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Wedneday, December 9, 1998 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs American Lawyer Media Launches Law News Network American Lawyer Media, Inc. (ALM) today announced the launch of the Law News Network, an extensive daily legal news source. The site combines updated, breaking coverage and features drawn from ALM's 20 national and regional publications with original content, advertising and specialized legal subscription services. The site also includes amlawjobs.com, a comprehensive classified ad database of law industry jobs nationwide. The Law News Network presents wide-ranging coverage of the days top legal news stories and features from the staff of ALM publications, including The American Lawyer, the National Law Journal and Corporate Counsel Magazine. Also highlighted are stories from, and direct links to, websites associated with ALM's daily and weekly regional legal newspapers, such as The New York Law Journal; Legal Times in Washington, D.C.; Texas Lawyer; The Recorder in San Francisco; and The Legal Intelligencer in Philadelphia. The Law News Network site also features Open Court, containing opinion pieces, columns, letters, reviews and counterpoint authored by guest contributors on a wide variety of topics. The lively and controversial op-ed section addresses and debates issues related to law, business and politics. This week's section highlights contributions from USC Law Professor Susan Estrich on women at Harvard Law, Jeffrey Rosen's annotations on his recent testimony before the House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry, and antitrust maven William Kovacic's advice to Exxon and Mobil on finessing merger approval from the regulators. "The Law News Network establishes the first truly national legal daily available to readers on a global basis," said William Pollak, president and Chief Executive Officer of ALM. "This site represents the first step in our online strategy to tap and integrate the resources of the entire ALM portfolio, as well as future strategic partners. The Law News Network will be an important, regular destination on the Web, not just for lawyers, but also for visitors seeking a unique perspective on business, politics and daily news events impacted by the law." The Law News Network will replace ALM's current web sites, Law Journal Extra and Counsel Connect, on a phased basis and will incorporate many of the most popular features and online industry services currently available through those destinations. Plans call for development of targeted, subscription-based Web products, organized around specific legal practice areas and accessed via the network. IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. to Acquire Cliffs Notes IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. has announced it has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Cliffs Notes, a privately-held publisher of the popular literary study guides. IDGB is a global knowledge company whose portfolio includes many book brands and computer-based learning tools, including the For Dummies brand which has more than 60 million books in print. "Cliffs Notes is beloved by millions of students who have relied on its popular Notes and study guides to help them learn about literature and to prepare for junior high, high school and college tests," said Steven Berkowitz, IDGB's president. "Cliffs has also stayed in touch with its customers by creating a powerful Web presence at Cliffs.com. At IDGB, we have built our reputation on creating best-selling brands that help people make the most of their work and personal lives. Cliffs Notes is a natural fit with our strategy of making learning enjoyable, accessible and affordable in both print and online formats." Cliffs Notes currently publishes about 300 reference titles including its original Notes plus Quick Reviews of high school and college courses, Test Preparation guides, Advanced Placement guides and test preparation software. Each literary Notes study guide is written by academics who provide commentary and analysis of classic works. Among the most popular Cliffs Notes literary guides are those for The Scarlet Letter and Hamlet. Universal New Media Launches "News of the Weird" toggled Show togglethis has announced the premiere of its latest toggled show, Xippy Malone, Cub Reporter, an interactive news reporter on the Internet. The toggled show is based on the popular syndicated newspaper column, Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird. Toggled shows are delivered to consumers' desktops via email and combine the visual experience of watching TV with the interactivity of the Web. The show is produced in conjunction with Universal New Media, the interactive arm of Andrews McMeel Universal, and brought to viewers by AT&T Inter@ctive Communications. People wishing to subscribe to the show can visit: http://www.newsoftheweird.com. Beginning today, Xippy Malone will deliver News of the Weird to consumers' desktops, who will then help Xippy Malone edit headlines by clicking, dragging, pushing and pulling him. Xippy Malone showcases the interactivity of toggled shows, which enable entertainment programming to be broadcast directly to consumers. News of the Weird is in its 10th year of syndication and appears in almost 400 newspapers and on numerous websites. Information Please and Time Magazine Launch the 1999 Time Almanac Information Please LLC, a provider of reference information, and Time Inc. Home Entertainment, a book publishing division of Time Inc. have joined forces to publish the TIME/Information Please ALMANAC 1999. "This new endeavor combines the best of the publishing, reference and journalism worlds to provide a new and enhanced Almanac," said David Arfine, Director of Marketing for Time Inc. Home Entertainment. Readers can also access the almanac content by clicking on www.infoplease.com and visiting Information Please's website which offers an integrated free reference center encompassing the various Information Please Almanacs on sports, entertainment and general reference along with a leading dictionary and The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition. Oxford University Press Chooses Mediasurface to Manage Content Mediasurface has been selected by The Oxford University Press (OUP) to drive the company's website. The OUP's publishing program includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, dictionaries and reference books including the Oxford English Dictionary. The new Mediasurface driven site will give OUP a much easier method to manage the information they have. "Mediasurface addresses a wide range of the problems we are faced with in designing, building and populating our website," said Andrew Peerless, Group Internet Coordinator at OUP." We have numerous contributors of content, with varying levels of technical skill, so we needed a solution that could provide a very simple method of keeping the content up to date. With Mediasurface, OUP can manage the structure of the site without constantly re-writing material or hand-coding files. My team has found it to be very easy to use and Mediasurface is very much living up to expectations." The OUP website, which will be launched at the end of January 1999, has been designed to provide comprehensive information for authors, booksellers and customers. The website contains a catalogue of over 30,000 titles that are in print at any one time and gives users detailed product information including sample materials on highlighted titles. CareerMag.com Adds New Author to Its Site CareerMag.com announced today that it has added Bob Rosner, author of Working Wounded: Advice that Adds Insight to Injury (Warner Book, 1998) as a columnist to its magazine-format website. Rosner will contribute a weekly column to the CareerMag.com site. His columns address workplace issues and employment situations. In addition to the weekly column, an archive of 20 of Rosner's articles will be available to CareerMag.com readers at any given time. Rosner, 42, is a Seattle-based nationally recognized author, syndicated columnist and speaker. He also is the creator of a an award-winning website, workingwounded.com, which provides advice and humor on workplace issues and career challenges. Rosner considers just about anyone who works a member of the "Working Wounded." "We are pleased to add Bob to our roster of leading, well-known authors on the CareerMag.com site. Bob's style takes a unique approach to the difficult employment situations in which many find themselves today. His solutions are presented in a very refreshing and enjoyable manner. We believe CareerMag.com readers will appreciate the liveliness and sassiness Bob's columns will bring to the site," said Gary Resnikoff, CareerMag.com president. Rosner added: "People involved in the job search process are in transition and require information, tools and energy to help guide them. Working Wounded provides all these essentials to its readers. CareerMag.com is the ideal vehicle by which to combine an inventory of job-related resources with the amusing workplace advice Working Wounded offers. CareerMag.com provides a wealth of valuable information and support to job seekers. The Working Wounded columns will complement CareerMag.com's comprehensive offering and afford readers a very favorable job searching experience." Software Purchasing Guide Launches Online SoftSmart, the developer of web-based consumer guides, has announced the availability of SoftGuide -- an interactive guide for locating, pricing, and purchasing software. SoftGuide aims to recommend the right software without endless searching. The site features five independent search tools enabling visitors to find the right software for the job at hand. In addition, SoftGuide offers daily advice on the most popular commercial shareware and freeware applications currently available. All software recommendations are accompanied by thorough descriptions, and linked to available reviews in both consumer and professional publications. Many packages are also linked directly to free trial downloads and demos. "PC users from novices to experts can quickly and easily find the software they need, and get the best online prices, with just a few mouse clicks," said Kevin Dowling, SoftSmart Board Chairman. SoftGuide.com is the first interactive software buyer's guide to integrate an easy to use, comprehensive product selector with extensive links to related web sites, and one-stop-shopping for the best prices currently available among the major online software stores. 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 © 1997-2010 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
