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Village Voice and New Times Deal Closes Two Newspapers (2002-10-04): Village Voice Media, LLC and NT Media, LLC, two alternative newspaper publishers, have announced a transaction that will allow Village Voice Media and NT Media to strengthen their competitive positions in two markets.
Google Launches News Service (2002-09-27): Google, a popular online search engine, has launched a news service that selects headlines from over 4,000 sources based on computer algorithms.
San Francisco Chronicle to Introduce Audio Edition (2002-09-20): The San Francisco Chronicle announced it will be offering an audio edition of the newspaper using technology developed by MobileSoft that allows subscribers to listen to Chronicle content on custom-burned CDs.
AOL To Restructure Time Warner Entertainment (2002-08-23): AOL Time Warner Inc.
Washingtonpost.com Now Requires Registration (2002-08-21): Washingtonpost.
NAA Honors Best Newspaper Websites (2002-08-06): The Newspaper Association of America's New Media Federation (NAA) has presented the Digital Edge Awards for 2002.
USA Today's Baseball Weekly Renamed Sports Weekly (2002-08-02): USA Today Baseball Weekly will be renamed and expanded to include coverage of professional football.
Chicago Tribune Buys Chicago Magazine From Primedia (2002-08-02): Primedia Inc.
Wall Street Journal Launches Online Health Edition (2002-07-19): The Wall Street Journal Online has introduced its online Health Industry Edition, covering the business of health for health industry professionals.
CanWest Sells Community Papers to Transcontinental (2002-07-19): CanWest Global Communications Corp.
Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced (2002-07-11): Journalists from across the nation gathered at the Hilton New York Hotel for the 2002 Gerald Loeb Awards Banquet, celebrating the best of business, financial and economic journalism.
Virgin Megastore Sites to Be Powered by Amazon (2002-07-11): Virgin Entertainment Group, North America, and Amazon.
The Boston Globe Launches Electronic Edition (2002-06-27): The Boston Globe has launched its Electronic Edition in partnership with NewsStand, Inc.
Gannett and Stephens Media to Launch Hawaii.com (2002-06-07): Hawaii.
2002 Alternative Newsweekly Award Winners Announced (2002-06-07): For the second consecutive year, Gambit Weekly of New Orleans led the pack in the Alternative Newsweekly Awards with four first-place awards, followed by LA Weekly with three firsts, and Independent Weekly, The Local Planet Weekly, and The Village Voice, each with two.
Yahoo News To Offer Paid Archives From NYTimes.com (2002-05-31): New York Times Digital, the digital business unit of The New York Times Company, and Yahoo! Inc.
Freelance Reporter Wins $1000 Jane Croly/GFWC Journalism Prize (2002-05-29): Three articles about outstanding women who overcame obstacles to do what each felt was necessary in the effort to make the world a better place, submitted by Rahel Musleah, received the highest score from the judges in the seventh annual Jane Cunningham Croly/GFWC Print Journalism Contest for Excellence in Covering Issues of Concern to Women.
Study: Newspapers Top Online Source for Local News (2002-05-03): People who read online newspapers tend to be Internet "power users," spending more time and money online than general Web users, according to a new report from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA).
61st Annual George Foster Peabody Awards Announced (2002-04-16): In a year marked forever by the terrorist attacks on America, the 61st annual Peabody Awards acknowledge programming related to September 11.
UserLand To Distribute Headlines From NYTimes.com (2002-04-12): NYTimes.