Alec Baldwin Starts Blogging on HuffPo

Alec Baldwin has started a blog on the Huffington Post. October 25, 2005

Andres Martinez to Oversee L.A. Times Op-ed Page

Andres Martinez, editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times, will now oversee the op-ed page and Sunday Current, in addition to his responsibilities for the editorial page. October 25, 2005

Books: the Latest Fashion Accessory

Why do people actually buy books? An avid reader would answer "to read the book, of course!" But that's not the reason that one in three people buy books. October 25, 2005

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Gets PG-13 Rating

As Harry, Hermione and Ron grow up, their adventures become darker and more frightening. October 25, 2005

Some Bloggers Would be Protected Under Proposed Federal Shield Law

Journalists have long lobbied for a federal shield law, which would allow them to protect confidential sources without going to jail. October 25, 2005

Workers Waste Over 500,000 Years Reading Blogs According to AdAge Story

An absurd AdAge. October 24, 2005

Jim Brosseau Named Editor of Sea Island Magazine

Redwood Custom Communications, publishing partner of Sea Island Resorts, has named Jim Brosseau Editor of Sea Island magazine. October 24, 2005

British Authors Sue Random House For Theft of Ideas

Dan Brown's lawyers are having a very good year. October 24, 2005

C.S. Lewis' Ulster Roots

As the release date for the film version of C. October 24, 2005

Investigating Karl Rove's Garage

While we're all waiting around to see if Patrick Fitzgerald is really going to convince the grand jury to issue a slew of indictments on Tuesday, perhaps we can find some clues as to what's going to happen in Plamegate by peeking inside Karl Rove's garage. October 23, 2005

Most Bloggers Don't Blog to Become Famous

Wayne Hurlbert, the blogger of Blog Business World, has an article on Webpronews. October 22, 2005

Patrick Fitzgerald Goes Digital

Plamegate Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has now launched a website. October 22, 2005

The Stages of an Author's Journey

Elizabeth Royte, author of Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash, wrote a very funny essay for The New York Times entitled "Publish or Perish," in which she describes the stages of the journey of a published author as a cross between Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's stages of grief and Stendhal's stages of love. October 22, 2005

Google Gets Lion's Share of Blog Ad Booty

Many bloggers run Google AdSense ads on their blogs. October 21, 2005

Don't Call Her a Foodie

The Associated Press has the storytalkstalks to amateur cook-turned-author Julie Powell, who landed a book deal after blogging her experiences as she attempted to cook her way through Child's landmark 1961 cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1. October 21, 2005

Brian Jacques Returns to Redwall

Christian Hill of The Olympian interviewed children's author Brian Jacques, which is actually pronounced "Jakes. October 21, 2005

Blogging Industry Infected With Splog Flu

There are many names being created for the offensive, growing mass of spam blogs like spamnami, splogicane, splogsplosion, splogquake, splogstorm and the splog flu. October 20, 2005

Varieties of LOL Used by Bloggers

Using LOL, LMAO and ROFL may no longer be good enough to explain how funny something is. October 20, 2005

Employees Appreciate Time Saving Concierge Services

A Baltimore Sun article says that concierge services offered by a small but growing number of employers are popular with employees. October 20, 2005

Steve Weitzner Named CEO of CMP Media

United Business Media has announced the appointment of Steve Weitzner as Chief Executive Officer of CMP Media. October 20, 2005

Penguin Buys Rights to Chinese Bestseller, The Wolf Totem

The Chicago Tribune reports that The Penguin Group has purchased the English-language rights to the bestselling Chinese novel, The Wolf Totem for $100,000. October 20, 2005

Marc Cherry Defends Season 2 Writing on Desperate Housewives

Critics and fans have been less than thrilled with the first few episodes of Season 2 of Desperate Housewives, and have been quite vocal about how the writing on the show has gone downhill. October 20, 2005

Diller's Short A-List Tail Theory

The USA Today reports that Barry Diller made a negative statement about mass user-created content like blogs, citizen journalism and vlogs. October 19, 2005

Blogging Vs. Gaming Comparison

What's bigger and generates more money: blogging or gaming? Answer: gaming. October 19, 2005

Bill O'Reilly Visits Jon Stewart

Crooks and Liars has the video of Bill O'Reilly's very entertaining appearance on The Daily Show last night. October 19, 2005