Stories by PRNEWS

In National News: Leslie Kaufman, e-commerce reporter, The New York Times, will be on maternity leave until September. Interim contact: Connie Hays, business reporter, hays@nytimes.com. . . Richard Lezin Jones, national correspondent, leaves The Philadelphia… Continued

The New York Times turns 150 this September. For the weekend of Sept. 14-16, select museums, theaters, restaurants and parks in cities nationwide will offer special events and reduced prices for Times readers. Also, a… Continued

Fairchild Publications’ Brand Marketing will no longer be a free-standing magazine. The monthly title covering the world of marketing consumer goods will be polybagged with Supermarket News , starting with the June 11 issue. (Andrea… Continued

The Sunday San Francisco Chronicle has undergone a major redesign in an effort to become more user-friendly, says PR Manager Joe Brown. Look for a heavier focus on lifestyle and health, as well as a… Continued

MSNBC.com presents a weekly home improvement column hosted by Tom Kraeutler and Mary Barretta, hosts of syndicated radio show The Money Pit. The column will be found in the living and travel section of MSNBC.com… Continued

We studied truckloads of nominations to come up with this year’s 15 to Watch – those PR professionals 35-and-under who have arrived; gotten noticed, made something happen, garnered peer admiration, made their mark. Nominators nationwide… Continued

Software Magazine will publish its 19th annual Software 500 ranking this June. The list ranks the industry’s most innovative and profitable products for calendar year 2000. Companies can apply for the list online at softwaremag.com.… Continued

The Village Voice has launched an online radio station, Voice Radio, accessible at villagevoice.com. It delivers the edgy content that Voice-reading, latte- swilling hipsters demand. The site features a genre-spanning range of musical programming, interviews,… Continued

Though previously reported that this pub’s name would change in May, it turns out that Home Office Computing’s April issue will be its last, Freedom Technology Media Group President Colin Ungaro blamed the softening ad… Continued

Reader’s Digest will re-launch the U.S. edition of Selecciones, one of the world’s most pervasive Spanish language magazines. Starting in May, the pub will feature articles designed to help Hispanic immigrants adjust to U.S. life,… Continued