Barnes & Noble.com Issues New Classics List; Stephen Hawking, U2 and The Matrix are the People's Choice; Winner of Sweepstakes to Receive 2001 Volkswagen Beetle.Business/Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2000 Barnes & Noble.com (Nasdaq:BNBN) (www.bn.com) and Turner Network Television Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. (TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. ) have completed their New Classics Sweepstakes. Consumers were asked to vote for their favorite titles from a list of top ten Barnes & Noble.com editor picks in the books, music and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. categories. Upon completion voters were automatically entered into a contest to win a 2001 Volkswagen Beetle This article is about the original Volkswagen Beetle. For the one introduced in 1997, see Volkswagen New Beetle. The Volkswagen Type 1, more commonly known as the Beetle . The winner of the contest will be drawn on December 15, 2000. "We are very pleased with the overwhelming response we received during our New Classics Sweepstakes," said John Rindlaub, vice president of brand marketing for Barnes & Noble.com. "We wanted to offer customers a different way to interact with the site and let them share their opinions and views in a way that would get noticed." Emerging victorious in the book category is A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking Noun 1. Stephen Hawking - English theoretical physicist (born in 1942) Hawking, Stephen William Hawking . Leading in the music category is U2's Joshua Tree Joshua tree: see yucca. and Santana's Supernatural. While in the DVD category, voters praised The Matrix by Andy Wachowski and American Beauty American Beauty n. A type of rose bearing large, long-stemmed purplish-red flowers. . The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling was the book to receive the most votes in the Write-In category. The Write-In category allowed voters to enter their favorite titles not included on the original ballot. Books: 1. A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking 2. Oh the Places You'll Go, Dr. Seuss 3. Beloved, Toni Morison 4. The Liar's Club, Mary Karr 5. Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Art Spiegelman Books, top write-in choices: 1. Harry Potter Series, J.K. Rowling 2. Left Behind, Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins 3. The Stand, Stephen King 4. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt 5. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving Music: 1. Joshua Tree, U2 2. Come On Over, Shania Twain 3. Ten Summoner's Tales, Sting 4. Ray of Light, Madonna 5. Romanza, Andrea Bocelli Music, top write-in choices 1. Supernatural, Santana 2. Ten, Pearl Jam 3. OK Computer, Radiohead 4. Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morrisette 5. Play, Moby DVD: 1. The Matrix, Andy Wachowski 2. The English Patient, Anthony Minghella 3. The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner 4. Die Hard, John McTiernan 5. Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino DVD, top write-in choices: 1. American Beauty, Sam Mendes 2. The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan 3. Titanic, James Cameron 4. Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis 5. The Green Mile, Frank Darabont About Barnes & Noble.com Barnes & Noble.com is an Internet commerce company offering a comprehensive range of books and related information products. With more than five 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. per month to its Web site, the company has the largest audience reach of any brick and mortar See bricks and mortar. company with an Internet presence. It stocks the largest in-stock selection of in-print book titles, supplemented by more than 20 million listings from its nationwide network of out-of-print, rare and used book dealers. Its college textbook store offers a vast selection of new and used textbooks and its recently introduced eBookStore has established the company as a leader in the delivery of digital content and intellectual property. Barnes & Noble.com's excellence in e-commerce extends to the music business, where it was cited by Forbes.com as the No. 1 music site on the Web, for being "best-of-class for anyone who wants to learn about the music they're buying." The company's product ranges now include a full complement of information products, including DVD, video, software and PC games. The company's focus on information products is manifest in its recently launched Barnes & Noble University, a distance learning forum offering free classes. Ranging from "Introduction to Programming" to "Introduction to XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. " to "The Night Sky: An Introduction to Astronomy"" to "Walking through Shakespeare," Barnes & Noble University has quickly established itself as a leading Internet hub for learning and community. About Turner Network Television Turner Network Television, currently seen in 79.6 million homes, is Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. , Inc.'s 24-hour, advertiser-supported service offering original motion pictures and miniseries; original series, non-fiction specials and live events; contemporary films from the world's largest film library, the combined Turner and Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . film libraries; exciting NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= and Wimbledon Tennis action; exclusive coverage of both the 2000 Winter and 2001 Goodwill Games; and popular television series. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry. TNT is the presenter of the Saturday Night New Classics(SM), the most memorable movies from the '80s and '90s that audiences love and know by heart on TNT every Saturday night at 8pm ET. The English Patient and Die Hard, two of the New Classics winners in the DVD category, are among many titles in TNT's New Classics(SM) library. TNT will air the network television premiere of The Matrix in December 2001. |
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