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January 3, 2001
Newsflash: ConJose, the 2002 WorldCon, will present a special Best Web Site Hugo. If you're planning to attend or join, remember to nominate your favorite SF sites by March 31 (whether this is one of them or not.) If you're not already eligible, you must join by January 31 to submit nominations.

December 25, 2001
We're back! After an extended hiatus, www.midwinter.com is online again. If you're curious, here's what happened. If you run into any glitches, please let me know.

August 3, 2001
Newsflash: Amazon.com is listing a December 4 release date for the DVD of "The Gathering" and "In the Beginning". They are accepting preorders.

June 21, 2001
TV Guide Online has a short article about the new movie.

June 12, 2001
SCI FI will be airing a promo for the new B5 movie during its rebroadcast of "Dune" tonight through Wednesday night.

April 9, 2001
The Sci-Fi Channel now has a section of its site dedicated to Crusade. If it looks familiar to you, not to worry; I knew about it well in advance and everything is above-board and legit.

March 20, 2001
Newsflash: A new B5 TV-movie is in the works and will air on the Sci-Fi Channel later this year. It may lead to a new series.

March 13, 2001
Newsflash: The DVD releases of "The Gathering" and "In the Beginning" will be delayed until around August in order to use the updated version of "The Gathering" rather than the original version, according to JMS.

"Crusade" begins on The Sci-Fi Channel on April 9.

January 25, 2001
Newsflash: The Digital Bits reports that Warner Bros. plans to release B5 DVDs later this year.

January 21, 2001
Newsflash: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that a new B5 movie, as well as "Crusade" reruns, may be on the way from the Sci-Fi Channel. (Scroll down to the third item in the article.)

December 15, 2000
Newsflash: JMS has commented on the problems with the Sci-Fi Channel's widescreen broadcasts.

November 30, 2000
Netter Digital Entertainment's equipment (used in B5's production) will be auctioned on December 7.

November 6, 2000
The third book in the Centauri trilogy is out.

Updated the US schedule page with Sci-Fi's planned broadcasts of the five B5 movies.

October 2, 2000
Newsflash: Sierra is offering fans free promotional merchandise produced for the cancelled B5 game.

September 30, 2000
A new page describing JMS's current projects has been added.

September 15, 2000
Reminder: The Sci-Fi Channel's widescreen broadcast of B5 begins September 25. There are reliable reports that the B5 episode of "Sciography," originally scheduled to air just before B5's premiere, has been delayed.

August 17, 2000
Newsflash: JMS's "Rising Stars" comic may be coming to a theater near you.

August 12, 2000
Newsflash: The rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated newsgroup should be back online by the end of next week, according to its moderator.

August 6, 2000
Newsflash: A new novel by JMS, "Tribulations," is available for free online reading at Bookface. Also at Bookface is an unproduced "Crusade" script by Fiona Avery, featuring the return of a B5 character.

July 27, 2000
New on the Conventions page: Details about the "Crusade for a Cure" convention in September.

July 11, 2000
Newsflash: The 11th Hour has an interview with Jerry Doyle, in which a possible followup series to B5 is discussed briefly.

Newsflash: Sci-Fi Channel's run of B5 will be shown in letterboxed format.

July 7, 2000
Newsflash: JMS will be chatting live on Yahoo on July 10 at 7PM Eastern (4PM Pacific).

June 13, 2000
Newsflash: The producers of Sci-Fi Channel's "Sciography" are looking for B5 material: behind-the-scenes photos and video and particularly video of the Wolf 359 conventions. They'd also like to interview some ardent B5 fans in the Southern California area. If you can help, send mail to jwwolterman@hotmail.com.

June 6, 2000
Newsflash: The teleplays for two unproduced "Crusade" episodes, as well as an original JMS short story, are available from Bookface.

May 21, 2000
Newsflash: Season 5 starts in Sweden on May 28.

May 19, 2000
Correction: TNT will be reshowing all five seasons. The first three episodes of season one will be shown in a three-hour block at 6AM on May 20. After that, episodes will air Monday-Saturday at 6AM starting May 22.

May 16, 2000
Newsflash: The Sci-Fi channel is looking for B5-related material for a new documentary series. Details.

April 4, 2000
Newsflash: The US Sci-Fi Channel will show all five seasons of B5, plus the movies, starting in September. Details.

March 3, 2000
Newsflash: Stephen Furst is slated to provide one of the voices in the upcoming "Buzz Lightyear" cartoon. Full story.

January 20, 2000
Newsflash: Daniel Dae Kim (Lt. Matheson) guest stars on this week's "Star Trek: Voyager."

January 1, 2000
Newsflash: JMS will be appearing on CBS News Sunday Morning on January 2. Check your local listings for times.

Happy New Year! Only 242 shopping years left till the Earth-Minbari War.

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