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Tuesday, December 1, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs NCR Launches E-commerce Forum on the Web NCR Corporation, a world leader in helping businesses build relationships with consumers, announced the launch of an exciting new website devoted to the new economy and the impact of e-commerce on consumers and businesses. The new site features insightful and controversial articles along with radical opinions and thought-proving commentary from industry leaders. It also provides a central resource and forum for dialog for those interested in e-commerce, whether that's defined as the cashless society, online shopping or changing consumer behavior. The new site focuses on the implications of "commerce in the age of the consumer" and challenges established perceptions of transactions and relationships in any age when businesses see increasingly less of their customers. Charged -- the site's monthly e-zine -- provides updates on e-commerce topics. Industry leaders and NCR experts present their perspective on the changing face of commerce. The section profiles breakthrough technologies from NCR's Knowledge Lab and looks ahead to the developments that will define tomorrow's consumer relationships. Articles cover a range of topics including e-commerce-related issues such as disintermediation, virtual idols and their role in the new economy, security infrastructures, commerce access technologies, affinity promotions and consumer value propositions, multi-channel banking and the ATM of the future. "With this web site we are expanding the discussion. We want to explore what these developments really mean to us as consumers, to us as businesses, and to us as members of tomorrow's information-based society," said Bill Wright, director of electronic commerce at NCR's Financial Solutions Group. "We can provide a peek at the developments from the NCR Knowledge Lab and share our extensive resources, knowledge, and research with the growing community of individuals and businesses who are shaping e-commerce," Wright added. New Publication Spotlights Home Automation/Home Networking Distribution Channel The Home Automation Times is a new publication dedicated to the emerging home automation and home networking distribution channel, including systems integrators, builders, security system installers, home theater installers, and others. The Home Automation Times offers articles documenting trends and best practices and comprehensive set of links and other resources related to home automation and home networking. Palm Computing founder Donna Dubinsky and Crossing the Chasm author Geoffrey Moore, both experts on bringing technology to the consumer market, are interviewed in the current issue. The editor of The Home Automation Times is Hillary Rettig, a veteran computer journalist and entrepreneur. She began writing about home automation in 1996, and published the first article on the technology as a potential profit center for computer resellers. "Our editorial credo, `Anticipate Ubiquity', says it all," she says. "I believe the adoption of these technologies is going to be near-universal, and that they represent a vast new opportunity for the computer industry as a whole, and value-added providers and systems integrators in particular." Golden Books Family Entertainment to Sell Wisconsin Printing Facility Golden Books Family Entertainment, Inc. has announced its decision to sell its printing facility in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. The newly-constructed plant has been in operation since February of this year. The Racine County facility is a 440,000 square foot manufacturing building located in the Renaissance Business Park. Designed by the architectural firm, Eppstein-Uhen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the facility was built to the Company's specifications by First Industrial Development Services Group, L.P., and is being leased to the Company on a long-term basis. The facility was constructed with an eye toward efficiency and cost reduction. "The new facility and its work force do an excellent job and produce a very high quality product," said Richard Collins, the Company's Chief Operating Officer. "However, we feel that it would be in the best interests of Golden Books and the plant for the facility to be owned by a company committed to the printing business which could bring additional work to the facility and reduce unit costs. We plan to have an ongoing relationship with the facility as a customer and look forward to years of good service." American Lawyer Media Names Robert Teitelman Editor in Chief for '99 Startup American Lawyer Media, Inc. (ALM) announced that it has named Robert Teitelman, former editor of Institutional Investor, to serve as editor in chief of a new ALM professional publication to be launched in 1999. The startup will leverage ALM's current extensive legal reporting on business, from SEC proceedings to Delaware court decisions, by publications such as The National Law Journal, New York Law Journal and Legal Times, and will focus specifically on news and personalities related to a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and corporate restructurings. The as-yet-unnamed daily will target corporate lawyers, senior executives and financial professionals. Teitelman joined Institutional Investor (II) in 1989 and served as assistant managing editor and managing editor of the magazine before becoming editor in 1997. In addition to editing, he also authored a number of articles for II including features on American Express Corporation, Lazard Freres and Banc One. His II pieces have won awards from both the American Society of Business Press Editors and the Deadline Club. Previously, Teitelman served as a writer and editor at Forbes and Financial World. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and Columbia University. The Cat in the Hat "Speaks-Out" for Computer Literacy The Learning Company, Inc., with the help of The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, and various participating sponsors and partners announced the launch of U.S. Kids Compute!, a national campaign to help spread the word about computer literacy for young children. In support of the launch of its new line of Dr. Seuss learning software, (Dr. Seuss Preschool, Dr. Seuss Kindergarten, and Dr. Seuss Kindergarten Deluxe) The Learning Company has created the campaign to raise awareness about the importance of understanding how computers impact the learning process of young children, and raise it as an issue of national importance with education policymakers. The campaign will also provide a forum from which to donate thousands of software titles to community organizations across the country. In addition to The Learning Company, this national campaign is being sponsored by Apple Computer, Computertots, FamilyPC Magazine, CkidsNet, and First Book, a Washington DC community literacy advocacy organization. Over 40,000 children across the country will participate in the campaign on the day of the event. "The Learning Company is committed to helping families make the right software choices for their children, helping community organizations provide access to children who might not have computers at home, and bringing the importance of computer literacy to the attention of policymakers," said Kevin O'Leary, president of The Learning Company. "US Kids Compute! is the first full-scale effort ever made to provide research and information to families of children ages 2-7, to assist them in becoming more comfortable with using the computer to help their children learn basic skills." The campaign will begin with a kick-off celebration at the Children's Museum of Manhattan. The event, which is for members of the press, policymakers, educators, technology leaders and their children, will introduce the issues surrounding computer literacy, launch the U.S. Kids Compute! website and provide the opportunity for guests to interact with the Dr. Seuss software. Hoover's Online and Amazon.com Launch Comprehensive Book Alliance Online retailer Amazon.com and Hoover's Online have announced an agreement naming Amazon.com the exclusive bookseller on Hoover's Online. Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon will receive promotional placements on the Hoover's Online homepage, on 13,500 Hoover's Company Capsules, on Hoover's IPO Central and in the Hoover's Online store. Additionally, Hoover's will promote book-buying opportunities through Amazon.com on selected editorial features, including Hoover's Company of the Day, Spotlight Stock and weekly book reviews written by Hoover's editorial team. "Whether it's in print or online, if it's information that will help our customers understand their partners, competitors, clients or investments better, we want to make it available to them," said Gordon Anderson, editor in chief of Hoover's Online. "This agreement allows our customers to make use of Amazon.com's vast collection of business titles in conducting their research, which we believe is a tremendous value for people who don't have time to sift through multiple sites to find the company information they need." "Hoover's Online is one of the first places people go to find authoritative company information on the Web," said Shawn Haynes, Amazon.com associates group product manager. "Amazon.com is pleased to offer Hoover's customers easy access to a wealth of company and industry specific titles, including the latest business bestsellers." Hoover's provides useful information about more than 13,500 of the world's largest, fastest-growing and most influential public and private enterprises. Hoover's Company Information is available on its own websites, Hoover's Online, Hoover's IPO Central and Hoover's StockScreener. Hoover's Company Information is also available through partnerships with more than 30 Internet and online services including America Online, Infoseek, Microsoft, The New York Times and Reuters. 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. 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