Court TV Acquires thesmokinggun.com and crimelibrary.com, Reinforcing Network as Leading Brand in Crime and Justice.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2001 Court TV has acquired two respected niche websites that are leaders in their respective crime and justice categories -- thesmokinggun.com and crimelibrary.com -- it was announced today by Henry Schleiff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the network. Both will remain as stand-alone (jargon) stand-alone - Capable of operating without other programs, libraries, computers, hardware, networks, etc. Exactly what is absent is presumed to be obvious from context. "We only run Windows on stand-alone PCs because it's too dangerous to run it on networked ones." destinations, and also be integrated with courttv.com, the web's most comprehensive crime and justice site. Commented Schleiff, "As the leading crime and justice network, we are always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. economically prudent opportunities to extend the Court TV brand. With these acquisitions, we are able to bring exciting and substantial new content under the Court TV Online banner that will strengthen our position as the destination for consumers interested in this genre in both television and the digital environment. We also expect to draw on material from these two sites in developing original programming for the network." Named by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 30 "most entertaining URLs in the world," thesmokinggun.com offers visitors access to actual legal documents obtained from government and law enforcement sources via Freedom of Information requests and from court files nationwide. The site, which first came to widespread attention last year when it published the restraining order restraining order: see injunction. on Rick Rockwell, of "Who Wants To Marry A Multi-Millionaire," had a record 5 million page views in December. Ranked by PC Data Online in 2000 as one of the top 200 'stickiest' sites on the web, crimelibrary.com draws on writers from around the world with legal expertise to create high-quality feature stories about major crimes, trials and law enforcement personalities. In addition, crimelibrary.com has begun to offer fiction including award-winning short stories by best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best authors such as Joyce Carol Oates Noun 1. Joyce Carol Oates - United States writer (born in 1938) Oates , Sara Paretsky Sara Paretsky (b. June 8, 1947 in Ames, Iowa) is a contemporary American author of detective fiction. Paretsky was raised in Kansas. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in political science. , and Phillip Margolin Phillip Margolin (born in 1944 in New York, New York) is a writer of legal thrillers. Biography Phillip Margolin was born in New York City in 1944.[1] After receiving a B.A. in Government in 1965, he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia until 1967. . Traffic has doubled on crimelibrary.com over the past year, growing from 1.6 million page views in December 1999 to 3.24 million in December 2000. Added Art Bell, Executive Vice President, Programming and Marketing, Court TV, "Both thesmokinggun.com and crimelibrary.com offer a wide range of distinctive additional crime and justice video, audio and text resources which will significantly complement the Court TV television experience. They are both lean organizations which have been extremely cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. in growing their audience." Courttv.com posted more than 6 million page views in December, up 303% from last year. The site is closely allied to the network's programming and features extensive trial, crime and legal news, legal research tools and information and related content. Galen Galen (gā`lən), c.130–c.200, physician and writer, b. Pergamum, of Greek parents. After study in Greece and Asia Minor and at Alexandria, he returned to Pergamum, where he served as physician to the gladiatorial school. Jones, Senior Vice President, Research and Market Development/General Manager, Court TV Online, will oversee all three websites. Court TV (http://www.courttv.com), a basic cable network, provides a window on the American system The term American System can mean one of the following:
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