Cabot Heritage, M. Lee Smith and Blackwell each launch initiatives.

The launch of a newsletter publisher's website is certainly not much news any longer, but the Cabot Heritage Corporation has put a new spin on the exercise by consolidating its five separate websites for its five newsletters into one site for all.

"We are thrilled to showcase all of our newsletter products on one website, and gratified that we are able to reward current subscribers with a member-only password website that's chock full of valuable content in addition to their subscription issues," said Timothy Lutts, president of Cabot Heritage.

Previously, Cabot's newsletters--Cabot Market Letter, Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Letter, Cabot Top Ten Report, Cabot China Investor Report, and Cabot Stock of the Month--were each featured on its own independent site. With the launch of www.cabot.net, all existing alternate domains and their corresponding pages will be redirected to the new website.

"The site was designed so that upon landing on the home page, new visitors will quickly be able to determine exactly which newsletter products may be right for them," Lutts said. "Whether it's growth stocks, value stocks, momentum stocks, stocks benefiting from emerging growth in China or our stock-of-the-month report, each product is represented with its own distinct marketing message. This message will enable investors to say, 'Yes, I'm interested in that.'"

Cabot Heritage Corporation, P.O. Box 2049, Salem, MA 01970, 978-745-5532, fax [phone], www.cabot.net

Employer's State Law Alert

If you already publish a state-specific newsletter for each of the 50 U.S. states--as M. Lee Smith Publishers does--where's the room for growth? How about one newsletter for all the states?

The company's new "breakthrough" newsletter, Employer's State Law Alert, will allow multi-state employers to understand their new compliance responsibilities under new laws and regulations in all 50 states.

In-house counsel and HR professionals with multi-state operations will particularly benefit from the newsletter's authoritative, all-in-one-place compliance guidance and instantly searchable web-enabled database.

"Prior to this, there has been no fast, 'one-stop shopping' way for organizations to see exactly how employment laws in all 50 states have changed," said Dan Oswald, president and publisher of M. Lee Smith. "Now, with this newsletter and service, you can see at a glance exactly how state legislatures, agencies, and courts have altered employer obligations and rights."

M. Lee Smith Publishers, 5201 Virginia Way, P.O. Box 5094, Brentwood, TN 37024, 615-373-7517, fax [phone], www.mleesmith.com

Blackwell and Le Jacq join efforts

Blackwell Publishing and Le Jacq have formed an exclusive long-term partnership aimed at developing new medical educational products and enhancing the current Le Jacq list of peer-reviewed journals, clinical trial review books, Continuing Medical Education projects, and web-based initiatives.

The Connecticut-based medical publishing house will become a significant component in Blackwell's independent medical educational portfolio, which includes Blackwell Futura Media Services, an ACCM-accredited conference organization and CME project company that Blackwell acquired in 2002.

Blackwell has formed partnerships with 665 medical, academic, and professional societies. It publishes more than 800 journals and has more than 6,000 books in print.

The company remains independent, with 1,000 staff members in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, China, Singapore, Denmark, Germany, and Japan.

Blackwell Publishing, Commerce Place, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, 781-388-8200, fax [phone], www.blackwellpublishing.com

Le Jacq, Three Parklands Drive, Darien, CT 06820, 203-656-1711, fax [phone], www.lejacq.com