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Monday, August 16th, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Cahners Business Information Launches Supermarketworld.com Cahners Business Information has launched Supermarketworld.com, a website that provides 24-hour news and information on the international retail grocery industry to grocery retailers and food manufacturers. Supermarketworld.com includes 40-50 breaking news stories, updated throughout the day, on mergers and acquisitions, new products and technology, product recalls, personnel changes and trends in the international retail grocery industry. Supermarketworld.com is the first Web-only magazine launched by Cahners, a business-to-business publisher. Other Cahners online initiatives include Manufacturing Marketplace, an Internet resource for manufacturing and engineering professionals; and e-inSITE, an Internet resource for engineers and managers in the Electronic Original Equipment Manufacturer (EOEM) market. "Cahners developed Supermarketworld.com because of the great need for timely, accurate and comprehensive news on the retail grocery industry. Thousands of users signed up for our daily news feed even before we launched the site," said Brian Langille, Cahners group vice president for the food service, lodging and retail jewelry industries. "Supermarketworld.com is the only grocery retail Web site devoted to international coverage of the news. We are also the only 24-hour, 7-day-a-week news service for the industry." CNN and Oracle Announce Relaunch of CNN CustomNews CNN Interactive and Oracle Corp. have announced the relaunch of CNN CustomNews as MyCNN.com. The new site, powered by Oracle, is a personalized news site with a new interface and new content and features. "MyCNN.com was designed to make it easier and quicker for our users to get to the news that really matters to them," said Scott Woelfel, CNN senior vice president, general manager and editor in chief, CNN Interactive. "MyCNN.com offers unparalleled richness of content and depth of personalization. The scalability of Oracle's software solution allows us continually to grow and update the service and its capabilities." MyCNN.com allows users to view content via pop-up windows overlaid on their home page. The content, provided by CNN's worldwide bureaus and U.S. and international wire services, is determined by users who can choose from topics ranging from the health care to movie reviews. My CNN.com has approximately 800,000 registered users and serves 17 million pages of personalized content each month. Former SF Gate Editor Joins Lycos' Wired News Staff Wired News, a Lycos site, has announced the appointment of a new content editor, Jon Rochmis. Rochmis comes to Wired News from SF Gate, a Bay Area-focused news site offering content from the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, KRON-TV, and BayTV. While at SF Gate, he participated in creating the style and presentation of the site, and later became weekend content and features editor. As content editor at Wired News, Rochmis will be responsible for generating daily content with an emphasis on politics and business. "In Jon Rochmis, we have a content editor who combines the talents of a street-wise reporter, a seasoned editor, and a skillful manager," said George Shirk, editor in chief of Wired News. "Jon is an ideal choice to help lead Wired News into the future." Previously, Rochmis helped launch BayInsider.com as senior producer of the popular Bay Area-centric site. Rochmis also served as a newspaper reporter for 15 years, with a nine-year stint covering sports for the Oakland Tribune. Meredith Corporation Names Jacqueline Leo to New Publishing Group Post Meredith Publishing Group President Christopher M. Little has announced that Jacqueline Leo will join Meredith Corporation as Editor-in-Chief of Interactive Services for the Meredith Publishing Group. This is a newly created position, based in New York. Leo will assume her new role on October 1, 1999. As Editor-In-Chief, Leo will serve as the Publishing Group's senior editorial executive on all aspects of interactive services and provide strategic consultation to Meredith senior management on interactive issues. Additionally, Leo will oversee all editorial aspects of Meredith's new print-and-Web franchise, Shop Online 123, and serve as Editor-in-Chief of Family Money magazine and its website. She will report to Little. "Jackie is one of the most respected magazine editors in America, and has extensive experience and skills in multimedia content; creation of successful brand extensions; and in magazine and Web site launches," said Little. "Her print, broadcast and Internet capabilities are a great fit for Meredith's multiplatform approach to content." "I'm thrilled to be joining Meredith Corporation which has always been an outstanding example of the best publishing practices in our industry," said Leo. "My new role in Interactive Services is a great opportunity to forge strategies and content for this emerging market." Around the Web Authors Can Reissue Out-of-print Books CNN Authors Keep Writing -- Even After Death BookWire Guild Adds On-Demand to Backinprint.com PublishersWeekly News Corp. Launches Australia Magazine Division Media Central Out Magazine Comes Back to the Web Editor&Publisher Primedia to Sell Ripplewood for $415M Media Central Writer-columnist Celestine Sibley Dies CNN 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. |
