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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

New mag targets kids

Maria Sanz, a mother of four, wanted a fun fitness magazine for her kids that would encourage them to live healthy, smart lives. When she couldn't find one, she created it. Along with childhood friend Marycel Diaz, Sanz is now publisher of Be Fit Kids, a bimonthly sports and fitness magazine that targets kids 8 to 14. Created two years ago, the Miami-based magazine has a circulation of 25,000. .

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Ananzi Kids teams up with CNA

If you thought games were just for kids - you were wrong. Ananzi Kids, the online kids site on Ananzi, South Africa's premier search engine and information portal, teamed up with Edcon's CNA to present a new look and feel site to gamers for the festive and back to school season - not just for kids, but for the tweenies and adults who also frequent the site. A major trend in recent years shows that online gaming has moved away from being traditionally sought out by digitally-savvy, young consumers to the growing Internet savvy pool of teens and adults. Mark van Diggelen, CEO of Trafficonomy, which powers Ananzi Kids, has combined his passion for gaming with a distinct gift for identifying internet trends. He had the vision to develop a world-class online gaming platform and created one of the world's leading networks of online gaming portals and web sites.

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Kids Hope United Improves Foster Care For Thousands Of Florida ...

Through its Family Services of Metro Orlando (FSMO) affiliate, Kids Hope United cares for 3,200 children in Florida's Orange and Osceola counties. To keep close track of children in its system – and to regularly measure the performance of FSMO and its subcontractors – Kids Hope United recently deployed Hyperion System 9 BI+ software from Hyperion (Nasdaq Global Select: HYSL), the global leader in Business Performance Management (BPM) software. The nationally acclaimed organization, with an annual operating budget of $96 million, oversees the operations of FSMO, the state's leading not-for-profit agency dedicated to caring for abused, neglected and abandoned children. FSMO contracts day-to-day fostering to case management organizations (CMOs), whose performance Kids Hope United measures with Hyperion System 9 BI+ software.

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