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Monday, February 15, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Slate Goes Free Slate began charging a subscription fee for access to most of its content and services alomst one year ago. Effective today, all of Slate's current editorial content will be free. E-mail deliveries, the weekly print-out edition, "The Fray," and "The Compost" (the Slate archive) will remain available to subscribers only. Slate also plans to add new subscriber benefits. Slate is changing its model based on estimates that it can now generate more revenue from advertisements due to the increased traffic it will receive by delivering more of its content for free. Slate's editor, Michael Kinsley, has provided a questiona and answer page in response to the sudden change on Slate's website. United News & Media Launches U.S. Parenting Magazine Division United News & Media has announced the launch of United Parenting Publications (UPP), a new division of its market-leading U.S. consumer publishing business UAP Inc. United also announced the acquisition of Bay Area Parenting. The division will publish free regional parenting monthlies, websites, yearbooks and directories, and promote sponsored family events. Its portfolio currently comprises fifteen consumer monthlies serving major metropolitan markets in five states. It is the leading publisher of free parenting publications in the United States, with a combined average monthly circulation of 985,000. Nigel Donaldson, Chairman and CEO UAP Inc., said: "We have identified an excellent growth sector which stands to benefit enormously from UAP Inc.'s unique ability to reach and service markets on a local and national level. With the U.S. newborn population set to reach an all time high over the next few years, and the US population set to double over the next century, this is an exciting opportunity for us." PhotoHighway.com Appoints Lawrence White Editor Of PhotoTimes PhotoHighway.com, an Internet portal devoted to PC Photography, has announced the appointment of Lawrence R. White as the Editorial Director of PhotoTimes, an online source of news and information about the field of digital photography. With over twenty years of experience in the photo industry, White is also President, CEO and co-founder of HyperZine Communications, Inc., a leading photographic site. He has served as Technical Director of Popular Photography Magazine and of Modern Photography. He has written for many magazines including Video, Video Pro, Amazing Amiga Computing, Photo Trade News, and Compute!. "We are very proud to have such a well-respected member of the PC Photography community providing the editorial management of PhotoHighway.com's PhotoTimes," said Joe Byrd, COO of PhotoHighway.com Inc. "Larry will help us make PhotoTimes the premier source of PC Photography information on the Internet. He brings together some of the top writers in the industry who will work to make this a reality in record time." "I am pleased to join PhotoHighway.com in building a truly informative and independent source of information for the PC Photography enthusiast," explained Larry White. "Our mission is to help our readers learn more about the things they care about quickly and easily, by personalizing the content to their expressed interests and delivering it to their online doorsteps on a weekly basis. Our job is to do this while making it fun and exciting for the reader." HealthGate Announces Web Launch of Healhty Athelete Healthy Athlete, the latest consumer-health magazine in HealthGate Data's Corp.'s Healthy Living Series, is now available only on the World Wide Web. According to Bill Reece, CEO and Chairman of HealthGate, "Healthy Athlete fills a gap for Web users seeking the latest information in sports medicine, exercise, and recreation." "Our Healthy Living series of Webzines has long promoted exercise as an integral component of good health and wellness," said Reece. "Healthy Athlete takes this to the next level by devoting an entire magazine to covering this important and ever-growing field. Those men and women who participate in or want to begin a regular regimen of exercise, be it joining a health club, participating in recreational team sports, or just watching a diet to get into better shape, will benefit from reading Healthy Athlete." Healthy Athlete offers coverage on topics such as sports injuries and sports medicine, recreational activities, trends, various types of exercise such as cardiovascular, strength-training, flexibility, conditioning, performance enhancing medications, supplements, equipment, and apparel. Regular features include `Injury Rap,' a column on injuries and why they occur in certain types of athletes, and `At Home,' which looks at the benefits and drawbacks of home exercise equipment. Lastly, Healthy Athlete will offer interviews with athletes, such as Joe Frazier, who suffered from high blood pressure during his career, who prove that, with proper medical treatment and care, you can succeed. Healthy Athlete is the eighth in the series of consumer-focused Healthy Living Webzines. Located at HealthGate's consumer-oriented website, each Webzine offers an in-depth look at various aspects of health and wellness including women's health, men's health, parenting and family issues, mental and behavioral health, nutrition, sexuality, and travel medicine. Future Webzines will cover such diverse topics as alternative and complimentary medicine, pharmaceuticals and over the counter products, and senior health issues. PBS Announces Rescue at Sea Website For 90 years, Morse code was the language of hope for those in peril at sea. But in February 1999, Morse code was retired from use at sea in favor of a satellite-based mayday system. The American Experience Online Rescue at Sea explores the first use of wireless technology to save lives at sea. The hero of the story is a 26-year-old wireless operator named Jack Binns, who, on January 23, 1909, bravely sent out distress signals after the ship on which he was traveling collided with another ship in dense fog off Nantucket Island, putting 1,500 lives in mortal danger. The Rescue at Sea website accompanies the broadcast of the one-hour documentary on The American Experience Monday, February 15 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings). The American Experience Online produces a companion website for every new television broadcast of The American Experience, with information beyond the broadcast including program schedules, teacher's guides, audience feedback and links to related sites. The American Experience Online also produces WayBack: US History for Kids, a US history Webzine targeted to kids ages 9 to 13 first released in November 1998. 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