Archive: May 2001

National News: Dallas Morning News moves Steve Kenny, assistant business editor to suburban business editor. Kelly Thacker replaces him. Email at [email protected] and [email protected] … Elizabeth Weise, USA Today tech writer, will be gone through… Continued

Last week we incorrectly associated Yahoo, Inc. with Yahoo! Internet Life, part of the Ziff Davis Media group that has no affiliation with the portal outside of licensing its name. Yahoo! Internet Life’s eBook critic’s… Continued

The Economy of Redesign The Economist may not redesign often, but when it does, there’s nothing economical about it. In only its fifth major revamping since its launch in 1843, the magazine is debuting a… Continued

The ABCs of Content ABC and Walt Disney Internet Group are going back to the basics – there’s nothing Americans love more than entertainment. Accordingly, ABC will beef up its entertainment news coverage beginning this… Continued

Publishing Landscape Homes & Land Publishing is debuting a companion Web site, HomesAndLand.com, complete with offerings for consumers and real estate professionals. Users can search listings, find agents and browse the latest issue. The site… Continued

Fear of new tricks may be keeping old dogs in the PR industry from integrating Web chats into their strategic communications plans. But the truth is, hosted text chats aren’t excruciatingly scientific, and at roughly… Continued

The AMA has urged Attorney General Ashcroft to fully fund and staff a federal lawsuit against the tobacco industry, citing its support for such action based on Big Tobacco’s accountability “for deceiving the public about… Continued

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but when the United Nations boots us off the Human Rights Commission, it really stings. In an attempt to save face following that blow to Uncle Sam’s reputation,… Continued

TheUniversal Accreditation Board has launched an effort to re-engineer the Examination for Accreditation in Public Relations. UAB Chair Douglas Coffey believes the rapid evolution of the profession and the increasing impact of technology means it’s… Continued

New Visual Entertainment, a broadband transmission technology firm, is celebrating a triumph in the court of reputation … as well as the court of law. The company sued several defendants who had posted defamatory information… Continued