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Wednesday, July 28, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs 1999 Esquire Fiction Competition Announced Esquire magazine Editor-in-Chief David Granger has announced the 1999 Esquire Fiction Competition for New Writers presented with Yahoo! GeoCities. This is the debut of an annual summer contest that accepts entries via the Internet at http://Esquire.yahoo.com, and provides online resources for writers, including the ability to publish their works online using Yahoo! GeoCities' home-page builder. The winner of the competition will be awarded $4,000 and will be published both in Esquire and online. All contest entries must be original, unpublished works of fiction not exceeding 6,000 words that Esquire editors will evaluate for overall literary excellence. Granger and his editorial team will oversee the judging process. Official rules for contest entry are available at http://Esquire.yahoo.com and in the July, August, and September issues of Esquire. Submission deadline is Sept. 10, 1999 for online entries and Sept. 15, 1999 for mail-in entries. The winner will be announced on the Esquire/Yahoo! website by December 1, 1999 and will be published in an upcoming issue of Esquire. Esquire has published the works of dozens of America's major fiction writers including Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and Truman Capote. With Granger at the magazine's helm, the magazine's commitment to both discover and develop new writers has been reinvigorated. Under Granger, Esquire instituted "Snap Fiction," an editorial feature that has garnered submissions from hundreds of authors, both new and established. Esquire has also recently published "Marry the Man Who Gets There First," Heidi Julavits's first work which was selected for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories: 1999, and "Miracle Boy," a short story by Pinckney Benedict which won the prestigious O'Henry Award. Law.Com And American Lawyer Media Announce Agreement Law.com, a leading Web law resource, and American Lawyer Media, Inc., the nation’s leading legal information company, have announced a strategic alliance, aimed at creating a comprehensive destination for legal information and e-law services on the Web, under the law.com brand. Under the terms of the agreement, ALM will merge its Web-related legal assets, including ALM's Law News Network and other national and regional legal websites associated with ALM publications, into law.com's Web offerings. These sites, which are targeted primarily at legal professionals and collectively generate more than 3.5 million page views each month, will be owned and operated by law.com. They will continue their editorial affiliation with their respective publications under an exclusive content licensing and operating agreement between the companies. "Last year, more than $130 billion was spent on legal services in the U.S., a market in which the Web potential remains untapped," said Anup Bagaria, a vice president at Wasserstein Perella & Co. "Through this agreement, law.com has gained exclusive access to the branded content of the legal industry's most respected source of professional news and information. This agreement will give law.com the critical mass in content and services required to deliver premier e-law services to consumers, business people and legal professionals. This combination also creates a unique vehicle for advertisers seeking to reach this highly affluent and influential user group online." "Our alliance with law.com represents a significant step forward in the fulfillment of our strategy to become the leading supplier of branded legal content to the broadest possible audience on the Web," said William Pollak, president and CEO of ALM. "This will allow our award-winning publications to focus on their editorial mission, while supporting our efforts to expand into new publishing areas, both inside and outside the legal industry." Computer Media Launches incite Brand Publications Computec Media U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of a leading European media publisher, Computec Media AG, has announced the launch of incite, its newest brand of lifestyle game publications. Under the incite umbrella brand, there will be two consumer print magazines, incite PC Games and incite Video Games, as well as one online consumer destination, incitegames.com. incite's print publications, incite PC Games and incite Video Games, will deliver monthly game news, previews, reviews and strategy hints and tips. Each publication will also highlight interviews with the game developers, as well as with entertainment celebrities and professional athletes. Each magazine will also provide game features that will review how to play them, who made them, what new technologies are being used and other behind-the-scenes stories. incitegames.com will include news, previews, reviews, features and strategy guides for PC, PlayStation, Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 products. The site will also feature ongoing contests and promotions and a community for those looking to interact with other gamers online. incitegames.com will also feature a gaming search engine to help users navigate the site and the Web. The premiere issues of incite PC Games and incite Video Games will hit newsstands and retail outlets nationwide on October 26, 1999. In conjunction with the launch of the print publications, incitegames.com will go live on the Internet. Following the launch, both print publications will be distributed monthly through Kable Distribution Services. incite PC Games will guarantee a rate base of 400,000 out of a one million print run and incite Video Games will guarantee a rate base of 450,000 out of a 1.2 million print run. Each issue of incite PC Games will also include an interactive CD-ROM. Foofoo.com Debuts Online, Mixing Content and Commerce Foofoo.com has announced the launch of its website targeted at upwardly mobile men and women who are using the Internet. Foofoo.com provides blends content and commerce from partners on and off the Internet, including well-known brands such as J Crew, Elle, Premiere, Men's Health, CD Now and others. "The Internet has been a home to sites that target a number of specific groups including seniors and women online, but there hasn't been content yet that is focused on the exact population that is driving the growth of this medium," said Connie Ling, president of Foofoo.com. "Foofoo.com reaches a market that is incredibly under-represented on the Web - the fast-growing group of upwardly mobile, successful young professionals online." The website's model, which Foofoo.com has coined "ComTent", enables content providers to merchandise their online content through a third-party site. On Foofoo.com, an article from Washingtonian magazine about fine cigars can be complemented with specific cigar products from e-commerce partners, such as Cigars International or The Smoke Shop. The site's content partners include the following: Aqua Magazine, Elle, Feng Shui, Food & Wine, Golf & Travel, Healing Retreats & Spas, Homes & Lifestyles, Islands Magazine, Men's Health, News Real, nHabit.com, Palm Springs Life, Premiere, Puerto Vallarta Lifestyles, San Diego Magazine, Tastings.com, The James Beard Foundations, Travel Holiday, Travel & Leisure, and Washingtonian. FOX News Online Adds Content From Popular Science Magazine FOX News Online has announced a content deal with Popular Science, a science and technology magazine. FOX News Online is teaming up with Popular Science to offer users sci-tech news with a blend of video, features, wires and forums. FOXNews.com is featuring weekly features and daily sci-tech news. The daily content includes science questions of the day taken from the "FYI" section of the magazine and a "What's New" in technology feature. Twice a week, FOXNews.com features a look at sci-tech news covered in Popular Science 100 years ago and a look at 100 of the greatest inventions of the millennium. Reality Tech, a technology column written by Popular Science Editor-in-Chief, Fred Abatemarco, will appear weekly with other feature science stories. "Extending the content of our magazine and our website (popsci.com) via FOXNews.com is an exciting new vista for our editors, and another milestone for the 127 year-old brand," said Abatemarco. MSNBC.com And APB Online Join Forces MSNBC.com and APB Online have jointly announced a content distribution agreement available on MSNBC.com. The alliance allows MSNBC.com to increase the scope of its leading Web-based news services by incorporating APB criminal justice news and information into a daily "Crime and Punishment" feature package. This alliance enables MSNBC.com and APB to expand their reach to new and different audiences of Web users. This permanent addition to the MSNBC site features crime and criminal justice news in the U.S. and beyond that is updated throughout the day. Additionally, APB is providing MSNBC.com with the "G-Files," a weekly report on U.S. Government documents acquired by APB through the Freedom of Information Act. MSNBC.com will host APB features including links to live audio feeds of police scanners across the country and "Safe Streets," APB's compendium of crime prevention tips and public safety articles. MSNBC.com's staff members will also provide featured crime news stories to the new section. "As our mission statement says, APB pledges 'To Inform and Serve' by providing definitive criminal justice and crime news and personal safety information to the public," said Marshall V. Davidson, APB Multimedia's chairman and CEO. "MSNBC's millions of users now have easy access to APB news content that will allow them to learn more about the criminal justice system, along with local crime news and personal safety issues." Amazon.com Selects Widescreen Review to Provide DVD Reviews Amazon.com and Widescreen Review magazine have announced an agreement whereby the magazine will provide technical data and disc quality reviews of DVD movies for the Internet merchandising powerhouse. The information will include cast and credits plus picture and sound quality reviews. Initially, over 1,000 widescreen format DVD movie and music video titles have been reviewed, with new titles entered weekly. Almost simultaneously, Widescreen Review announced the launch of its "Ultimate Widescreen DVD Interactive Movie Guide." WSR's website has over 450 categories of searchable criteria within 150 separate fields. Data are measured and verified for accuracy by the research staff. Gary Reber, Widescreen Review's Editor and Publisher says, "We saw a need to create a comprehensive Internet movie database to provide enthusiasts with a reliable source to find movies for their home theatre systems that convey maximum picture and sound performance. We want to make the home theatre experience the best that it can be." DVD Spotlight Launches Online Magazine DVD Spotlight has announced the opening of its new website, which will be devoted to DVD movie information. DVD Spotlight is a spin-off of the electronic zine, VideoLtd.Com DVD Spotlight. Features on the website include: reviews of DVD movies, online forums, contests and giveaways, spotlights on the stars, news, top DVD movie lists and a free weekly newsletter delivered by e-mail to subscribers. "Even though there are some scattered sites where DVD collectors can find release information, I plan to make this site much more interactive," responds Bob Pardue, who is a DVD video enthusiast and founder of the 15 year old Video Ltd. movie stores. "I am able to do something online that would be very difficult in the stores. Right now, the physical stores have very little interest in DVD - which I feel will change in the near future - but there are thousands of surfers online who desperately need a magazine they can trust and an editor who can talk to them in layman's terms about the industry and, where they can talk to other people who enjoy movies on DVD. I strongly believe that I can meet that need with this site," states Pardue. Cabot, Kelly Named New Editors of Gaming Law Review Anthony Cabot, a partner with the law firm of Lionel, Sawyer & Collins in Las Vegas, Nev., and Joseph Kelly, professor of Business Law at SUNY College at Buffalo, have been named co-editors-in-chief of Gaming Law Review, the Journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., effective with the September/October 1999 issue. They succeed Dawn LaRochelle, the founding editor of the publication who is stepping down to work with Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. on another project which will be announced in 2000. Cabot has been a partner with Lionel, Sawyer & Collins since 1987 and the chairperson of its Gaming Practice Group since 1995. Besides his activities with the firm, he is Adjunct Faculty (1994-present), International Gaming Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration. Cabot is also the author of several books in the gaming field including The Internet Gambling Report III, Federal Gaming Law, Casino Gaming: Public Policy, Economics And Regulation, Nevada Gaming Law, and a coeditor and contributing author of International Casino Law. Joseph Kelly is a professor of Business Law at SUNY College at Buffalo and has taught Casino Operations at Cornell University School of Hospitality. Dr. Kelly was co-chair of the IBA Section of Sports and Gaming Law up until 1998. Gaming Law Review is a journal devoted to the latest developments in legislative, regulatory and judicial decisions affecting gaming at both the state and federal levels in the U.S. and in more than 75 countries. 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