Ripplewood Holdings Acquiring Reader's Digest

Reuters reports that Ripplewood Holdings is acquiring the Reader's Digest Association. November 17, 2006

Judith Regan on Why She Did It

Judith Regan has been taking a lot of heat for publishing O. November 17, 2006

Jason Calacanis Leaves AOL

Jason Calacanis is leaving AOL. He was the founder of Weblogs, Inc. which was sold to AOL in 2005. November 16, 2006

Study Finds High Absenteeism in U.S. Workplace

A new study has conducted by Harris Interactive for CCH, Inc. November 16, 2006

Courtney Thorne-Smith Writes a Novel

Ally McBeal actress Courtney Thorne-Smith has inked a deal to write a book. November 16, 2006

Adults Like Watching Web Videos Too

Forbes. November 15, 2006

Nick Douglas, Valleywag and 10 Zen Monkeys

The New York Times DealBook is blogging about the recent turn of events at Gawker's Valleywag blog - the firing of Nick Douglas and the new medical thriller logo. November 15, 2006

Bush 41 Blames Blogs For Amplifying Adversarial Politics

Think Progress reports that former President George H. November 15, 2006

The Return of Trent Lott

He's back and he has to be feeling vindicated. November 15, 2006

Reuters Invests $7 Million in Pluck

Reuters reports that have invest $7 million in Pluck. November 15, 2006

BlogWorld in Vegas in 2007

A new blogging trade show called BlogWorld and New Media Expo will debut in 2007. November 14, 2006

Zune To Add Video Sharing Feature

Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft plans to add a video sharing feature to the Zune player but won't say when that will happen. November 14, 2006

Death Row Inmates on MySpace

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that at least 30 Texas death row inmates have profiles on MySpace. November 14, 2006

Daily Show Pokes Fun at CNN's Blog Party

The Daily Show poked a little fun at CNN's E-lection Night Blog Party last week. November 13, 2006

Winners of The BoBs Announced

The Deutsche Welle 2006 Best of the Blogs Awards jury member gave out honors in the BOBs' 15 categories. November 13, 2006

Blogging the Borat Movie

The new Borat movie has been a hit at the box office. November 13, 2006

Daddy to the Rescue

The lead article in Newsweek examines the return of Bush 41, as Daddy steps in to fix his son's foreign policy fiasco. November 13, 2006

New Lycos Service Combines Streaming Video and Live Chat

Reuters reports that the somewhat forgotten Lycos website is launching an interactive video channel, called Lycos Cinema, that will stream full-length movies and let users chat about them. November 13, 2006

Cubicle Humor: My Cubicle Parodies James Blunt Song

The My Cubicle parody of James Blunt's song "You're Beautiful" offers some comic relief for the many workers stuck in cubicles five days a week. November 13, 2006

Another Stolen Nazi Painting is Sold

A prominent British Communist has sold a painting that was returned to her under Germany's restitution laws. November 13, 2006

Harold Crick's Life Really is Stranger Than Fiction

Will Ferrell discusses his new movie, Stranger Than Fiction, with SciFi Wire. November 13, 2006

AOL Buys Blogsmith Software

Brian Alvey blogs that the Blogsmith blog publishing platform, which was used to build to Weblogs, Inc. November 12, 2006

Blogging on the Rise in Saudi Arabia

The Washington Post reports (on MSNBC) that blogging is increasingly popular in the Arab world. November 12, 2006

Blogger Finds Nazi Skull Shirts at Wal-Mart

Bloggers that blog about finding something very unusual can sometimes receive a big traffic surge. November 11, 2006

AdSense Down for Maintenance

Google's Inside AdSense blog is blogging that AdSense will be down for four hours this afternoon. November 11, 2006