Stories by PRNEWS

Web Site Fills Premature Gap

July 6th, 2000 by

It’s hard to believe that online shopping sites have overlooked a captive target – parents of premature infants. These parents have found it difficult to get items, like special diapers, clothing and formula in one… Continued

Online Market Research

July 6th, 2000 by

A customized Internet program is arming executives at Tenet Healthcare with the kind of strategic marketing information needed to make targeted business planning decisions. Last month, Tenet renewed its contract for The MEDSTAT Group’s Inforum… Continued

Reorganization Plan Zeroes In on Community Needs

July 6th, 2000 by

Faced with a crisis that severely cripples many urban hospitals – too many beds and insufficient reimbursement rates -Temple University Health System executives have developed a reorganization plan they hope will keep it from hemorrhaging.… Continued

Translating Biotech’s Hieroglyphic Concepts can be a Career Boon

July 6th, 2000 by

There’s no mistaking that when the national media latched on to the announcement last week that scientists are well on their way to completely mapping the human genome, it helped thrust biotech into a whole… Continued

Media Insight: CanDo.com

July 3rd, 2000 by

1215 Terra Bella Ave. Mt. View, CA 94043 650/937-1111 Founded in 1999 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Zaydoon Jawadi, CanDo.com functions as a meeting ground and deep resource for the 25+ million people with disabilities who… Continued

Say What?

July 3rd, 2000 by

If you’re in the media business, you surely receive the occasional yuck-yuck list of newspaper headlines that fall into the not-well-thought-out category (“Iraqi Head Seeks Arms,” and “Prostitutes Appeal to Pope”). We’re thinking about creating… Continued

Media Moves

July 3rd, 2000 by

Assistant Technology Editor Mike Lyster leaves Investor’s Business Daily to join the Orange County Business Journal as editor. He is replaced by Nick Turner, who was promoted from technology reporter. nick.turner@investors.com …USA Today Money reporter… Continued

Editorial Calendar Alert

July 3rd, 2000 by

Celebrate Bureaucracy. Government Executive, a monthly business magazine serving federal government bigwigs, is gearing up for its Aug. 15 Procurement Preview issue, set to feature the “Top 200 Federal Contractors.” (Rankings will highlight the biggest… Continued

Media Strategy

July 3rd, 2000 by

The Truth About Reporters. Although it’s sometimes tempting to think so, reporters don’t really have horns or eat their young. But they do exhibit some consistent behavioral patterns. Media relations veteran Edward Segal documents them… Continued

Hotline

July 3rd, 2000 by

Game Over. Computec Media ceases publication of its toddler titles incite Video Gaming and incite PC Gaming only eight months after dropping a cool million to launch the babies in the U.S. (PRN, Feb. 14).… Continued