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BNET.com Unveils New Community Blogging Tool for BNET Industries

    Business Executives Collaborate With Industry Bloggers on BNET
Industries' News and Analysis

    http://submit.bnet.com

    SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- BNET (http://www.bnet.com), a Web site
that provides information and tools to help business managers succeed at
work, and a property of CBS Interactive, today announced the official
launch of its community blogging tool (http://submit.bnet.com) on BNET
Industries (http://industry.bnet.com). This offering will allow industry
insiders within the user community to share their perspectives and insight
on the latest news and industry events with other BNET Industries readers.
As part of BNET's free and comprehensive resources for busy professionals,
BNET Industries offers in-depth news and analysis within individual
business sectors.

    Launched in April, BNET Industries combines original reporting with
business fundamentals on more than 9,000 public companies, giving business
managers a single destination to research activity within their business
ecosystem. As part of one of the most visited business websites, the BNET
Industries community is comprised of C-level executives and senior managers
-- people who know their businesses and industries. By combining original
reporting from its industry bloggers and real-life experiences of its
users, the community blogging tool offers users an opportunity to share
their expertise with the BNET Industries community.

    To submit a post to BNET Industries, registered users can visit
http://submit.bnet.com or click on the button that appears on the homepage
of BNET Industries. Registration for BNET accounts is free. Once submitted,
BNET Industries editors review posts for grammar, content and relevancy.
Once approved, the posts then appear alongside BNET Industries writers'
posts. The blog submissions must be related to one of the 11 BNET
Industries, which include advertising, auto, energy, financial services,
food, health, media, pharmaceuticals, retail, technology and travel.

    "A huge percentage of our users are business managers who deal with the
issues and challenges we cover on a daily basis," said Jeff Davis,
executive editor at BNET. "By tapping into this knowledge base of real-life
work experience, we're able to combine and complement our original blog
reports from well-known journalists, and provide our community with the
most comprehensive information on the topics that matter most to them."

    About BNET.com

    BNET, a property of CBS Interactive, provides managers practical,
trusted resources for the business challenges they face every day, and
effective techniques for moving their companies and their careers forward.
A top 10 business media site, BNET offers award-winning original content,
as well as one of the largest business libraries available on the Web.

    About CBS Interactive

    CBS Interactive, a division of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS),
is the premier online content network for information and entertainment.
Its portfolio of leading brands, which include CNET, CBS.com,
CBSSports.com, GameSpot, TV.com, BNET, and Last.fm span popular categories
like technology, entertainment, sports, news, and business. With more than
150 million people visiting its properties each month, CBS Interactive is a
top 10 web property globally.



SOURCE CBS Interactive




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