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Thursday, December 30th, 1999 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Thomas Nelson Announces Acquisition of Rutledge Hill Press Thomas Nelson, Inc. has announced the purchase of substantially all the assets of Rutledge Hill Press, the Nashville publishing house best known for such New York Times bestsellers as Life's Little Instruction Book, Live and Learn and Pass It On, both by H. Jackson Brown, Jr., and America's Dumbest Criminals. "Bringing Rutledge Hill Press into the Nelson family of publishers is something we have wanted to do for some time," said Sam Moore, president of Nelson. "Larry Stone, president of Rutledge Hill Press, was one of the key people who, several years ago, laid the foundation of the development of the book program at Thomas Nelson. The addition of Rutledge Hill gives us a stronger presence in the general trade market." "Being part of Nelson," said Stone, "will give Rutledge Hill Press marketing and sales strength the company needs. I believe this will allow us both to increase distribution of our existing books as well as take on some exciting new projects." Thomas Nelson, Inc. is a publisher, producer and distributor of books emphasizing Christian, inspirational and family value themese. The Company also designs and markets a broad line of gift and stationery products. IDG Books Worldwide Announces James Doehrman Resignation IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. has announced that Vice President and Chief Financial Officer James Doehrman will be leaving his post on January 14. IDGB Chairman and CEO John Kilcullen also announced that Stuart Crumbaugh, Director SEC Reporting and Accounting, will be in charge of the company's financial and accounting operations, investor relations, and reporting and compliance until Doehrman's successor is named. Doehrman will be joining Octane Software, a provider of software for Internet-based customer relationship management. "We are grateful to Jim for his significant contributions to IDGB's growth since joining us in 1997," said Kilcullen. "We wish Jim well in his new venture." "It was a terrific experience to have been part of IDGB's dynamic management team and growth," said Doehrman. "The company has a world-class brand portfolio that includes For Dummies, CliffsNotes and Frommer's, and content that continues to win consumer trust and confidence." NBCi's Snap Launches LiveDirectory NBC Internet, Inc.'s Snap has unveiled Snap LiveDirectory, a new search and directory product designed to streamline submissions of website listings to Snap's directory and to rank search results by site popularity. The Snap LiveDirectory, which currently includes more than 350,000 new site listings, enables Snap members to quickly and easily submit their website URLs free of charge. Submissions to the Snap LiveDirectory supplement Snap's existing hand-built directory managed by a team of editors. Sites submitted to Snap LiveDirectory are automatically filtered for link validation and duplication and formatting issues. Following filtration and approval, Snap notifies the submitting publisher within 24 hours that the site is listed. "Near instantaneous, unmoderated and free submission, coupled with popularity ranking make Snap LiveDirectory a living database of great content," said Paul Wood, Senior Product Manager, Search and Directory of Snap. "LiveDirectory allows all Web publishers to benefit from being listed with one of the fastest-growing portals on the Internet and continues to grow the wealth of information and services we can deliver to our users." NBC Internet, Inc. (NBCi), a branded global integrated media company, commenced operations in November 1999. NBCi was created through the combination of Snap, XOOM.com, NBC.com, NBC Interactive Neighborhood, AccessHollywood.com, VideoSeeker and a 10 percent equity stake in CNBC.com. NBCi is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Paris, France. Cygnus Imaging Group Adds New Editors Cygnus Business Media announced the addition of two seasoned journalists to the Cygnus Imaging Group, both will serve as editors for several of their popular publications. The Cygnus Imaging Group publishes magazines serving the photographic and imaging marketplace. Alysha Sideman will become the associate editor of Studio Photography & Design and Digital Imaging. Prior to joining the company she was associate editor of the Queens Chronicle where she was responsible for cultivating leads and sources for articles covering the Queens area. She was assistant communications director for Court TV Network, writing and editing for the network's publications - In Session and What's on Court TV. "Alysha is an award-winning journalist with contacts and experience in various points of the imaging marketplace," says Kathy Schneider, group publisher of the Cygnus Imaging Group. "We are fortunate to add someone of her caliber and diverse skills to our magazines." Jean Bishop joins as senior editor of Studio Photography & Design, Digital Imaging and Photo Trade News. Ms. Bishop previously worked with Arrow Electronics writing and editing Distribution Designs magazine and several company-produced newsletters. Studio Photography & Design magazine produces focused and informative editorial on commercial, portrait, digital, fine art, wedding and event photography and has a combined circulation of over 50,000. Photo Trade News, with a circulation of over 12,000, covers the dynamic imaging marketplace, delivering editorial on industry trends, the latest products, profiles of successful retailers and merchandising suggestions. Digital Imaging is targeted directly to users of graphic imaging services with a circulation over 70,000. WorldTime Site Displays 'Year 2000 Arrival Times' Nineteen hours before champagne bottles are opened in New York City, Kiribati and Tonga in the Pacific Ocean will be the first countries to greet the year 2000. Twenty-five hours later, at 6:00 am EST, American Samoa will be among the last. In a special year 2000 section launched today at 3:00 pm EST, the free information service WorldTime lists the "year 2000 arrival times" of some 350 places around the world. WorldTime is run by HAB Software, a small software producer based in Hamburg, Germany. It features an interactive world atlas showing the current day and night zones, time information for several hundred cities (local time, sunrise and sunset times), as well as a database of public holidays worldwide. Since it went online in December 1996, the service has gained popularity both as a planning tool for business people and as a resource for science teachers. "Many users of WorldTime have asked us at what time - expressed in their time zone - other countries celebrate the beginning of the year 2000," says Hendrik Bramhoff, General Manager of HAB Software. "The new section will provide them with the information they need to make their new year's calls to friends or relatives in distant places at precisely the right moment." The race to the year 2000 has led to strange actions by some governments. In an attempt to improve their position in the race, two countries - Tonga and Fiji - introduced Daylight Saving Time, a move which makes little sense for a tropical country in terms of Daylight Saving. Bramhoff expects the "millennium fever" to continue for another year: "Soon after January 1," he says, "the hype industry will discover the undeniable fact that the third millennium begins on January 1, 2001." Around the Web 1999 Alternative Press Award Winners Utne Reader Books and Authors: Frederick Forsyth AP New Media: Perfect Partner for Newspapers? Editor&Publisher New Year's Eve on the Net PC World News junkies Surf Web Canoe News News Publisher Strategies For the 2000s Editor&Publisher Playboy to Print Sequel Interview With Ventura MediaCentral Who, What, When, Where and Y2K New York Times Working at IDG Books for Dummies? Motley Fool Y2K Coverage a Global Affair Boston Globe 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. |
