Magazine Launches Plunged 13% in 2008

Crain's New York reports that new magazine launched plunged 13% in 2008. December 20, 2008

Video Essay: Tough Job Climate For Young Job Seekers

This AP video essay by Martha Irvine focuses on recent college grad Kimberly Bratton. December 19, 2008

Conde Nast Shutters Blog Network Few Knew Existed

Conde Nast is shutting a network of unknown blogs that included Elastic Waist, Product Fiend and Daily Bedpost. December 18, 2008

Ponzi Scheme Term Origniates With Charles Ponzi

The news about Bernard Madoff's $50 billion ponzi scheme has some wondering what exactly is a ponzi scheme. December 18, 2008

William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalists Named

The American Library Association has announced the finalists for the William C. December 17, 2008

Poets & Writers Receives $2 Million Donation

Poets & Writers has received the largest donation in its 38-year history. December 17, 2008

Elizabeth Alexander Named Inaugural Poet for Obama's Swearing-in Ceremony

Elizabeth Alexander has been selected to read a poem at Barack Obama's inaugural swearing-in ceremony on January 20th. December 17, 2008

Singular Magazine Targets Happy Single People

Singluar magazine is a new publication that targets affluent unmarried adults. December 14, 2008

Shiba Inu Puppy Cam Gets 18 Million Views

A puppy cam that shows Shiba Inu puppies sleeping - and sometimes playing - has generated over 18 million views reports NBC. December 13, 2008

Some Youtubers Strike Video Gold

The New York Times has an article about how a few YouTubers using YouTube's partner program are generating six-figure incomes. December 12, 2008

Shortlist for William C. Morris YA Debut Award Announced

Five authors are finalists for the new William C. December 12, 2008

Top Investment Advisor Arrested in $50 Billion Fraud Scheme

As the recession deepens, investors are pulling out of all but the safest investments. December 11, 2008

Why Books Make Great Gifts

Random House has produced a great video about why books make great gifts for the holiday season. December 11, 2008

Obama Calls For Blagojevich Resignation

Barack Obama has called for the resignation of Illinois Governor Rod R. December 10, 2008

Fake Kanye West Twitter Removed

An apparently fake Twitter account claiming to be Kanye West came to the attention of Kanye West during Stephen Colbert's plot to knock Kanye West from the #1 slot on iTunes. December 10, 2008

Gabriel Garcia Marquez Mulling Over Four Different Versions of His New Book

There has been some concern that 82 year old Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez would never write another book. December 10, 2008

Stephen King Talks Best Books of 2008

Stephen King has shared with Entertainment Weekly his ten favorite books of 2008. December 9, 2008

Pulitzer Prize Board to Consider Online News Organizations

The Pulitzer Prize Board announced yesterday that they will be expanding the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism to include news organizations that publish only on the Internet. December 9, 2008

Comedy Central Launches Jokes.com

Comedy Central has launched Jokes. December 8, 2008

Random House and Penguin Launch Mobile Book Offerings

Random House and Penguin have both announced mobile book plans including plans to provide books for the iPhone. December 8, 2008

Nobel Laureate Issues Plea on Behalf of Book-Starved Countries

The 68 year old French winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, J. December 8, 2008

New York Times Takes on Gadget Blogs With Gadgetwise

The New York Times recently launched a new blog called Gadgetwise putting them in direct competition with gadget blogs like Engadget, Gizmodo, CrunchGear, OhGizmo, and many others. December 7, 2008

YouTube Implements Stricter Standards on Content and Thumbnails

YouTube recently announced some changes that includes stricter standards for mature content and methods for preventing users from gaming YouTube with false descriptions or thumbnails. December 6, 2008

Stop-Motion Film Celebrates 4th Estate's 25th Year

The entertaining stop-motion film called "This is Where We Live" was created by Apt Studio to celebrate the 25th anniversary of HarperCollins' imprint 4th Estate. December 6, 2008

Job Koelewijn's Infinity Bookshelf

Dutch artist Job Koelewijn made this impressive lemniscate bookshelf. December 6, 2008