New York Times Company Acquires About.com

The New York Times Company and Primedia Inc. March 18, 2005

Elsevier Launches New Law Enforcement Magazine

Elsevier's Jems Communications has announced the launch of Law Officer, a new magazine for professional law enforcement officers and middle managers. March 18, 2005

Frank Media Plans Luxury Lifestyle Magazine

Shortly after his $2. March 18, 2005

Guardian Blog Not 100% Jolly Hockey Sticks about Bloggies

Not everyone is 100% super excited about this year's Bloggie Award winners. March 18, 2005

Conservative Women Score Big: Ken Mehlman Officially Not Gay

Whew, that's a relief! The Raw Story reports that an upcoming GQ cover story is about gay Republicans, the gay mafia, the outing of gay-bashing, gay Republicans in or out of Bush's inner circle, or something like that. March 18, 2005

Blogger Launches Blogger Buzz Blog

Blogger now has a blog called Blogger Buzz, with a loud but interesting logo that looks like it belongs on a detergent bottle. March 18, 2005

Pablo Picasso's Surrealist Poetry Published in New Collection

A collection of Pablo Picasso's Surrealist poetry can now be found in The Burial of the Count of Orgaz & Other Poems, coedited by Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris. March 18, 2005

LOUD Technologies Acquires St. Louis Music

LOUD Technologies Inc. March 18, 2005

Terrible Troika Set to Terrify Old Europe

President Bush named Paul Wolfowitz to head up the World Bank. March 17, 2005

Joss Whedon to Write and Direct Wonder Woman Feature

It's official: the comic book heroine Wonder Woman is coming to the silver screen. March 17, 2005

Atari and Spark Unlimited Enter Game Development Deal

Atari, Inc. March 17, 2005

New York Times Ending Circuits Section

The New York Times has announced more enhancements to the newspaper, including a new, mid-week cousin of the Sunday Styles section to make its debut Thursday, April 14. March 17, 2005

Harry Reid to Frist: Go Nuclear and We'll Shut Down the Senate

The imminent battle over filibusters and Bush's judicial nominations is heating up. March 16, 2005

Big Web Brands Compete for Blogopshere Marketshare

All the major web brands are involved with weblogs in one or another. March 16, 2005

Senate Votes to Allow Drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Well, this certainly has been a busy news day. March 16, 2005

Universal Pictures Creates Family Productions Division

Universal Pictures said it is dedicating new efforts in the family arena with the establishment of Universal Studios Home Entertainment Family Productions (USHEFP). March 16, 2005

Nicolas Cage to Star in Wicker Man

Emmett/Furla Films, a wholly owned subsidiary of Family Room Entertainment Corporation, in conjunction with Millennium Films and Equity Pictures, announced this morning that Nicolas Cage has signed to star in The Wicker Man for writer/director Neil LaBute. March 16, 2005

David Freeman Talks Writing For Games and Emotioneering

Gamespy has an interesting interview with David Freeman, author of Creating Emotion in Games: The Craft and Art of Emotioneering (New Riders). March 16, 2005

Quaff Some Rum at Captain Morgan's Blog

Well, only if you quaff it responsibly. March 15, 2005

When It Comes to Social Security, Gridlock is a Beautiful Thing

David Brooks takes a shot at analyzing the status of the current Social Security debate and gets it really wrong. March 15, 2005

2005 Bloggies Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2005 Bloggies have been announced. March 15, 2005

Donut Consumption Defies Diet Logic

10 billion donuts are consumed in the United States each year despite their non-appearance on the food pyramid and in major diet guidelines. March 15, 2005

Harry Frankfurt on The Daily Show: No B.S.

Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Princeton University and eminent philosopher Harry Frankfurt blew the lid off The Daily Show's record for most number of swear words uttered in a half-hour segement last night. March 15, 2005

AlphaZeta Relaunches Three Online Mags for Vance

AlphaZeta Inc. March 15, 2005

SNOCAP Signs Agreement With Sony BMG

SNOCAP and Sony BMG Music Entertainment announced that they have signed an agreement for SNOCAP to provide identification and copyright management technologies, as well as database services. March 15, 2005