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Thursday, November 18th, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs National Book Award Winners Announced The winners of the 50th Annual National Book Awards were presented on Wednesday at a dinner in Manhattan. Comedian Steve Martin was master of ceremonies. This year's award ceremony included a special 50th anniversary award which was awarded to television personality and producer, Oprah Winfrey. The fiction prize went to Ha Jin, a former Chinese soldier who is now a professor at Emory University. His winning novel, Waiting, is set in China. In nonfiction the prize went to Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. Dower. For poetry it was Vice: New and Selected Poems by Ai and for young people's literature the prize went to When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Ho. In addition to the literature awards, Oprah Winfrey was honored with the special 50th Anniversary Gold Medal for her huge contribution to literature from her televised reading group, Oprah's Book Club. The National Book Foundation was created to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America. Through The National Book Awards the Foundation recognizes books of exceptional merit written by Americans. More information about the National Book Foundation is available on its website. Onvia.com Launches Small Business News Center Onvia.com has announced the launch of news, analysis and small business-focused content to its site. Lead by former MSNBC executive producer, Mark Pawlosky, Onvia.com has put together a team of twelve reporters/editors to write, produce and report on news relevant to small businesses. The news will be updated hourly throughout the business day and will include exclusive stories from a Washington D.C bureau, with legislative and governmental news. Other wire services being used include Reuters and Screaming Media. In addition to breaking news and enterprise features, the content includes stories from business publications as Fast Company and Business Week. How-to advice and columns are also a key component. Jeff Zbar, SOHO expert and author (Home Office Know-How), and Jay Conrad Levinson, author of Guerrilla Marketing, are regular contributors. All coverage and articles will focus on five main areas of concern to small businesses: leadership, employees, ecommerce, customers and the wired world. "Although a part of an ecommerce site, we have a rock-solid wall between content and commerce," said Pawlosky, Onvia.com's vice president and editor-in-chief. "We have been given complete editorial autonomy and will run the department like an independent newsroom. Because of our high standards, we've been able to attract a top-notch team of seasoned journalists with stellar credentials." Prior to joining Onvia.com, Pawlosky was an executive producer of MSNBC.com. He was also chief editor of MSN News and a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Managing editor in charge of day-to-day operations is Philipp Harper, a twenty-year veteran of print and Internet journalism and a founding editor of MSNBC.com. Other team members hail from Wired News, Associated Press, American City Business Journals, MSNBC, San Jose Mercury News and Seattle Times. Aspect Development and Cahners to Create Manufacturing Portal Aspect Development, Inc. and Cahners Business Information, a subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, have signed a letter of intent to form Manufacturing.net, a joint venture that will combine their strengths into a business-to-business eCommerce site for researching and buying manufacturing goods and services. The manufacturing.net B-to-B portal currently operated by Cahners will become part of the joint venture. Manufacturing.net, formerly known as Manufacturing Marketplace, provides more than 400,000 pages of editorial information from 23 vertical markets, including the latest developments in automation and controls, manufacturing processes, design engineering and development, plant operations and the supply chain. Manufacturing.net has 200,000 registered users and receives more than one million page visits a month. With the addition of Aspect's MRO eContent and search technology, Manufacuring.net will expand into eCommerce. Brian Nairn, Cahners chief operating officer, said, "Cahners is the trusted source of content for more than 2 million manufacturing professionals. Aspect is the leading provider of business-to-business infrastructure and eCommerce solutions for the inbound supply chain, in use today at more than 170 leading manufacturing companies. The combined resources and market knowledge of Cahners and Aspect will create an eCommerce solution for businesses that is unmatched." Lycos and Microsoft Reach Content Agreement Lycos, Inc. and Slate.com, an online magazine published by Microsoft, have announced the launch of a new co-branded news site. Lycos users will now have access to Slate.com's perspective on news, politics and culture. "We are very happy to announce this content deal with Lycos," said Scott Moore, Slate Publisher. "Lycos users can now receive cutting edge content from Slate.com including Slate's comprehensive and informative election 2000 news coverage, and it gives us the opportunity to expand our market-leading audience reach even further." In this distribution arrangement, Lycos will be carrying nearly all of Slate's content. Users will be able to reach Slate content through various featured links on Lycos.com such as the News and Politics Guides. Users will also be directed to Slate.com via news headlines featured on the Lycos home page. R.R. Donnelley Agrees to Purchase Penton Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Berea, Ohio-based Penton Press, the printing division of Penton Media, headquartered in Cleveland. Along with the purchase of the plant and its equipment, the agreement includes a seven-year contract to print more than 30 of Penton Media's publications. Following the close of the transaction, expected to take place by year's end, the facility will operate as part of R.R. Donnelley's Specialized Publishing Services (SPS) division, the group within the Magazine Publishing Services business unit that focuses on shorter run production. The 128,000-square-foot printing plant, situated on 12.5 acres in suburban Cleveland, employs 260 workers. "Since adding short-run publication printing to its capabilities six years ago, R.R. Donnelley has established a strong reputation in this arena. Donnelley's focus on delivering quality, innovation and value-added services has been successfully extended to publishers of highly targeted business-to-business and specialty consumer magazines," said Edward E. Lane, president of R.R. Donnelley's Specialized Publishing Services. "This acquisition will allow us to serve even more customers in this attractive and growing market." TheStreet.com Names Jonathan Krim Executive Editor TheStreet.com, a lprovider of financial news and commentary, has announced that Jonathan Krim is joining the publication as Executive Editor. Krim until recently was Assistant Managing Editor of the San Jose Mercury News. "We are delighted that Jonathan is joining our editorial team," said Dave Kansas, Editor-in-Chief of TheStreet.com. "As we rapidly approach the 100,000 subscriber mark, we are confident that his considerable talents will help TheStreet.com remain at the forefront of financial news and commentary." Kansas said that Krim, who will supervise the day-to-day news and commentary operations, brings special expertise to help TheStreet.com deepen its coverage of companies, technology, and investigative enterprise. While at the San Jose Mercury News, Krim, oversaw the expansion of the paper's business coverage and was involved in early development of its online product. Krim, 44, earned a journalism degree from the University of Montana and joined the Mercury News in 1983 after working at newspapers in Montana, Arizona and Washington, D.C. Peak Announces Small Business News Magazine PeakSoft Multinet Corp. has announced that the company has launched The Peak.com News Division to support its new small business community at Peak.com, and that the first issue of its online small business news magazine has now been published. "Original news features will add great value to the community at peak.com. Access to this landmark business and political event will give PeakSoft a significant opportunity explain the mission and the workings of the WTO to peak.com's magazine readership and community members, and to forge alliances with representatives of the international small business press," said Douglas Foster, PeakSoft's president and CEO. "The news features to be published at peak.com will be topical and will be intended to help small business owners and managers." Jean Jennings Named Editor in Chief of Automobile Magazine David Tanzer, president and chief executive officer, Primedia Consumer Magazines, announced that Jean Jennings, 45, currently deputy editor of Automobile Magazine, has been named editor in chief of the magazine, effective January 1, 2000. Jennings will succeed Founding Editor David E. Davis, Jr., 69, who has been promoted to a senior position working on Primedia's automotive-related Internet activities and who will continue to contribute a monthly column to Automobile Magazine. "Jean has been instrumental in the creation, development and growth of Automobile Magazine and has worked side by side with David E. Davis, Jr. for the entire history of the magazine," said Tanzer. "She has been a driving force in making Automobile Magazine a must-read for 'the enlightened automotive enthusiast,' and I am confident that she will continue to make Automobile Magazine even stronger." Jennings has been writing for automotive enthusiast titles since 1980 including at Automobile Magazine since it was founded in 1985. She has won numerous awards for feature writing and for her monthly column, Vile Gossip, in Automobile Magazine. She has also served as the automotive correspondent for Good Morning America since 1994 and is the automotive correspondent for Oxygen Media. Jennings will be the first female editor in chief of a leading automotive enthusiast title. Jennings said that she plans to further develop Automobile Magazine's website -- with plans to add an automotive insider newsletter, "Scoop," for the industry and for "super" enthusiasts. Other plans are to continue to build the "Automobile Magazine Automobile of the Year" and "Automobile Magazine All-Stars" awards. Family Money Announces New Editor and Executive Editor Family Money magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, has appointed two magazine journalists to its senior editorial staff, it was announced by Jacqueline Leo, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine. Caroline Donnelly will join Family Money as Editor, and Nancy Josephson will assume the new position of Executive Editor for Family Money. Both appointments are effective with the March/April 2000 issue of the magazine. Leo also announced that the magazine's current editor, Charley Blaine, has been named Editor of Family Money Interactive. In his new role, Blaine will be responsible for all content on the Family Money website, and for the development of Family Money Daily, a new electronic newsletter. In addition, he will work with the Meredith Broadcasting Group to bring Family Money content to the Web sites of its 12 television stations, and will work on other interactive media initiatives with Meredith operating units. "Charley's newspaper background is ideally suited to the speed and impact of electronic journalism," said Leo. "He will lead our efforts to develop a major presence on the Internet." According to Leo, Family Money Daily, scheduled to debut by December 1, will focus on the business/financial news of the day and provide solid personal finance strategies to readers on a regular basis. The magazine's editorial content will complement it with a more in-depth and analytical approach. Launched as a quarterly publication in August 1997, Family Money increased its frequency to bimonthly with its March/April 1999 issue. The magazine currently has a rate base of 500,000. Meredith Corporation is one of America's leading media and marketing companies. Meredith businesses center on magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting and integrated marketing. Around the Web 40 Years at Walker & Co.: Still Diverse and Independent PublishersWeekly Allworth Press: Ten Years of Arts Business Titles PublishersWeekly American Writer Bowles Dies at 88 Washington Post Carrie Fisher Now DENMother to Cyberkids Reuters Disney, Infoseek Holders OK Merger, spinoff Reuters Experts Find Early Egyptian Alphabetic Writings Reuters "Fair use" vs. Foul Play BookWire Novel Set in China Wins National Book Award BookWire Online Newspapers Don't Eat Print Siblings Media Central Primedia Completes $400M sale of SEG Media Central S.F. 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