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Friday, November 12th, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs PrivacyPlace.com Launches Online Magazine for Personal Privacy PrivacyPlace is a new online magazine, which includes news, opinions, advice, a forum for readers, an archive of articles on privacy, and a marketplace that recommends products and services available for protecting privacy. Future content includes product and book reviews, a developer's corner, and guides to encrypting e-mail and surfing the web anonymously. PrivacyPlace Editor Tom Maddox is a science fiction writer, screenplay writer (he has written two X Files scripts with coauthor William Gibson), journalist, and essayist. Maddox says PrivacyPlace aims to combine the creativity of a talented team of writers with the power of the Internet to create a publication that is lively, funny, insightful, and ultimately useful for anyone concerned with personal privacy. His credo: "We believe in the power of each of us to fight in our own lives for our privacy and in the social power of concerted action." Regular columnists for PrivacyPlace include Mike Godwin, former legal counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Jacques Francoeur, CEO of The Privacy Gateway and expert in international privacy issues. In the first issue, special contributor George Smith, editor of Crypt News and longtime debunker of government myths about cryptography, writes about the Moonlight Maze -- the Russian infowar attack that never was. PrivacyPlace is owned and operated by Lumeria Inc. Lumeria was founded in 1997 by former computer journalist and industry analyst Fred Davis to provide technology solutions for the personal management of information and knowledge. Fred Davis is also the Editor-in-Chief of PrivacyPlace. The publisher of PrivacyPlace is Colette McMullen, who also serves as Lumeria's VP of Sales and Marketing. Before joining Lumeria, McMullen was Group Publisher of IDG's Web Publishing group. Dr. Marty Becker Joins Petopia.com as Chief `Bond' Petopian Petopia.com, an online pet store, has announced the appointment of veterinarian and author Dr. Marty Becker as their Chief "Bond" Petopian. As Chief "Bond" Petopian, Dr. Becker's serves as the key evangelist of the Million Pet Mission, launched in October 1999 Dr. Marty Becker is the co-author of the bestselling pet book, "Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul" (HCI Books). His new book, "Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover's Soul" (HCI Books, Oct'99) debuted on the New York Times Best Seller's List at number five. "Dr. Becker is recognized as a leader in both the veterinary and consumer sectors and we are thrilled to have him on board," said Andrea Reisman, CEO and co-founder of Petopia.com. "Marty is singularly focused on unifying and energizing diverse individuals, groups, corporations and organizations to create positive change for both pets and people." Petopia.com co-founded the Million Pet Mission with Dr. Becker in October 1999, and are joined by leading animal organizations including The ASPCA, Petfinder.org, PETCO, The Doris Day Animal League, The Amanda Foundation and many others. This partnership revolves around three core initiatives: preventing unwanted pets from being brought into the world by supporting spay and neuter programs; slowing the inflow of pets into shelters by focusing on behavioral issues and providing information on pet care; and through online rescue efforts, turbo-charging the outflow of pets from shelters into loving homes. PhotoHighway.com Acquires HyperZine Communications PhotoHighway.com, an online photography community, has announced the acquisition of HyperZine Communications, Inc., an Internet publishing company which was launched in 1995. With this merger, PhotoHighway.com strengthens its Internet photography. "This acquisition represents an important step in our plan to position PhotoHighway.com as the preeminent Internet-based information resource for consumers interested in photography and in creating and sharing their photos online," said Joe Byrd, Chief Operating Officer of PhotoHighway.com, Inc. "I'm pleased to announce that as our company's Editorial Director, HyperZine founder Larry White continues to play an important role in the editorial content and consumer outreach programs initiated by PhotoHighway.com." "This acquisition is a perfect fit for all involved," said Lawrence R. White, President/Publisher of HyperZine Communications, Inc. "It is a meeting of the minds concerning digital photography and the need for delivering clear, concise information for today's consumer. PhotoHighway's primary goal is to help its readers learn more about photography and to ease their transition into digital imaging." Among the unique HyperZine features incorporated into PhotoHighway.com is a search engine designed to help consumers make purchase decisions about cameras, scanners and related products. HyperZine will continue as a separate e-zine, complementing PhotoHighway's PhotoTimes e-zine, under the direction of Lawrence R. White. eAI Journal Goes Live with Innovative Website eAI Journal, a resource for e-business and application integration, has launched a new website to complement its hardcopy magazine, which reaches 50,000 IT and business professionals. "The Website adds a tremendous capability to our overall publishing presence," said Bob Thomas, CEO of Thomas Communications, Inc., publisher of eAI Journal. "eAI Journal is the fastest growing of any publication I've started in 25 years. The Website is going to reach an even bigger, global audience. We are looking to unleash a whole new publishing model, whereby we bring the immediacy of the web and the portability of the printed word to bear on an extremely focused target market." eAI Journal publishes articles and interviews with experts on a wide range of related issues, including e-business, ERP integration, data integration, middleware, process flow, and application hosting. The latest issue of the magazine contains a cover story on "A Brave New Economy" and in-depth features on: SAP integration, making the business case for middleware, integration challenges in B2B commerce and business process optimization. Ungaro Named Freedom Magazines President CurtCo Freedom Group CEO Colin Ungaro has been named President of Freedom Magazines announced Freedom Communications, Inc. President and CEO Sam Wolgemuth. Ungaro succeeds Wolgemuth, who became Freedom's CEO last month. Ungaro was also elected a Vice President of Freedom Communications, Inc. "Colin Ungaro brings a unique blend of executive skills to his new job as President of Freedom Magazines. An experienced business leader who knows how to run successful businesses in highly competitive markets, Colin is also a visionary who recognizes market opportunities and can build our magazine group," Wolgemuth said. Ungaro joined CurtCo Freedom earlier this year and has since reorganized the magazine group into two standalone-operating units. Vice President Terry Carroll heads the SOHO group which publishes Home Office Computing, Small Business Computing & Communications, Small Business Solution Provider and The Networked Home. The CRM group which publishes Knowledge Management, Sales & Marketing Automation, Customer Interaction Center, Field Force Automation, e-CRM and the CRM Directory 2000 is headed by Executive Vice President Tom Villani. eatsleepmusic.com Launches Online Karaoke Community The developers of the sing along software programs Soft Karaoke and Kool Karaoke, have announced the launch of an Karaoke community at eatsleepmusic.com. eatsleepmusic.com members are invited to participate in a variety of community programs and features, including: free website hosting for their music-themed home pages, music and digital audio news, access to regular contest draws, a music discussion board, updates on popular Karaoke hot spots via the ``Karaoke Yellow Pages'' and other community events. With reference to eatsleepmusic.com's community launch, Trevor McGuire, President and CEO of eatsleepmusic.com remarked, ``This site contains all-things Karaoke. We want our members to feel that their community is a place where they can hang out and meet other Karaoke enthusiasts.'' McGuire goes further in predicting that members will soon be able to experience Karaoke on Demand via their PC's or televisions, virtual Karaoke rooms and many other exciting innovations slated for release in the near future. EverythingTeen.com Launches Teen ISP and Portal Community EverythingTeen.com has launched as both an Internet Service Provider and portal site. EverythingTeen.com is composed of two complimentary components: a website which provides teen-related internet content and the EverythingTeen.com ISP. Brian Schroeder, President of EverythingTeen.com, stated, "EverythingTeen.com is designed as an online community for teenagers. Offering convenient Internet access, EverythingTeen.com provides a destination site that appeals to the educational and social interests of teenagers today, while giving back to the community." EverythingTeen.com is organized into a variety of channels: Music, Movies/TV, Sports, Homework Help, Teen-Built Sites, Lifestyles, College, School Sites, Games, Technology, and E-Zines. Each channel is assigned to a teenage student editor, who is responsible for providing articles and content. EverythingTeen.com is currently accepting writing samples for new writers. Each channel will feature links to websites, stories, news, articles, chat rooms, message boards and other materials pertinent to the specific channel. GenerationA.com Signs Marty Glickman as Featured Writer GenerationA.com, Inc., a new online community for Americans age 50 and over, has announced that Marty Glickman has agreed to be a regular contributor to GenerationA.com's Sports Channel. Mr. Glickman will contribute two articles per month beginning in December 1999. Mr. Glickman said, "I am very excited to return to sports journalism and to write stories particularly geared to the GenA audience. We share common memories and nostalgia for past sports events, teams, and athletes, and I look forward to reminiscing with online visitors as well as discussing the world of sports today." Mr. Glickman is best known as the voice of three New York teams -- the NFL New York Giants and New York Jets, and the NBA New York Knicks. GenerationA.com, Inc., based in Englewood, New Jersey, will launch later this month an online community for individuals over 50 years of age, GenerationA.com. The site will feature nine core Channels, including personal health, personal finance, travel, family, arts & entertainment, Internet & training, sports, lifestyle, and politics. Around the Web Amazon Could Turn Profit at Will, Goldman Sachs Says Reuters AP Stylebook Begins To Address Web Lexicon Editor & Publisher Better Internet Search Engines OJR Big Get Bigger While Most Papers Drift Editor&Publisher Brown Flees Brill's Content for Web NY Post Can a Book End Debate Over Religion in Schools? Time Daily Caught in Traffic OJR For Online Technical Writers, Script Is Open-ended Cox Free Encyclopedia Website is Up and Running Nando KnightRidder.com Is `Free to Compete' with Newspapers SF Chronicle Online Journalists Keep Eyes On The Daily Numbers BookWire 'Pie' Scribe to Write NBC Sitcom Reuters Rather Warns that Niche Net Services Could Fragment Society AP Ray Bradbury Said to Suffer Stroke Jam Books USA Today Biggest Washington Post Washington Post Launches Political Website AP Web Will Bolster Traditional Media, Forecast Says Editor & Publisher 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. |
