In 1994, Weinberg began working for Music Notes, where he established the multimedia division and developed products based on optic technology for reading music.

"We're definitely interested," said Hock Leow, vice president of Creative Labs' multimedia division.

Cosmos had two divisions, an enterprise and Internet solutions division and a multimedia division.

Another name being mentioned was that of Anssi Vanjoki, 47, who will now lead the multimedia division.

Alan Buckingham, head of its multimedia division, says this choice was made 'because of the huge installed base'- and because many of his projects are collaborations with Microsoft.

The magazines belong to the company's consumer media group, which also includes Harry N. Abrams, the book publisher, and the just-closed multimedia division.

The company now has a multimedia division and owns a variety of domains that offer international, national, and regional aerospace and defense-related news.

In 2009, the company launched its multimedia division.

Ms. Walker replaces Scott Kabak, who has taken on responsibility for the company's multimedia division and will become senior vice president of operations and multimedia.

"There should be a healthy degree of skepticism about how quickly some of these things take hold," said Curt Viebranz, the president of Time Inc.'s new multimedia division.