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Friday, August 27th, 1999 Scripps Howard Foundation Sponsoring Competition for 'Most Valuable Staffer' . The Scripps Howard Foundation, in partnership with College Media Advisers Inc., is accepting nominations for a national competition to identify five outstanding college newspaper staff members. The winners of the "Most Valuable Staffer" competition each will receive a $5,000 scholarship and an all-expenses paid trip to New York for the College Media Adviser's Spring National College Media convention in March 2000. Matching $5,000 grants also will be awarded to the students' newspapers. Scholarships and matching grant winners will be announced in February. The Foundation and College Media Advisers will be accepting nominations through Dec. 1. The competition will be judged by a panel of academic and newspaper professionals. Any college newspaper in the U.S. that publishes at least weekly during the regular school year may nominate one staff member. The letter of nomination must be written by the newspaper advisor, student publications director, a department chair or dean, or other appropriate nominator and should explain how the student has been "most valuable" to the newspaper. The staff member must be enrolled as a full-time student in the college or university, but is not required to be a journalism or communications major, and may work in any department of the newspaper. The nomination package should include a resume; three clips (photocopies accepted) of published work from the college newspaper (story, photographs, ads, editing samples, etc.); a letter from the applicant explaining his/her philosophy of what a newspaper should be and how his/her contributions have helped the newspaper; a 500-word essay discussing a current industry issue of the student's choice; a transcript of college course work; and a copy of the newspaper itself. Mail complete nomination packet to: Jack Willis Most Valuable Staffer Competition The University of Oklahoma 860 Van Vleet Oval Norman, Okla. 73019 Amazon.com Modifies Purchase Circles Feature Amazon.com has announced that it is modifying its new Purchase Circles feature. For individual customers, Amazon.com will now allow their anonymous book, video and CD selections to be excluded from the Purchase Circles to which they belong. In addition, Amazon.com will remove a company-specific Purchase Circle at the company's request. Both changes will be implemented as soon as possible. Amazon.com commented that it does not create Purchase Circles with fewer than 200 customers as a way to ensure individual confidentiality. "Privacy is of utmost importance to our customers and to us," said Warren Adams, director, product development. "While the vast majority of feedback from our customers indicates that Purchase Circles have been well received and are extremely valuable in making informed purchase decisions, some customers have expressed concerns, so we're letting people decide individually." PublishingOnline.com and SoftBook Partner PublishingOnline.com announced that it has established an agreement with SoftBook Press to be a premier publishing partner. PublishingOnline.com will sell its fiction and non-fiction book titles exclusively through the PublishingOnline.com website and SoftBook Press's SoftBookStore. The agreement also covers distribution of the SoftBook Reader through the PublishingOnline.com website. Special packages will include the SoftBook Reader bundled with selected PublishingOnline.com titles. Additionally, SoftBook Press will co-sponsor PublishingOnline.com's North American Fiction Writers Awards which includes a $10,000 first prize to promote quality writing and digital books. The top six authors will also receive SoftBook Readers. "Our goal has always been to provide as many book titles as possible to the reading public in quality electronic formats that are easy to use. The SoftBook Reader is an exceptional reading device," said Paul Knight, PublishingOnline.com CEO. Nina B. Link Named President and CEO of Magazine Publishers of America The Search Committee of the MPA Board of Directors, has announced that Nina B. Link, group president of publishing and interactive software for the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), has been named president and CEO of the Magazine Publishers of America, effective November 1, 1999. Link succeeds Donald D. Kummerfeld, who previously announced in May that he planned to retire at year's end. For the past five years, Link has been a member of the Executive Committee of the MPA Board. During the past year, she has served as chair of the MPA's Government Affairs Committee. She has also served as a director of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (A.B.C.) since 1996. Most recently at CTW she has been in charge of the strategic direction of the $60 million publishing and interactive group overseeing the publication of five magazines, a database business, book and CD-ROM licensing partnerships, and the launch of CTW's family Internet service. Edward Lewis, MPA Chairman of the Board and CEO of Essence Communications, Inc., commented: "MPA and its members are very lucky to have Nina join us in this important position. For the past 21 years, Nina has been an integral part of CTW which makes her an exceptional choice to lead MPA into the future. At the same time, we thank Don for his long and successful tenure leading the MPA and wish him all the best as he assumes his responsibilities as Chairman of Kummerfeld Associates." On her new role, Link responded: "I am thrilled to have been chosen to lead this industry into the next century. I'm absolutely committed to the creative potential of magazines and the exciting new opportunities for growth and development in the new multi-media marketplace." The Magazine Publishers of America is the industry association for the consumer magazine business. Established in 1919, MPA represents more than 200 domestic publishing companies with approximately 1,200 titles, more than 75 international companies and more than 90 associate service providers. Staffed by magazine industry specialists, MPA is headquartered in New York City, with an office of government affairs based in Washington, D.C. Around the Web Applied Graphics, Conde Nast End Magazine Pact Media Central CMP Media Content to Fuel About's Tech Channel Media Central Category Closeup: Hobbies and Crafts PublishersWeekly Intensive English at TCU Goes Online Star Telegram Judy Blume: Uncensored CNN Obit: Norman Wexler, 73, Film Writer Mercury News Warner to Offer Songs Free on Amazon.com L.A. 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