionals from Harvard, Stanford and Johns Hopkins universities. "GreenTree is the ideal resource for people interested in taking charge of their health and nutrition," states Ann Coulston, president of the American Dietetic Association and member of the GreenTree Advisory Board. "I am excited to be working with a leading wellness site that gives people the objective and comprehensive information they need to make informed decisions about their health." Quality Products at Discounted Prices Gossip Columnist Jeannette Walls Joins MSNBC Jeannette Walls has been named a new columnist for MSNBC on the Internet, it was announced by Merrill Brown, editor in chief. Walls, who previously wrote "Reality Check" for Esquire magazine and the "Intelligencer" column for New York magazine joins MSNBC as author of "Jeannette Walls Delivers the Scoop" where she will report on the insider news from the Hollywood hills to Capitol Hill. "Jeannette's years of experience and her ability to get the inside scoop will prove to be an invaluable asset to the site," said Brown. "Her connections to the worlds of entertainment, media and politics combined with the technology behind MSNBC.com will allow our users to get the most up-to- the-minute news from behind-the-scenes. We are thrilled to have her on board." Walls' column will appear Monday through Thursday in the Quick News and Living*Travel sections on the site. Walls will also appear weekly on MSNBC cable. Before joining MSNBC, Walls wrote the monthly column "Reality Check" for Esquire magazine from 1993 to 1997. Prior to that, Walls reported and wrote the "Intelligencer" column for New York magazine from 1987 to 1993. Her weekly items focused exclusively on the media and politics. From 1985 to 1987, Ms. Walls reported for USA Today where she covered business and finance. From 1981 to 1985, she worked for New York magazine in various capacities including writer and editor. Osborne/McGraw-Hill Expands Internet Yellow Pages for 1999 The latest version of Harley Hahn's Internet & Web Yellow Pages, 1999 Edition ($34.99) was released today from Osborne/McGraw-Hill. The 1999 Edition expands on earlier editions of the book and provides information about websites, Usenet groups, and mailing lists. "With more than two million copies in print, Harley Hahn's Internet & Web Yellow Pages has been the number one Internet directory since 1993," said Scott Rogers, Associate Publisher for Osborne/McGraw-Hill. "The new edition offers the same intelligence, visual appeal and humor that made the book a best-seller, while also expanding on current Internet trends -- such as e-commerce, job searching, finance, stock quotes and genealogy -- to make it a must-have for 1999." Harley Hahn is an internationally recognized writer, analyst and consultant. He is the author of 21 books on various topics, including the best-selling Harley Hahn's Internet & Web Yellow Pages, Harley Hahn Teaches the Internet, The Internet Complete Reference and Assembler Inside & Out. His Unix books include Unix Unbound and Harley Hahn's Student Guide to Unix. Teen Magazine Launches Spanish Language Edition The Petersen Companies, Inc., publishers of Teen magazine, and Ideas Publishing Group, an international Spanish-language publishing company, announced today that they have entered into a long-term licensing agreement to launch Teen magazine in Spanish. The first issue will be available on newsstands in March 1999, and will be distributed monthly in 22 Latin American countries and the United States. The magazine's title in the U.S. will be Teen en espanol, and there will be specific regional editions created for Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Columbia, with in-market titles for each such as Teen Argentina and Teen Mexico. The regional editions, including those in the U.S., will feature popular Latin celebrities and include local information for each region. "We are excited to be working with a proven company like Ideas Publishing Group which has the ability to reach the Teenage audience in the high-growth region of Latin America," said Claeys Bahrenburg, Vice Chairman of The Petersen Companies. "This will not only extend Teen's reach to the region, but Teen en espanol will become an important medium in the U.S. Hispanic market. We look forward to publishing additional Petersen titles with Ideas Publishing Group in the future." Headquartered in Miami, Ideas Publishing Group was established in 1995. It has more than 150 employees in nine countries, including the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Spain. Ideas Publishing Group publishes, under licensing agreements, some of the most popular and award-winning magazines in English, thus providing specialized publications that meet the needs and interests of the growing global Hispanic population. Currently, Ideas Publishing Group's Spanish-language magazine portfolio includes Glamour en espanol, Newsweek en espanol and Discover en espanol. Gibson Greetings Launches Two New Holiday Card Brands Gibson Greetings, Inc. has introduced two new holiday card brands. The new brands include Season*ings and Share The Miracle -- A Savior is Born. Season*ings is a new brand of alternative seasonal greeting cards. The 120-card collection combines contemporary humor, bright seasonal colors and whimsical designs to capture the essence of the holiday. Season*ings features designs by well-known artists and art studios, including Ruth Morehead, Suzy's Zoo, Giordano and Kersten Brothers. In addition, Gibson has introduced Share The Miracle -- A Savior is Born, a special collection of Christmas cards and gift items aimed at the Christian consumer. The new line features cards, multi-packaged goods, bookmarks, prayer cards and envelope seals. "One of the things that distinguishes Season*ings from more conventional card lines is the 'idea' content of each design," said Don French, general manager of the Seasonal Products Strategic Business Unit (SBU) at Gibson. "We conducted a series of consumer focus group tests, followed by extensive design testing, to create the right blend of products to complement -- yet stand apart from -- more conventional holiday cards." Around the Web Bertelsmann Gets Traffic-hungry News.com A Dark Secret for Anne Perry Jam! Books Ian McEwan Wins Booker Prize Washington Post Literary Agent Pushes for Digital Rights Fox News Newspapers Win with Election Coverage Editor & Publisher Remember to use Email Etiquette in Ccyber Writing The Business Journal 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. |
