GO Network's Mr. Showbiz Taps Edward Margulies as 'Confidential' Columnist.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1999-- Veteran entertainment writer and editor Edward Margulies has taken the helm of the "Showbiz Confidential" column at GO Network's Mr. Showbiz (www.mrshowbiz.go.com). "We're excited to have Margulies as part of our editorial team. His decade of experience editing Movieline Magazine and his extensive freelance and television work give him the industry savvy and contacts necessary to keep 'Showbiz Confidential' lively and informed," stated Erik Flannigan, senior managing editor of Mr. Showbiz. "I'm pleased with the opportunity to make 'Showbiz Confidential' a unique and arresting entertainment column," said Margulies. "Having grown up on soundstages all over the world, I have many opinions about this industry, and Mr. Showbiz is giving me a chance to express those opinions fully." In addition to his 10 years as an editor with Movieline Magazine, Margulies was also responsible for producing the magazine's first annual "Movieline Young Hollywood Awards" in March of this year and he continues to serve as editorial director of Movieline Online. Margulies is a regular contributor to The Guardian newspaper in Manchester, England, and has appeared as an entertainment industry expert on such TV shows as Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight , The Today Show, and Good Morning America Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. The show was adapted from The Morning Exchange, a morning show created by and airing on the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and was launched nationally as . In 1993 he co-authored the book, "Bad Movies We Love," with Stephen Rebello, which spawned a series of accompanying movie marathons on TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. , which he co-hosted, co-wrote, and co-produced. For all the latest news and reviews, visit Mr. Showbiz at Go Network's Entertainment Center. About Mr. Showbiz Since its launch in March 1995, Mr. Showbiz has attracted the largest audience of any original entertainment site on the Internet. Its uniquely irreverent ir·rev·er·ent adj. 1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful. 2. Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical: irreverent humor. brand of news, reviews, and features has earned Mr. Showbiz numerous honors, including, most recently, the 1998 NetGuide Award as Best Entertainment Site. Mr. Showbiz is a production of Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq:SEEK). About Infoseek Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq:SEEK) is the home of GO Network, a premier global media network that offers consumers solutions for everyday life by combining integrated Internet services with leading consumer brands. Now one of the top five sites on the Internet, GO Network was launched in January 1999 by Infoseek, in partnership with The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DIS (Data Instrumentation Systems) See DST. Dis god of nether world; identified with Pluto. [Rom. Myth.: Leach, 315] See : Underworld ), and is the online home of leading world brands such as ABCNEWS.com for news, ESPN.com for sports, Disney.com and Family.com for kids and family, Infoseek for search, and Disney.com and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com for entertainment. In addition, Infoseek licenses its Ultraseek Server search and navigation software to companies for their own intranet, extranet, and Internet sites. Infoseek is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information about Infoseek, please visit Infoseek's corporate Internet home page at http://info.infoseek.com or to request additional information about Infoseek, call our Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Request Line at 408/543-6960 or visit our investor relations Web site at http://www.ir-infoseek.com. Note to Editors: Infoseek, Ultraseek, and the Infoseek logo shown are trademarks of Infoseek Corporation, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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