Cole goes on
World-Wide Web

As part of its expanding services to the publishing community, The Cole Group has added a presence on the Internet's World-Wide Web.

Dubbed The Cole Pages, the Web server contains back issues of The Cole Papers (in both HTML and Adobe Acrobat formats), a complete listing of Cole's Guide To Publishing Systems -- 1995, an archive of The Cole Digest (a weekly column transmitted on the PressLink service) and the archive of a new Internet mailing list called Cole's Newswire.

Subscribers to The Cole Papers can register their subscription numbers and obtain free access to back issues of the newsletter. For reduced charges, subscribers also will be able to download information about individual companies as provided in Cole's Guide.

Access to The Cole Digest and Cole's Newswire will be free to all Internet users.

Cole's Newswire, which will go on-line this month, is a twice-monthly distribution of information about installations of technology at newspapers and magazines, and new products introduced by suppliers. Cole's Newswire will be edited by Senior Editor Pete Wetmore.

To subscribe to Cole's Newswire, send e-mail with your name and the words subscribe newswire to: webmeister@colegroup.com.

The Cole Pages, a full-time World-Wide Web server, runs in our San Francisco offices on a Macintosh IIcx with 20mb of RAM. It is connected to the Internet at 28.8 kbs. The server software is a beta release of Webstar, from StarNine Technologies Inc. of Berkeley, Calif.

Credit card transactions are securely handled through the First Virtual Internet Payment System.

The Cole Pages: http://www.colegroup.com

-- dmc

Bit bucket ...

It's who you know: At Time Inc., Paul Zazzera has been named veep of technology, a new position. Zazzera most recently had been serving as CEO of BIS Strategic Decisions, a division of Friday Holdings L.P., the new media firm started by former Wall Street Journal Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine. Zazzera and Pearlstine worked together at Dow Jones, where Zazzera was director of news systems; before that he worked for Composition Systems Inc. When Friday Holdings fizzled, Pearlstine became editor-in-chief of ... Time Inc. Zazzera will "develop and implement an overall information technology strategy for Time Inc.'s New York-based magazines." ...

New media mavens: At the San Diego Union-Tribune, Jim Drummond has been named electronic publishing manager; he'd been executive business editor. ... At the New York Times, Steve Rago has been named veep of strategy and new business development in the Information Services Group (they do the @times service on America Online); in previous lives he'd been assistant metro editor of the paper as well as an editor at the Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald-Record and the Port Jervis (N.Y.) Union-Gazette (now the Tri-State Gazette). ... Rago replaces Henry Scott, who has been named executive veep and general manager of Out Publishing of New York. ... At the San Jose Mercury News, Bob Ryan has been named director of Mercury Center, the paper's new media effort; Ryan had been deputy managing editor of the paper. He replaces Bill Mitchell, who has been named manager of new media advertising at the paper. ...

Providential promotions: At the Providence Journal (soon to be the Journal-Bulletin) in Rhode Island, David Gray has been promoted to managing editor for technology; he'd been ME for graphics since 1984. ... Bill Ostendorf has been promoted to managing editor for graphics and new product development; he'd been associate managing editor for new products since last year and before that, director of photography. ... Thea Breitte has been promoted to director of photography; she'd been the paper's chief picture editor/Page One designer, and Sunday magazine picture editor. ...

Real bits: Did we forget to tell you about the reduction-in-force at the San Diego Union-Tribune in March? Seeking outplacement services are the former assistant managing editor for graphics, Randy Wright, and a former assistant systems editor, Richard Norbraten. ... At the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., Scott Sines has been named managing editor/presentation and opinion; he'd been assistant managing editor/visual and technology. ... At the Honolulu Newspaper Agency, Melanie Bergevin has been named pre-press manager; she'd been pre-press manager at the Sacramento Bee (in a previous life she'd worked for Camex). ... Speaking of the Bee, Sandra Langdale has been named to the newly constituted post of information systems director; she'd been business systems manager. ... At the Toronto Star, Brad Henderson has been named manager of pre-press while keeping his editorial duties (he'd been AME). Henderson now supervises photo, art, electronic imaging, editorial services, composing room and photo engraving. He reports to both the managing editor and the VP/operations. ...

Vendor victuals: More former Atexers have found new homes at Information International Inc. of Los Angeles, including Max Coebergh (who's been named general manager of international sales; he'd been in charge of international operations and Americas operations at Atex) and Andy Smith (who's been named manager of United Kingdom sales; he'd been with Atex in the U.K. as head of the Asia/Pacific and U.S. operations). Also new at Triple-I: Jean-Marc Acquaviva, who will be general manager for France (he'd been the head of System Integrators France for many years). ... Another former Atexer lands on his feet -- Ed Easley has become an accounts manager with CCI Europe of Marietta, Ga. Easley worked for the old Washington Star, TalStar, Atex, System Integrators, Integrated Newspaper Systems International -- and Atex again, since 1991. ... Seeking new opportunities is Craig Kevghas, formerly promotions manager at Scitex America of Bedford, Mass. ...

Confabs: Folio Spring, the magazine publishing conference, is May 15-18 in New York; call (203) 358-9900 for a magazine of reasons to attend. ... The Newspaper Association of America's Quality Control Seminar is May 22-26 in Reston; if you have an uncontrollable urge to attend, call (703) 648-1213. ... The Multimedia Design Conference, which has tracks for that topic as well as digital photography, is June 1-4 in San Francisco. Speakers include Andrew Anker (HotWired), Nathan Benn (Picture Network International), Russell Brown (Adobe), Scott Brownstein (Applied Graphics Technologies), Gary Cosimini (Adobe), Kai Krause (HSC Software), Louis Rossetto (Wired) and Rick Smolen (From Alice to Ocean); call (203) 852-0500 for info. ... Digital World, from those fine folks who bring you the Seybold conferences, is June 5-7 in Los Angeles; call (415) 578-6900. ... Don't forget NEXPO, June 24-28 in Atlanta; call (703) 648-1000 for details. ...

Errors and omissions: Sometimes members of the family don't get the new baby's name right until they see it in print. Such was the case last month with Pete Wetmore's reference to the new daily newspaper in Milwaukee. It is, correctly, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. ... #

"The first group to the well controls the oasis." -- Anonymous newspaper system supplier executive on the establishment of the New Century Network.

From THE COLE PAPERS, May 1995, Copyright © 1995, All Rights Reserved.