Atlanta Pet-Owners Leash on to ajcpets.com.New Social Networking See social networking site. social networking - social network Pets Site to Post and Share Pet Profiles, Comments, Photos ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Daily morning newspaper published in Atlanta, Ga., based largely on the former Atlanta Constitution. Generally regarded as the “voice of the New South,” the Constitution counted among the great newspapers of the U.S. Southeast's largest newspaper company, launched ajcpets.com, a new social networking site A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. for Atlanta pet-owners to post and share pet profiles, photos and comments. Other features of the new pets channel on ajc.com include pet of the week, calendar of events, information on pet adoptions Pet adoption usually refers to the process of taking guardianship of and responsibility for a pet that a previous owner has abandoned or otherwise abdicated responsibility for. , the Pet Dish blog, a member blog, pet-related stories, pet videos, pet classifieds and pet resources. "To continue to expand our online audience, we are committed to providing information and discussion opportunities for affinity groups, including pet-owners," said Hyde Post, AJC vice president, Internet. "ajcpets.com is the place for Atlanta's more than 2.25 million pet-owners to go to network and chat with each other." Currently, two out of three visitors to ajc.com have a pet. Many have already submitted photos for the ajcpets.com Halloween Pets photo gallery featuring pets in costume. Two veteran AJC employees will play key roles at ajcpets.com. Morieka Johnson has been named channel manager, and Sandy Eckstein will create an online version of her pets column, as well as write a blog five times a week. About The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the leading source -- both in print and online -- of news, information and advertising for metropolitan Atlanta, reaching a total print and online audience of more than 2.8 million people each week. Every month, four million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. access the newspaper's Web sites, including ajc.com and accessAtlanta.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is owned by Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late , Inc., one of the nation's leading media companies and providers of automotive services. |
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