Website roundup
By Adnews Staff
CanWest MediaWorks has formed a partnership with Platial of Portland, OR to incorporate a user-created online atlas into the Canada.com group of websites. Users of the sites will be able to use the system to submit reviews, opinions, photographs and videos of places they have visited. Users will also be able to use the system to look up nearby attractions and events and read the material submitted by others. The program will begin in Toronto and Vancouver. Additional Canadian locations will be added later. “Incorporating Platial’s atlas into Canada.com is like leaving bread crumbs where you've been for others to follow, and following other people's trails to explore new territory,” said Arturo Duran, interactive and business integration president at CanWest MediaWorks. “Our focus in on giving Canada.com visitors the local information they crave about where they want to go.”
A new weekly online fashion publication called Weekly Couture has debuted at <http://www.weeklycoture.com>. The Toronto-based site will publish lifestyle and fashion stories primarily. The free publication was founded by editor-in-chief Jennifer Seligman.
Toronto radio station 102.1 The Edge has launched a new website aimed at users of wireless devices. The site, located at <http://www.edge.ca/wifi>, is designed to be accessed through cell phones and personal digital assistants. The site contains daily club and concert listings as well as text from the station’s “The Ongoing History of New Music” series. The station is owned by Corus Entertainment.