Robots Get Housetrained Oct 25, 2008
As American baby boomers reach retirement and Japan's demographics swing toward the elderly, consumers are realizing that simple automatons can take over tasks that have become too inconvenient or dangerous. IRobot is currently testing ConnectR, a surveillance bot similar to Rovio that lets consumers check in on elderly parents, among other watchful tasks. (Forbes -- Technology)
Bill Reilly, 70; built empire of magazines Oct 24, 2008
Under Mr. Reilly's leadership Primedia amassed a portfolio of more than 200 magazines, including American Baby, Fly Fisherman, Soap Opera Digest, National Hog Farmer, and Adhesives Age, as well as Seventeen, Modern Bride, Chicago, and New York. He died of bone cancer and prostate cancer at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where he had been receiving hospice care, said David Adler, a friend and a former Primedia vice president of communications. (Boston Globe)
Girls' Halloween Costumes Getting Sexy Oct 23, 2008
Jessica Hartshorn, Sr. Lifestyles Editor for American Baby Magazine, offers some tips on how to find the best costume for your child. . (CBS News -- Early Show)
Publishers Mull Online Networking Oct 6, 2008
Meredith Corp., publisher of Parents, Child, Family Circle and the American Baby Group, recently introduced more interactive elements on its Web site, americanbaby. com, but will expand its offerings this fall to include more interactive capabilities. (MediaWeek.com)
Twenty-Six Million People Around the Globe Have Alzheimer's Sep 21, 2008
-- 10 million American baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's. -- There are approximately 5. (MarketWatch)
Smart Talk Media and More Magazine Announce Strategic Marketing Partnership Aug 26, 2008
The Meredith Publishing Group features 26 subscription magazines -- including Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, More, Parents, Fitness, and American Baby -- and approximately 200 special interest publications. Meredith's consumer database, which contains more than 85 million names, is one of the largest domestic databases among media companies and enables magazine and television advertisers to target marketing campaigns precisely. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Aviva posts 1h loss, but operating profits up Jul 30, 2008
In the last six months, American baby boomers, the oldest of whom have just hit their 60s and are concerned about old age, helped increase Aviva's regional life and pensions sales by 28 percent to 2. 2 billion pounds (US$4. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Everywhere TV Jul 18, 2008
Key player: CBS Outernet Locations: 1,500 stores, including Albertsons, Jewel, and Price Chopper Potential audience: 80 million monthly Programming: CBS's clips from Dr. Phil, Inside Edition, and Entertainment Tonight, plus magazine content from More, American Baby, and Family Circle Updated: Weekly Major advertisers: Grocery giants Colgate, General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, and Dannon, at $6 CPM Nielsen says: Approximately 38% of its potential audience actively watches or listens to CBS... (FastCompany)
"Into The Wild" Jul 1, 2008
Young Hikers Flock To Dangerous Alaskan Terrain To Follow In Christopher McCandless' Footsteps. HEALY, Alaska, June 30, 2008. (CBS News)
Crackdown On Corpulent Carry-Ons Jul 1, 2008
Jessica Hartshorn from American Baby magazine shares ideas with Maggie Rodriguez. (3:12). (CBS News -- US)
Children safety tips from 'The Safety Mom' May 9, 2008
Rhodes has appeared on several television segments discussing child safety and has been featured in several publications and Web sites, including "American Baby Magazine," "Expectant Mother Magazine," "The New York Times" and parenting. com. (Pictorial Gazette, CT)
Meredith to Report Fiscal Third Quarter Results April 22 Apr 16, 2008
Meredith combines well-known national brands -- including Better Homes and Gardens, Parents, Ladies' Home Journal, Family Circle, American Baby, Fitness and More -- with local television brands in fast growing markets. Meredith is the industry leader in creating content in key consumer interest areas such as home, family, health and wellness, and self-development. (PR Newswire)
P&G taps Oprah for global vaccines push Apr 8, 2008
"It's like a triple play on opening day," said Kirk Perry, vice-president and general manager of North American baby care for P Here's why: Both Ms. Hayek, spokeswoman for the Prt, and Ms. Winfrey have particular influence with baby care's key demographics. You May Also Like. (Crain's Chicago Business)
10 Million Baby Boomers Face Alzheimer's, Report Predicts Mar 20, 2008
TUESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 10 million American baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's disease in their lifetime, placing enormous strains on the U.S. health-care system and the already overburdened network of caregivers, a new report predicts. Currently, at least 5. (MEDLINEplus)
Want to Avoid Alzheimer's Disease? Get a Move On Mar 19, 2008
Alzheimer's Disease Booming Among American Baby Boomers ... Alzheimer's Disease Booming Among American Baby Boomers 1. (ABC News)
Dakota County Attorney Matney resigns Mar 1, 2008
ignorance is bliss wrote on Feb 27, 2008 12:19 AM:" to Eugene, check your facts, Nebraska does not have a grand jury, Ed is at fault in the case of the Native American Baby, I'm actually surprised he didn't jump on that case as much as he liked his face time on camera, oh and by the way for all of you Matney lovers out there, Ed PROMISED during the recall that he would never resign and "he'd be here for a very long time" looks like Kristie Smith was on to something. ". Eugene wrote on Feb 26,... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Read what you can expect in that first year Mar 1, 2008
If you like to read the baby care magazines, such as American Baby and Babytalk, you can keep the articles you like. Punch holes in them and organize them by topic in a loose-leaf notebook. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
And he shall be called... Jan 20, 2008
Long before I had a baby on the way, I became fixated on the Baby Name Wizard website, which has an interactive graph of the 1,000 most popular American baby names, male and female, from the 1880s through the present. You can watch individual names rise and fall - goodbye, Horace; hello, Aidan. (Boston Globe)
Violent Shaking Pulps The Infant Brain Jan 8, 2008
That means that an American baby is killed by shaking once every eight hours. In per capita terms, that is three times more than in Norway. (Science Daily)
Kraft and Heinz are potential buyers for Mead Johnson, industry bankers say Dec 11, 2007
Even if it were to sell Plasmon, one of the bankers said, Heinz would still likely be interested in a North American baby food business like Mead Johnson. Nestle, which acquired Gerber for USD 5. (FT.com -- Markets)
Take A Vacation With Education Nov 18, 2007
Jessica Hartshorn, Sr. Lifestyles Ed. of American Baby Magazine has some tips for making your summer vacation hassle free. . (CBS News)
Parents TV to Bow on VOD Oct 23, 2007
Like the recently syndicated Better TV, Parents TV draws heavily from three Meredith magazine brands, Parents, Family Circle and American Baby, offering life-phase content from conception to college. Unlike Better TV, which started on the Internet, the Parents TV launch is forging new territory on VOD. There are no proven formulas for launching a nonlinear channel on VOD in terms of how often to change programming or for guarantees and audience-metrics that satisfy advertisers. (MediaWeek.com)
Conde Nast Veteran Joe Lagani Joins Glam Media as Vice President Oct 18, 2007
Prior to his role at Conde Nast, Lagani served as vice president and publishing director for Meredith Corporation, where he oversaw the operational management of several important business units including Country Home, the American Baby Group and Traditional Home. Previously, Lagani was advertising director for Ladies Home Journal and an account manager with Woman's Day. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Sometimes, girls just want to have fun Sep 21, 2007
Born in the UK, where it s enjoyed three years of touring around the county, "Girls Night: The Musical" has been specially adapted for American baby boomer women and is now enjoying its inaugural tour of the United States. In the tradition of "Menopause, the Musical," audiences of cheering women have hailed the five stars of "Girls Night" in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Americans Living Longer Than Ever Sep 13, 2007
(CBS/AP) An American baby born today can expect to live just under 78 years, the longest life expectancy in U.S. history - and nearly nine years longer than half a century ago, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. According to the most recent government figures available, from 2005, women still outlive men and white Americans are still outliving their black neighbors by nearly five years. (CBS News)
Parenting expert takes questions Jun 15, 2007
Ms. Pantley is a regular radio show guest and frequently quoted as a parenting expert in newspapers and magazines such as Parents, Parenting, American Baby, Woman's Day, Good Housekeeping, and Redbook, and on hundreds of parent-directed websites. She publishes a newsletter, Parent Tips, which is distributed in schools nationwide. (Globe and Mail)
Lipstick legends Jun 11, 2007
In 1957 an American baby was born every seven seconds, and in Durango the party invitation everyone wanted was an invite out to "the Big Room" on Florida Mesa where Marguerite Clark Cantrell threw the best shindigs and you wrote your name in lipstick on the kitchen walls. Fifty years later, those elegant inscriptions are still there. (Durango Herald)
Tiniest of passengers get better car ride May 30, 2007
Verbovszky debuted her foam creation at the American Baby Show in Cleveland in March 2003. The cloth pillow that the foam insert fits into is sewn in China. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Living)
Bonnier, Meredith Nurture Their Parenting Titles May 28, 2007
Come July, Parents will launch a portal that will combine its content with that of Meredith s other family-oriented titles American Baby, Family Circle and Child, which folded its print edition. And it s launching broadband channel Parents TV on Parents. (MediaWeek.com)
More publications pull plug on print Apr 13, 2007
Child, one of several similar titles published by Meredith Corp., struggled as the least popular sibling among American Baby, Parents and Family Circle. American Baby focuses on neo-natal care and a baby's first year, while Parents covers toddlers ... But its content overlapped American Baby and Parents and its circulation fell from more than 1 million in 2005 to roughly 825,000. (Chicago Tribune)
Parenting Titles Evolve Mar 31, 2007
In July, it plans to launch a parents portal, where Child will live on, along with its remaining parenting magazines, American Baby, Parents and Family Circle. Woolmington noted traditional parenting magazines problems are shared by other categories, from business to women s service to teen. (MediaWeek.com)
Meredith Closes Child Mar 29, 2007
The Child brand will continue to live online and become part of Meredith s parents portal (set to launch in July), which also will include Parents, Family Circle, and American Baby. Subscribers will be offered Parents, a company spokesman said. (MediaWeek.com)
Missing Child: Another magazine gone, though still on Web Mar 28, 2007
Meredith said that Child's Web site would become part of a parenting portal that is expected to be operational in July and include Parents, American Baby and Family Circle, three of the company's other titles. "We continuously review our business activities with the objective of maximizing our performance and growth potential," said Stephen Lacy, chief executive for Meredith, in a statement. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Meredith Corporation/ Mar 28, 2007
The new Internet portal will leverage Meredith's parenthood brands including Parents, American Baby, Family Circle and Child ... The Meredith Publishing Group features 25 subscription magazines -- including Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal, Family Circle, Parents, More, American Baby, Fitness, and ReadyMade -- and publishes over 200 special interest publications under approximately 80 titles. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Britney and Isaac: Its Over Feb 10, 2007
Britney is down for letting them mix their baby making juice w/ her American baby making eggs. NOW THAT IS WHITE TRASH. (Yahoo News -- Celebrity Couples)
TalkingPoints - Things to talk about in the office today Jan 9, 2007
At first it appeared that New York City newborn Yuki Lin had won a $25,000 savings bond that the company promised to the first American baby born in 2007. Then the toy-store meanies awarded the prize to another baby because, even though Yuki was a U.S. citizen, her mother was not a legal U.S. resident. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Highway officials say avalanche buries cars on highway to busy Colorado ski area Jan 7, 2007
The Wayne, N.J.-based company had said the prize would go to the first American baby born in 2007. Although promotional materials called for "all expectant New Year's mothers" to apply for the contest, Waugh said eligibility rules required babies' mothers to be legal residents. (North County Times)
Toys ‘R’ Us reverses decision on baby contest Jan 7, 2007
The company had said it would go to the first American baby born in 2007. Yuki was born an American citizen. (The Trentonian, NJ)
