Mountain View, Calif. - Meebo, the provider of an online and text message-based communications platform, has partnered with Hearst Magazines Digital Media, to offer instant messaging and chat services on sites including Seventeen.com and PopularMechanics.com. Meebo claims to provide its service to over 40 million users monthly across its own site and partner sites.

New York - Hearst's Esquire magazine on Monday announced that its October issue will be the first magazine to incorporate E Ink's electronic paper technology into a mass-produced print product. A two-page ad on the inside cover will feature the Ford Flex Crossover, with words and images scrolling across the flexible electronic paper display.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) on Monday launched Yahoo Shine, a new website focused on the daily lives of women. The site will feature content from publishers including Conde Nast and Hearst, as well as content from Yahoo's own Food, Astrology, Health and other sites.

McLean, Va. - Attempting to boost their sagging ad revenue, four of the nation's largest newspaper publishers -- including Gannett (NYSE: GCI), Tribune (NYSE: TXA), Hearst and The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) -- said on Friday that they will team to launch their own online ad sales network. The network, called quadrantONE, will work in a similar fashion to a networks launched last year by Yahoo and a group of newspapers, allowing national advertisers to buy space on more than 120 newspaper websites.

New York - Hearst Magazines Digital Media on Wednesday announced the full-scale launch of TheDailyGreen.com, "a new, comprehensive one-stop eco-resource for environmental news, tips and information." Originally unveiled in a beta version on Earth Day 2007, the full-format version of TheDailyGreen.com is "a mash-up between a mainstream media site and a grassroots, blog-based, community-centric site," the company announced. The site features tools for localized content, video, flipbooks, promo players, blogs and more. TheDailyGreen.com has also teamed up with MSN to provide content to its recently launched MSN Green channel, Hearst said.

New York - Hearst Magazines Digital Media on Monday announced the launch of mobile versions of its Harper's BAZAAR and Marie Claire magazines. The free sites will generate revenue through the sale of cell phone wallpapers, and will be promoted through carriers including AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.

New York - Publisher Hearst Corp. has sold its 22% stake in Local.com, the provider of a local search engine, Barron's Tech Trader reported.

New York - IDG chairman Patrick McGovern has partnered with fellow media firms Hearst and News Corp. on a new venture that will distribute movies, DVDs and video games in China, the New York Post reported on Wednesday.

Cambridge, Mass. - Maven Networks, a provider of Internet TV distribution services, announced on Monday that publisher Hearst magazines will use its service to launch 14 new Internet TV channels, for titles including Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Good Housekeeping. The free channels on Hearst's websites will feature original content like behind-the-scenes cover shoot videos with celebrities, product reviews from the Good Housekeeping Research Institute, and hair and makeup "how-to" clips from Seventeen.

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National Geographic Ventures (NGV) President and CEO Tim Kelly announced today that William S. Weil has been named Chief Operating Officer of National Geographic Entertainment Group, which includes National Geographic's feature film, kids' entertainment and giant screen film business units. Weil joined National Geographic in 2002 and was most recently executive vice president of Strategy, Marketing and Entertainment Group. Prior to joining National Geographic, Weil was Senior Vice President of AG Interactive, and Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Nickelodeon Networks.