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New York Times: Blogging is Dangerous

Is blogging dangerous and deadly? The New York Times says yes, it is. April 6, 2008

Hyperion Founder Leaving to Run Controversial New Book Group

Hyperion Books founder Robert S. April 5, 2008

Majority of Americans Unhappy With Direction of Country

This is some bad news for any politician in office now: 81% of Americans think the country is on the wrong track. April 4, 2008

Economy Lost 80,000 Jobs in March

The economy lost jobs in March for the third month in a row. April 4, 2008

Denzel Washington Attached to The Matarese Circle

Denzel Washington is attached to the film version of The Matarese Circle, the bestselling thriller by Robert Ludlum. April 4, 2008

George Clooney's WGA Battle Over Leatherheads Writing Credit

The WGA is denying George Clooney a a writing credit on the new film, Leatherheads. Clooney wrote most of the scripts.. April 4, 2008

Craigslist Launches a Blog

Craigslist has launched a new blog. April 3, 2008

New HarperCollins Imprint Won't Pay Author Royalties

The New York Times reports that HarperCollins is forming a new publishing group that won't pay author advances, but instead will use a profit-sharing plan. April 3, 2008

Lou Dobbs Talks Media Bias Against Hillary Clinton

Lou Dobbs addresses the extreme negative bias against Hillary Clinton that the mainstream media has shown and the absurdity of the calls for her to drop out of the race before all the Democratic voters have had their say. April 2, 2008

SciFi.com To Launch Gaming Blog

The Sci Fi Channel plans to continue to expand its network to include a new gaming blog and website. April 2, 2008

Women Angry at Calls for Clinton to Drop Out

Women supporters of Hillary Clinton are quite angry at the ludicrous, partisan calls from some Obama supporters for Hillary to drop out of the race. March 31, 2008

Yahoo Launches Shine

Yahoo Inc. March 31, 2008

James Patterson Unhappy With Bookstore Placement

James Patterson is not happy with the bookstore's placement of his latest book. March 31, 2008

Another Print Blogging Magazine: Artful Blogging

artful-blogging-magazine March 29, 2008

John McCain Releases First General Election Ad

John McCain has released his first general election ad. March 28, 2008

Harlan Ellison Ponders New Film About Himself

Salon's Andrew O'Hehir talks with the legendary Harlan Ellison. March 28, 2008

J.K. Rowling to Testify in Copyright Case

J. March 28, 2008

10 Downing Street is Twittering

The UK Prime Minister now has an official Twitter account. March 27, 2008

Google Gives YouTubers More Video Data

Google announced that they are providing a little more data about YouTube videos for the people that uploaded them. March 27, 2008

Maya Angelou Celebrates Her 80th Birthday

Maya Angelou is celebrating her 80th birthday on April 4th. March 27, 2008

Big Donors to Pelosi: Stay Out of Primary Battle

Top Democratic donors who support Hillary Clinton have written a letter to Nancy Pelosi taking her to task for her recent, ill-advised comments about superdelegates not "overturning the will of the voters. March 26, 2008

New York Post's Richard Johnson: Blogs are Parasites

I Want Media has posted this brief one question interview with Richard Johnson, the editor of New York Post's popular gossip column called Page Six. March 26, 2008

Ian Fleming Had His Own Miss Moneypenny to Help Him Write

It appears that Ian Fleming had his own Miss Moneypenny to help him write his James Bond novels. March 26, 2008

OpenSocial Foundation Debuts With Yahoo Onboard

The nonprofit OpenSocial Foundation has been launched. March 25, 2008

Hillary Comments on Rev. Wright

In an interview today, Hillary Clinton was asked by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial board what she would do if her pastor made the kind of remarks that Obama's former pastor Wright had made. March 25, 2008