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Wednesday, August 11th, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Tribune Interactive Launches Teen-Targeted Site: DishThis.com Tribune Interactive has announced the launch of a DishThis.com, a new teen targeted website. Celebrities, gossip, advice, fashion, movies, music and other teen content will be featured in DishThis, a new website produced by Tribune Interactive for the viewers of Tribune Broadcasting's WB and Fox affiliated television stations. "We know how popular The WB and Fox programs are with viewers, especially the kind of young viewers who appreciate the power of the Web," said Nancy Neff, DishThis senior producer. "We're creating a place where they can get a daily connection to the issues and the people who interest them, and a place where they can communicate with each other." Tribune Interactive brings together the interactive functions of Tribune Company's four newspapers and 17 television stations, as well as other Internet products and services, including BlackVoices.com, Go2Orlando.com and Digital City sites for Chicago, Hampton Roads, Orlando and South Florida. The group also is responsible for developing new Internet products and services. PC Computing Announces New Editorial Focus PC Computing, a Ziff-Davis monthly computer publication with a paid circulation of more than 1 million readers, has announced the December debut of the new PC Computing as a "new breed of business magazine." Effective with its December 1999 issue, PC Computing's editorial content and graphic look will change dramatically, reflecting the new direction and focus of the publication. The new PC Computing will no longer be a traditional PC publication, but a business magazine about technology. PC Computing Editor in Chief Paul Somerson is directing the ramping up of the magazine's editorial emphasis on business technology. Somerson has expanded the editorial staff to deliver the new edit, and the magazine has also opened a New York editorial bureau. Susan Casey, former creative director of Outside magazine, has served as a special consultant to the publication on its graphic redesign. Dave Allen, former Art Director of Outside, has been named PC Computing's new Art Director. "Traditional PC publications no longer meet all the needs of mainstream business people. Business people care less about what the product 'is,' they care what it 'does,' and how it can help them do business better," says Somerson. "We made significant editorial changes in this direction over the past year -- to deliver technology solutions for business leaders -- and our readers loved our new problem/solution focus. And they tell us they want more." United News & Media Sells CMP French and UK Portfolios United News & Media plc has announced that it has sold the UK and French publishing portfolios of the recently acquired CMP Media to VNU for a total consideration of $4 million. Tony Tillin, Chief Executive of Miller Freeman Worldwide, said: "We are well on the way to delivering the objectives set at the time of the CMP acquisition in June. We are continuing to rationalise our portfolio, in line with our business strategy, to reflect those sectors where we have strong positions and excellent growth prospects. We are also on track to achieve the $40 million profit improvement targeted at the time of the acquisition." The Reader's Digest Association Acquires Benchmark Publications The Reader's Digest Association Far East, Ltd. (Reader's Digest Asia) has acquired Benchmark, Ltd., the publisher of a group of four investment guide publications distributed in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The announcement was made in Hong Kong today by Tony Rees, regional managing director of Reader's Digest Asia, and Gerry Ball, managing director of Benchmark, Ltd. Benchmark provides readers with reports on global and Asian fund markets as well as performance analysis of investment funds through its four publications: Benchmark - Investment Funds of Asia, Performance Tracker, Global Funds Analysis and Asian Funds Analysis. The service also operates a website, www.benchmag.com. "The Benchmark publications are an independent and highly respected voice providing information related to investment funds," Rees said. "This acquisition by Reader's Digest demonstrates another step in the company's commitment to doing business in Asia and specifically to extending our presence in the Asian financial field. This also reflects our continuing interest in the magazine business in Asia and around the world." DreamWorks Television and NBC Studios Sign Glen Morgan & Jim Wong DreamWorks Television and NBC Studios have signed a multi-year deal with writing, producing and directing partners Glen Morgan and Jim Wong, it was announced by Dan McDermott, head of DreamWorks Television, and David Bartis, NBC Studios' senior vice president, Primetime Series. Morgan and Wong will executive produce the DreamWorks/NBC drama The Others, which received a 13-episode, mid-season order. They will also immediately begin to develop additional series under their new pact. In making the announcement, McDermott said, "Glen and Jim have proven to be a creative force in the industry. We are thrilled to welcome their combined talents into the DreamWorks family and to be partnered with NBC Studios in bringing some exciting new projects to television." Glen Morgan and Jim Wong were co-executive producers of the hit series The X-Files, for which they wrote and produced numerous episodes. They also served as executive producers of Millennium. Currently, they are partnered on FLIGHT 180, a supernatural thriller for New Line Cinema, which Jim Wong is directing and Glen Morgan is producing. Internet.com Acquires BHS.com, NT/Windows 2000 Resource Internet.com has announced that it has acquired BHS.com, a Windows 2000 resource. BHS.com has been incorporated into the internet.com Network of 65 websites and related Internet media properties. BHS.com is a technical resource for NT/Windows 2000 professionals, providing news, FAQs, link libraries and discussion boards. BHS.com is the latest addition to the internet.com Network in recent weeks. Others include The Web Developer's Journal, Wall Street Research Net, ASPWatch and Streaming Media News. "BHS.com is a significant addition to the internet.com Network. The site is a critical asset to advertisers looking to target NT/Windows 2000 prospects who are buying for large networks," said internet.com chairman and CEO Alan M. Meckler. "BHS.com consists of one of the most demographically attractive online communities for marketers to reach and will greatly enhance our collection of Internet Technology resources." Hollinger Acquires the Southwest Booster Hollinger Canadian Newspapers has announced that it has purchased the Southwest Booster, a bi-weekly publication published in Swift Current, Saskatchewan with a circulation of 19,300 copies in southwestern Saskatchewan. As part of the transaction, the Partnership also acquired The City Sun and a commercial printing operation serving the Swift Current area. The Partnership is a leading Canadian publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines and specialty publications. The Partnership's publications include 47 daily community newspapers, 182 non-daily newspapers and shopping guides and 106 magazines and specialty publications. Around the Web Advertisers Say They Will Bankroll Scripts of Family-friendly TV FoxNews Peter Robinson's Success is No Mystery BookWire The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard L.A. Times Salon.com Stock Plunges On News of Earnings Loss SF Gate San Francisco Examiner Has No Buyers So Far Editor & Publisher Shark Attack: ICM superagent Jim Wiatt defects to William Morris. Salon.com `X-Files' Star Duchovny Concedes `Clunker' Files PioneerPlanet Yahoo Offers Data Delivery to Wireless Devices Media Central 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. |
