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Wednesday, January 3, 2001 Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Publishing Industry Soundbytes do2learn.com is a new website for children and adults with special learning and communication needs. Free resources on do2learn.com include printable picture cards, learning helpers such as math grids and number- and letter-tracing images, coloring pages, art projects, and a children's magazine. The site also provides teacher tips for classroom organization, disability guides and links, and a product guide for teachers and caregivers. The premiere issue of REITStreet is on its way to more than 50,000 real estate professionals. REITStreet, a full-color magazine, is a publication about the inner workings of the REIT (real estate investment trust) industry. Its coverage has been expanded over its predecessor, Institutional Real Estate Securities. Next50.com, a community portal and ISP targeted to senior adult, has launched an offline advertising campaign using a mix of print, radio and TV. Forbes has announced that Jim Spanfeller has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Forbes.com and Executive Vice President of Electronic Publishing, a new position at Forbes Brian Fuller (bfuller@cmp.com), has been named Editor of EE Times and will oversee day-to-day editorial operations of the newspaper which serves more than 160,000 subscribers. Fuller also retains his responsibility as Editor of eetimes.com. EE Times is a weekly business and technology newspaper serving the information needs of over 160,000 engineers and technical managers. EE Times is published by CMP Media Inc, with headquarters based in Manhasset, NY. drkoop.com, Inc. an Internet health networke, and Healthology, Inc, a producer of streaming health content, have announced a new strategic partnership offering video webcasts and articles on a variety of health topics. Ziff Davis Smart Business, a business technology magazine, has named Gigi Volk Associate Publisher, West Coast. IDG Games Media Group, the publisher of GamePro magazine, and GamePro.com, an online source for multiplatform gaming have announced the official launch of the newly redesigned GamePro.com. Rajiv Desai has been appointed deputy editor of just-food.com, an online food magazine for industry professionals. Responding to the need for insight into the increasingly complex interplay between economic policy and business and personal life, The Wall Street Journal will launch a new front-page weekly column. ``Capital,'' written by Washington, D.C.-based David Wessel, makes its debut in Column 5 on Thursday, January 4, and will appear every Thursday thereafter, replacing Business Bulletin. The column will report on, analyze and interpret the real-world impact and consequences of national and international economic developments. The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company has announced that Robin Sayetta has joined the company as President of Off-Screen Entertainment. Sayetta will be responsible for overseeing the marketing and licensing areas of the global children's entertainment company, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Toronto, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Ravensburg, Germany. She joins the company with a background of brand and entertainment property experience from companies including Scholastic Inc., Discovery Communications and, most recently, Magnifi, Inc. theglobe.com, an online webpage community, has announced that Stephanie J. Hauge has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective today, replacing Frank Joyce. The Los Angeles Times has sold the Pasadena Weekly, a community newspaper with 35,000 free circulation serving the city of Pasadena and surrounding communities, to Ventura Newspaper Inc. The McGraw-Hill Companies announced it has completed its acquisition of Mayfield Publishing Company, originally announced on November 29, 2000. Mayfield Publishing Company is an educational publisher based in California. The company published 85 titles in 2000 and expects to publish 92 new and revised titles in 2001. Belo announced that, effective January 1, 2001 the Company's official name will change from A. H. Belo Corporation to Belo Corp. New York Times Digital, the Internet division of The New York Times Company, announced that it has surpassed one million unique subscribers for ``Today's Headlines,'' a free e-mail product that features the day's top headlines from each of the main sections of NYTimes.com. Kiss.com, a provide of online personals, has appointed Dr. Pepper Schwartz, PH.D, a love and relationships author and expert, as its official relationship expert. TheStreet.com Inc., a Web-based provider of original and timely financial news and commentary, debuted its first investing book titled, TheStreet.com Guide to Smart Investing in the Internet Era. 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. |
