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Ebook Textbooks Not Coming Soon

Information World Review reports on why e-books haven't yet caught on in a big way with consumers, despite advances in the technology. March 6, 2007

Right Wing Bloggers Poll Themselves

Right-of-center blogs or the rightosphere as they are referring to themselves took a poll about themselves. March 5, 2007

Hilary Duff Establishes Official YouTube Channel

Hilary Duff has set-up an official YouTube channel. March 5, 2007

Would You Pay to Subscribe to a Blog?

Will a blogging subscription model emerge in the future? Are there enough readers willing to pay for a blog. March 5, 2007

Do Great CEOs Have to Be Jerks?

An article on Business2. March 5, 2007

WSJ Looks at the Blogging Profession

The Wall Street Journal has an article analyzing what the job of blogger entails. March 4, 2007

Create Social Networks With Ning

There is some buzz over a new website called Ning that allows users to create social networks. March 4, 2007

Blog Initiates Campaign to Free Jailed Egyptian Blogger

Egyptian blogger Abdel Karim Suleiman was recently sentenced to four years in prison because of several posts he made on his blog. March 3, 2007

Stolen Painting Found in Steven Spielberg's Office

Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg was horrified to learn that he had a stolen painting in his possession. March 3, 2007

Iris Yamashita's Road to Success

Iris Yamashita, who was nominated for an Oscar for her original screenplay, Letters From Iwo Jima, talks about how she got the call that jump started her screenwriting career. March 3, 2007

The Onion Plans Video News Service

Wired reports that The Onion plans to launch a satirical news service in March that will include daily video clips that can be embedded on other sites. March 2, 2007

Reuters Planning Financial Social Network

The Guardian reports that Reuters is about to enter the social networking race with a niche subscriber-only social network for people for in the financial industry including "fund managers, traders and analysts. March 2, 2007

BBC to Set Up Three YouTube Channels

The BBC has cut a deal with YouTube. March 2, 2007

Future Job Seekers May Need a Video Resume

Time Magazine reports that job sites are jumping on the idea of everyone one day needing a video resume. March 2, 2007

Where's Wally Search Engine Coming

Where's Wally was a popular children's character featured in books that were published in over fifty languages. March 2, 2007

Wired Reporter Buys Votes on Digg

Wired reporter Annalee Newitz has written an interesting story about buying votes on Digg with User/Submitter. March 1, 2007

MSNBC Launches FirstPerson Citizen Journalism Site

MSNBC. March 1, 2007

The Secret is a Publishing Phenomenon

Rhonda Byrne's self-help book, The Secret (Atria) has now hit #1 on Amazon. March 1, 2007

The Orange Prize Gets a Facelift

The Orange Prize is being renamed and made more high-tech. March 1, 2007

Academy Threatens YouTube. Some Oscars Clips Removed

Variety is reporting that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has ordered YouTube to pull clips from the Oscars telecast. February 28, 2007

Barnes and Noble Announces Winners of Discover Great New Writers Awards

Barnes & Noble announced the the winners of the 14th annual Discover Great New Writers Awards for fiction and nonfiction. February 28, 2007

Peter Morgan and the Politics of Dissent

Screenwriter Peter Morgan, who wrote The Queen, discusses the award-winning film and how he tried to focus on the importance of public dissent. February 28, 2007

GM Launches Cadillac Blog

Cadillac has launched an interesting blog with some unique photographs called the Cadillac Drivers' Log. February 27, 2007

Postage Rate Hike Expected

The U. February 27, 2007

Tracy Chevalier Has a New Muse

Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, discusses her next book, Burning Bright, with The Independent. February 27, 2007