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RDA Teams With ShoptoCook on Supermarket Kiosks; Adds New Edit Sections to Reader’s Digest  Reader’s Digest Association food properties, including Every Day with Rachel Ray, Taste of Home and Allrecipes.com, will be the exclusive content providers on ShoptoCook interactive kiosks in more than 200 grocery stores around the U.S., including Bloom, Schnucks, Spartan Stores, Brookshire and divisions of AholdUSA. Positioned in produce and meat sections, the kiosks will enable shoppers to access and print out recipes, coupons, shopping lists and preparation tips, with the goal of encouraging product cross-sales and increasing market-baskets. RDA will sell product placements to advertisers, incorporating their products in recipes and content. 


As of the June issue (on sale May 20th), RDA is also adding new news and service sections to Reader’s Digest, including news digest and news background sections; a new how-to section called “13 Things”; and a guide to “everyday practices around the world."

Shareholders Approve Macrovision’s Acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide Shareholders of Macrovision Corp. and Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. last week approved Macrovision's acquisition of Gemstar for approximately $2.3 billion in cash and stock. News Corp. owns 41% of Gemstar’s shares. Macrovision and Gemstar have said they plan to use Macrovision’s content protection software to enable consumers to access a variety of content, including TV Guide programming information, through a variety of electronic devices. However, Macrovision has also raised the possibility of selling TV Guide.  

New Ziff Davis Agreement Could Enable June Exit from Chapter 11 

Ziff Davis Media, Inc., publisher of PC Magazine, EGM/Electronic Gaming Monthly and 15 Web sites, has reached an agreement with creditors representing more than 80% of its outstanding debt, which could allow it to exit Chapter 11 in June. The reorganization plan substantially de-leverages the company. ZDM will ask the bankruptcy court to approve the plan in June.

O, The Oprah Magazine Cookbook Debuts; Gourmet Starts Cookbook Club  
The latest Oprah brand extension (Hyperion, hardcover, $29.95) hit Web sites and stores on April 29th. The cookbook features recipes from Bobby Flay and other famed chefs reprinted from the Hearst/Harpo Print magazine and observations on food from Oprah and friends. 

 

Meanwhile, Gourmet magazine is launching the Gourmet Cookbook Club, which will select and  recommend one new book per month (based on content merit, all publishers eligible) and highlight the selections in the magazine and on its Web site. The first pick, Fish Without a Doubt by Rick Moonen and Roy Finamore, will be announced in Gourmet's June issue, on sale May 20th, coinciding with the book's release date on the 21st.  

 

2008’s National Magazine Award Winners Announced The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism recently announced and presented 2008’s National Magazine Award winners. The awards honor print and online magazines that consistently demonstrate superior execution of editorial objectives, innovative editorial techniques, journalistic enterprise and imaginative design. This year’s winners:

* General Excellence: National Geographic, The New Yorker, GQ, Backpacker, Mother Jones and Print
* General Excellence Online: RunnersWorld.com
* Personal Service: Popular Mechanics
* Leisure Interests: New York
* Public Interest: The Nation
* Feature Writing: Atlanta
* Profile Writing: Vanity Fair
* Essays: New Letters
* Columns and Commentary: Rolling Stone
* Reviews and Criticism: The Atlantic
* Magazine Section: Condé Nast Portfolio
* Single-Topic Issue: The Virginia Quarterly Review
* Design: Wired
* Photography: Gourmet
* Photojournalism: National Geographic
* Photo Portfolio: Vanity Fair
* Fiction: Harper’s Magazine
* Personal Service Online: BusinessWeek.com
* Interactive Feature: Bicycling.com

Visit the MPA/ASME site for more on the winners.

 
 
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