Newberry Medal Winner Banned From Libraries

The Higher Power of Lucky, which won the prestigious Newberry Medal, has been banned from a number of school libraries in the South and West because the word "scrotum" appears on the first page. February 20, 2007

Disney Loses Legal Battle Over Rights to Winnie the Pooh

The Walt Disney Co. February 20, 2007

David Paterson Talks Bridge to Terabithia

Screenwriter David Paterson, who adapted his mother's book Bridge to Terabithia for the screen discusses how J. February 20, 2007

ESPN Acquires Independent TrueHoop Basketball Blog

ESPN has acquired the TrueHoop basketball blog from Gekko productions, a company founded by husband-and-wife team Henry and Jessica Abbott. February 19, 2007

YouTuber Video Bloggers Attend As One Gathering

CNET has an article about a gathering for YouTubers held over the weekend in San Francisco called the As One Youtube user gathering and video scavenger hunt. February 19, 2007

John Battelle Interviews Michael Wesch

John Battelle has an intersting interview with Michael Wesch, PhD, a Cultural Anthropology professor at Kansas State University. February 19, 2007

XM and Sirius to Merge

The two companies that helped revolution radio and launch the ad free satellite radio industry are merging. February 19, 2007

Satellite Radio Giants to Merge

The Chicago Tribune is reporting on the merger between the two satellite radio giants: XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. February 19, 2007

Kate Beckinsale to Star in Whiteout

ComingSoon. February 19, 2007

24 Writers Decide to Scale Back on Torture Scenes

Screenwriters for the hit television show 24 now say that they are going to cut back on the number of torture scenes in the show. February 19, 2007

Lonelygirl15 to Act in Lindsay Lohan Film

Crave is reporting that Lonelygirl15 star Jessica Rose has an acting gig in a Lindsay Lohan movie called I Know Who Killed Me. February 18, 2007

Weblogs, Inc. Shutters AdJab

In case you missed it AdJab was shut down at the end of January. February 18, 2007

Former Gizmodo Editor Blasts Gadget Bloggers and Gadget Nerds

Gizmodo editor emeritus Joel Johnson has blasted gadget bloggers and gadget nerds in a new rant posted on Gizmodo called Horshoes and Hand Grenades. February 17, 2007

Subscriber Counts Jump as Google Releases Feed Suscriber Data

Thanks to new numbers from Google Reader we may be able to answer TechCrunch's question about just how big Google Reader is from a few weeks. February 17, 2007

Dell Has a Couple Web 2.0 Ideas

Dell has blogged the launch of its two new Web 2. February 16, 2007

Performancing Acquired by SplashPress Media

SplashPress Media has acquired the Performancing. February 16, 2007

MySpace Friends Worth About a Penny Each on Ebay

A MySpace account is for sale on eBay with 100,000 friends. February 16, 2007

Google Reader Adds Subscriber Counts to Crawler

Google has announced in the Official Google Reader blog that they will be publishing feed subscriber numbers in the crawler. February 16, 2007

No Love For NoFollow?

Wikipedia recently added no follow tags in a lame spam fighting attempt that has not gone over well. February 16, 2007

Cardiovascular Health Careers Look Promising

IndyStar. February 16, 2007

Anna Nicole Smith Biography Reissued

The death of playmate Anna Nicole Smith has promoted one publisher to reissue the 1996 biography written by Eric and D'Eva Redding for Barricade Books entitled Great Big Beautiful Doll. February 16, 2007

Oscar-winning Visual Effects Pioneer Peter Ellenshaw Dead at 93

Peter Ellenshaw, the legendary Oscar-winning visual effects pioneer has died at the age of 93. February 16, 2007

Finding and Fighting Blog Plagiarism

Aral Balkan busted RexyStudios for copying two of his blog posts and passing them off as their own work. February 15, 2007

Bush Opens Borders to Iraqi Refugees

Apparently it wasn't enough to open our southern borders with Mexico, we're now opening our borders to 7,000 more Iraqis who are displaced because of the ill-conceived, poorly-executed Iraq War. February 14, 2007

Feedback Through a Fire House

David Carr, a New York Times journalist who also blogs the Times' Carpetbagger blog, has written an interesting essay about blogs and journalism called 24-Hour Newspaper People. February 14, 2007