Leona Lewis Writing Her Memoirs

British pop star Leona Lewis, the X Factor winner who performed in front of a worldwide audience during the summer Olympics, is writing her autobiography for British book publisher Hodder & Stoughton. January 9, 2009

The Return of Winnie the Pooh

The first authorized sequel to Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A. January 9, 2009

Joe the Plumber to Become War Correspondent

This is odd. January 8, 2009

Dump 10 Facebook Friends and Get a Whopper Coupon

Burger King is helping to downsize friends on Facebook. January 8, 2009

Spider-Man Meets Barack Obama

Spider-Man meets Barack Obama in an upcoming issue of the classic comic from Marvel. January 8, 2009

Oprah Adds Disclaimer to Site About Fake Holocaust Love Story

As part of the fallout over the fake Holocaust love story, Angel at the Fence, Oprah Winfrey has added a disclaimer about the book on her site. January 8, 2009

Meg Cabot Publishes Last Book in Princess Diaries Series

Forever Princess, the last book in Meg Cabot's popular Princess Diaries series, went on sale yesterday. January 7, 2009

Cuba Sharing Hemingway Archives With Scholars

Reuters reports that Cuba is making thousands of documents, photos and books that belonged to Ernest Hemingway available to researchers. January 7, 2009

Security Issues Plague Twitter

Twitter has been hit by a series of security issues lately. January 6, 2009

Apple Shares Rise Following Steve Jobs Health Announcement

Apple CEO Steve Jobs finally addressed concerns yesterday about his obvious weight loss. January 6, 2009

Nickelodeon Launches Series Based on Ian Falconer's Olivia Books

Nickelodeon is adding a new series, called Olivia, to its preschool line-up on Monday, Jan. January 6, 2009

Bill Richardson Withdraws as Commerce Secretary Designate

Well, that has to be some kind of a record for the speed of resignation over a scandal: New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has resigned the post of Commerce Secretary. January 5, 2009

New York Times Sells Front Page Ads

The recession is driving publishers to make significant changes. January 5, 2009

English Language Will Soon Contain Over 1 Million Words

Writers have plenty of words to choose from. January 5, 2009

Two Madoff Scandal Books Are Being Planned

There are already two books being planned about the Bernard Madoff financial scandal. January 2, 2009

Gawker Sells Consumerist and Plans to Sell Defamer

Gawker's Consumerist blog has been sold to nonprofit Consumers Union. December 31, 2008

Blagojevich vs. Reid, Round 2

Illinois governor Blagojevich has named former Attorney General Roland Burris to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, over the objections of all 50 Democratic senators. December 30, 2008

Organic Beauty Magazine Debuts

Sovereign/Homestead is launching Organic Beauty, a bimonthly magazine that will cover natural, eco-friendly products and organic beauty. December 29, 2008

Oprah Nearly Duped By Fake Holocaust Memoir

It's time for another fake memoir scandal. December 29, 2008

Twitter Search Needs More Advanced Queries

As Paris Lemon points out there's a bitchmeme on Techmeme right now started here by Loic Le Meur about using Twitter authority as a way to reduce the number of results in a Twitter search. December 27, 2008

Interviewing Basics From CalTech

This video from CareerTV has some good tips from CalTech for those prepping for a job interview. December 27, 2008

Washington Post, Baltimore Sun to Share Content

Mediaweek reports that the Washington Post and the Tribune Co. December 27, 2008

New Book Takes a Close Look at Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol

Historian Les Standiford's new book takes a close look at Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol December 23, 2008

Track Santa on Twitter With NORAD and Bitz the Twittering Elf

It's that time of year when the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) starts tracking Santa Claus and his reindeer as they get close to their big night delivering presents all over the Globe. December 21, 2008

Twitter Stock Community Called StockTwits Gets Funding

VentureBeat reports that two-month-old StockTwits has raised a round of funding. December 20, 2008