The Birmingham Public Library has won an award for its creative use of its MySpace page for marketing their programs and features. The Be Innovative! Award from Innovative Interfaces, the company that markets the software used by the library to organize, order, process, and circulate all of its materials, is the second one presented to the library, the first being presented in 2004.
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Library wins award for MySpace Page
Posted in Birmingham, Citywide, News
Permit for former News bldg site to be approved
According to sources familiar with the situation, The Birmingham News may receive a construction permit that would allow for the demolition of its 1917 structure and its replacement with a parking lot as early as this afternoon.
The construction permit for the new surface parking facility at the intersection of 4th Avenue North and 22nd Street North is all that would be needed to allow for the original structure to be taken down and not a demolition permit as has been previously assumed. Continue reading
Posted in 35203, Birmingham, News
House refuses to honor Blackledge
The Associated Press is reporting that Alabama House of Representatives tabled a resolution yesterday that would have recognized Birmingham News reporter Brett Blackledge for his winning of a Pulitzer Prize earlier this year.
According to the report, several representatives took the opportunity to openly question Blackledge’s stories. Blackledge won the Prize for his reports on corruption within the state’s two-year college system (the series is still ongoing). Continue reading
Posted in 35203, Birmingham, News
Southern Progress launches MyRecipes.com
Cooks of the Magic City (and the country for that matter) rejoice; welcome MyRecipes.com into existence. Birmingham-based Sothern Progress Corporation (SPC) introduced this new site earlier this week (just in time for the holiday weekend) as the first portal from the company’s newest division, SPC Digital. MyRecipes.com launched with more than 25,000 recipes already at users’ fingertips, with more to be added every month. The recipes appear to be taken from several titles that are published by SPC, including Southern Living, Coastal Living, Cooking Light and Health.
Head on over and check it out.
Posted in Birmingham, Business, food
Parker High School graduates first white student today
This story has been picked up by regional media; here’s a link to the story as it ran on Jacksonville’s Times-Union site. and it is one of national importance. The school, which has seen notoriety before, including being Nell Carter’s alma mater, makes history again today as a somewhat symbolic event takes place. Continue reading
Posted in 35204, Birmingham, News
Monster partners with local newspaper company
Monster Worldwide, Inc., parent company for Monster.com earlier today announced it will partner with Birmingham-based Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (CHNI) on developing some 80 career and recruitment sites. The communities that will be served through these sites are already served by more than 140 publications associated with CNHI. CHNI serves as the parent company for some 93 daily newspapers.
The announcement, according to this Reuters story, is the latest such partnership for Monster, having already made similar agreements with various media outlets including the New York Times and The Boston Globe.
Click here to view the official press release from Monster Worldwide.
Posted in 35243, Birmingham, Business
