PR News Announces Finalist in Platinum PR Awards
Sony Electronics Inc., American Kennel Club, Weber Shandwick and Whirlpool are among the organizations competing for honors in the 2008 Platinum PR Awards. Presented by PR News, the leading information resource among communicators, this highly competitive program honors the best PR campaigns and initiatives of the year. The finalists in this year's awards program include corporations, nonprofits and agencies large and small. The award winners will be announced at an October 2, 2008 awards luncheon at the Grand Hyatt in New York City and in PR News' Platinum PR Awards special issue in October. The luncheon will be held the day before the PR News Digital PR Next Practices Summit on October 3, also at the Grand Hyatt.

Study Shows Only 20% of Readers Believe the News. NewsCred Offers First News Website Focused on Credibility of Articles, Journalists and Sources
NewsCred, which launches its Public Beta today, uses the 'wisdom of crowds' concept to address this problem by providing a platform for news readers and journalists to voice their opinion on the credibility of news.

As Russian-Georgian War Continues in Midst of Cease-fire a U.S. News site Gives a Voice to all Russian and South Ossetians
The 24-hour news site www.xfusenews.com ,a forum based U.S. based independent news site is now offering an opportunity for a voice to all those effected by the recent war without any government spin or propaganda.

Outskirts Press Joins Blogosphere with Self-Publishing News Blog
Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing full-service self publishing company, announces a new blog chock full of book publishing news and helpful hints for writers.

Jacksonville.com First Online Newspaper Site to Add Virtual World News Feed
Jacksonville.com, the website of the Florida Times Union is the first in the country to add a virtual world news section. VirtualJax.iVinnie.com is a daily news aggregator of top stories from virtual worlds, online games, and social networks.

DailyMe Launches Meme-It : Users Can Now Categorize Stories Based on Six Distinct Descriptors DailyWe Section Now Shows News by Emotion and Populari
DailyMe, Inc. (http://dailyme.com) is putting a face to the news.

Swisslog Recognizes Best Hospitals in U.S. News & World Report study
A leading provider of pneumatic tube systems and pharmacy automation solutions is proud to have installations in 17 of the 19 top hopsitals.