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Friday, February 23, 2001 Publishing Industry Soundbytes Standard Media, parent of The Industry Standard magazine, has laid off 69 of its 400 employees (about 17%). The layoffs included 18 editorial staff. Source: New York Times VS&A Communications Partners II, L.P. and Canon Communications LLC announced that Canon Communications has acquired Medical Device Register and Medical Device Register International (MDR) from Medical Economics Company, Montvale, NJ, a unit of the Thomson Corporation. CMP Media's Business Intelligence Group, announced the appointments of new publishers for its publications, Intelligent Enterprise magazine and Imaging & Document Solutions magazine. Jody Nurre has been promoted from Associate Publisher to Publisher of Imaging & Document Solutions. And Tom Borsellino has been promoted from Associate Publisher to Publisher of Intelligent Enterprise. David M. Kalman continues as Group Publisher. The Los Angeles Press Club has issued the Call For Entries for the 43rd annual Southern California Journalism Awards, for distinguished editorial coverage in 2000. This competition is open to daily and weekly newspapers, television and radio news and public affairs programs, magazines, news bureaus, newsletters, corporate publications, online media and student journalists, in Southern California. That includes the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Imperial, Riverside, Ventura, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. For the Call For Entries (323) 469-8180, or FAX (323) 469-8183; or email info@lapressclub.org; with name, affiliation and address. You may print out the categories, rules and application on the Internet at www.lapressclub.org. Epinions, a consumer resource, announced that it has closed a third round of financing totaling approximately $12 million. BV Capital/Bertelsmann Ventures led the round with additional participation from current investors Benchmark Capital, August Capital, and Goldman Sachs. The Company also announced that Jan Henric Buettner, managing general partner of BV Capital, has joined Epinions' board of directors. Red Herring, a business technology magazine, increased its total circulation 94 percent from the second half of 1999 to same period 2000, according to Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC). According to ABC, Red Herring's total paid circulation increased to 315,633 for the July-December 2000 period, up from 162,666 for the same period in 1999. Frederick Moses has joined Hanley-Wood, LLC as Chief Operating Officer. Moses has over 20 years of financial operations experience in leading publishing companies, including Phillips International, Cowles Media and Elsevier Business Press. Moses comes to Hanley-Wood from Phillips International where his responsibilities included the company's Internet Ventures, working with both the consumer and business divisions as well as CFO of the Business Information Division. Yahoo!, a leading web portal, has run into major problems since converting its auctions from a free service to a fee-based service. Yahoo's auction listings have dropped from two million to several hundred thousand since the conversion. Source: The Motley Fool Dan O'Shea, former Chief Operating Officer for VNU Marketing Information, Inc. has been appointed to the position of VNU's Chief Information Officer. In his new capacity, he will spearhead and coordinate all VNU's worldwide information technology operations and systems. Additionally, O'Shea will direct all U.S. Business Development & Analysis activities. Prior to O'Shea's responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer for VNU Marketing Information, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Bill Communications. Book retailer Borders Group, Inc. is planning to restructure staff at its 300+ stores. The restructing will include some layoffs. Source: Source Dow Jones. Ziff Davis Media Inc. announced that Mitchell York has joined the company as Vice President and Publishing Director of Interactive Week. York will oversee all national sales and editorial initiatives for the publication. York had been Chief Executive Officer of ePromos, an online promotions company. Prior to that, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of NetCreations Inc., an internet direct marketing company. Before joining NetCreations, York was President of LendingTree, Inc., a provider of online loans. Before his recent Internet stints, York was with CMP Media Inc. for 17 years, serving as Publisher of VAR Business, Computer Systems News and Business Travel News. York will report directly to Al Perlman, President of Ziff Davis Media's Business Group. PediaNet.com, a provider of pediatric healthcare information to families and professionals, announced that it has agreed to acquire drpaula.com, subject to the approval of drpaula.com's stockholders. The corporate websites will continue to operate as two distinct entities. Forbes.com announced the launch of its new Lifestyle section, which provides coverage of the high-end real estate, collecting and vehicles worlds. Other sections will be added in the coming months, including travel, food and wine. Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. (PNI), a subsidiary of Pulitzer Inc., the owner of The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah, announced that it has acquired the Spanish Fork Press, a weekly newspaper, from J-Mart Publishing. Spanish Fork is just south of Provo in Utah County. The Spanish Fork Press will become part of PNI. J-Mart Publishing is owned by Lane Henderson, editor and publisher of the Spanish Fork Press, who will work with Pulitzer until he leaves on a religious mission to Italy this summer. The Spanish Fork Press has a circulation of approximately 2,500. DrugFacts.com, a free drug information resource on the Internet for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals, and NewsRx, the provider of daily and weekly health news, announced a strategic partnership to increase and customize the content of health news available to healthcare professionals. The agreement provides for the integration of the NewsRx.com daily and weekly health news web pages into the pages of DrugFacts.com and MyDrugFacts, as well as co-marketing and sales of NewsRx industry specific weekly reports to registered users of DrugFacts.com. Direct email marketing company, emaildirect inc., announced the launch of a new publication called emaildirect weekly. The new publication will target business owners and direct marketing industry professionals and provide information about direct email campaigns and email relationships. Emaildirect weekly will provide feature articles from experts in the direct email marketing field, current industry news, and email marketing tips and techniques. Quokka Sports, Inc., a provider of sports entertainment, announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement with MLB Advanced Media L.P., the interactive media company of Major League Baseball, to provide an official live-scoring technology platform. Quokka Sports will also provide technology solutions for real-time coverage of every Major League Baseball game on MLB.com using its TotalCast technology. Liquent, a division of ESPS, Inc. that provides content middleware, announced that it has entered into a partnership with NowDocs, Inc., an on-demand printing and delivery service for business documents. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will create an interface that allows customers to combine Liquent's content rendering and assembly technology with NowDocs' online print and delivery services worldwide. Sonny Mehta, President of the Knopf Publishing Group, announced the acquisition of two novels by Stephen L. Carter, a Professor of Law at Yale and author of seven critically acclaimed nonfiction books. The two novels -- The Emperor of Ocean Park and a second novel to come -- were jointly acquired by Alfred A. Knopf and Vintage Books, imprints of the Knopf Publishing Group, in an auction among 12 publishers. In a related development, John Wells and Warner Brothers purchased film rights to The Emperor of Ocean Park in a preemptive deal worth seven figures. Agent Lynn Nesbit represented Stephen L. Carter in both negotiations. William J. Pesce, President & Chief Executive Officer, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced the appointment of Ellis E. Cousens as Wiley's Executive Vice President-Chief Financial and Operations Officer. Cousens, who will assume his new position on March 19th, succeeds Robert D. Wilder, who is retiring. Cousens joins the company from Bookspan, where he is Senior Vice President & CFO. 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 © 1997-2011 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
