Atomic Dog Publishing Acquires CourseWise's Textbook Program; Key Executives to Join Atomic Dog Publishing.Business Editors CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2001 Atomic Dog Publishing, Inc. announced today that it has acquired the textbook textbook Informatics A treatise on a particular subject. See Bible. publishing program and related assets of CourseWise, Inc. of St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minnesota. As part of the transaction, key executives from CourseWise will be joining Atomic Dog as employees. In addition, Atomic Dog will expand its editorial operations to CourseWise's locations in St. Paul, MN, Madison, WI, and Dubuque, IA. CourseWise, which had been publishing textbooks since its inception, was seeking more capital to build out its interactive textbook initiatives. "Given the ambitious plans we had for our textbook program, we knew we couldn't do it alone," said CourseWise's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Tom Doran Thomas J. Doran [Long Tom] (December 2, 1880 - June 22, 1910) was backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1904 through 1906 for the Boston Americans (1904-1905[start], 1906) and Detroit Tigers (1905[end]). Listed at 5' 11", 152 lb. . "We talked to a number of potential partners, but once discussions started with Atomic Dog we knew what to do. It was abundantly a·bun·dant adj. 1. Occurring in or marked by abundance; plentiful. See Synonyms at plentiful. 2. Abounding with; rich: a region abundant in wildlife. clear that Atomic Dog was aggregating the talent and the resources to be the premier new media publisher in higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. . We simply wanted to be a part of it." Alex von Rosenberg, founder and CEO of Atomic Dog said, "What we like about the CourseWise team and the acquired textbooks is their fit with our mission. That is, taking the best of what traditional publishing was -- great people and great ideas -- and liberating lib·er·ate tr.v. lib·er·at·ed, lib·er·at·ing, lib·er·ates 1. To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control. 2. Chemistry To release (a gas, for example) from combination. those people to use the technologies available today to build better content, better products, and better value. Beyond the textbook assets, the CourseWise principals bring tremendous experience in Social Science publishing and production competencies across all disciplines." About Atomic Dog Publishing: Atomic Dog Publishing, a higher education publishing company, specializes in developing HyBred Media(TM) textbooks that replace traditional print texts. Atomic Dog's products blend online content delivery, interactive media components, and print to form a completely unique learning and teaching tool. Features include animations, simulations, graphing tools, search, and online study guides that print products simply cannot deliver. Since its inception in March 2001, Atomic Dog's products have been adopted worldwide at over 100 leading universities. For more information, visit http://www.atomicdog.com. |
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