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Internet Video Magazine Expands Website

Internet Video Magazine has added a new online movie guide and review section that makes it easy for video fans and film buffs to find and access full-length feature films as well as short films and clips. March 15, 2005

U.S. Poet Laureate to Offer Free Newspaper Column

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports the U. March 15, 2005

The Old Boys' Blogging Club?

Well, I suppose you know that blogging has moved into the mainstream when Newsweek has a column alleging that the Blogosphere is really an old boys' club that is seriously lacking in diversity. March 14, 2005

Condi Denies She Has Presidential Ambitions

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice caused such a furor last week when she wouldn't rule out a presidential bid in 2008, that she had to make the rounds of the Sunday talk shows yesterday to put out the fires. March 14, 2005

Food Blogs and Stock Blogs in the News

There has been some news coverage of food and stock blogs in the news. March 14, 2005

Catherine Crier Writes About Peterson Case

ReganBooks, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, has published A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation, by journalist, former judge, and legal analyst Catherine Crier with Cole Thompson. March 14, 2005

Peter Pan Flies Again

Peter Pan is about to fly again--with a new author. March 14, 2005

Movie Gallery Launches Bid to Acquire VHQ

Movie Gallery, Inc. March 14, 2005

National Lampoon and Majestic Plan PG and PG13 Films

National Lampoon has formed National Lampoon Clubhouse, a joint venture entity with Lorenzo Doumani's Majestic Entertainment that will result in a series of PG and PG13-rated theatrical and direct-to-video films. March 14, 2005

Name Neil Gaiman's Cruise Ship

Bestselling author Neil Gaiman is auctioning off for charity the chance to name a cruise ship in his next book, Anansi Boys (William Morrow), which is due out in September, 2005. March 13, 2005

Gameloft to Develop War of the Worlds Mobile Game

Gameloft, a developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones, announced it has signed an exclusive agreement with Viacom Consumer Products, Inc. March 13, 2005

Plans for Catacombs Movie Announced

Twisted Pictures and Lions Gate Films announced that Catacombs will be the first picture in their new nine-picture financing and distribution deal together. March 13, 2005

Women Who Write Tough and the Men Who Love Them

Maureen Dowd shares her thoughts about the controversy about the lack of women writing Op-ed columns, in an interesting article. March 13, 2005

TheKnot.com Launches Video Channel

TheKnot. March 12, 2005

William Joyce and the Robots

Bestselling children's author William Joyce collaborated with director Chris Wedge of Ice Age fame to create a new world populated entirely by robots for the new animated feature film, Robots, which is garnering good reviews. March 12, 2005

Wiley and CoachInc.com to Publish Training Books

John Wiley & Sons, a business education publisher, and CoachInc. March 11, 2005

Redmond Channel Partner Magazine to Debut in July

101communications, the publisher of Redmond magazine, has announced an expansion of the Redmond franchise: Redmond Channel Partner magazine. March 11, 2005

Penguin Group Announces New Paperback Format

This summer, Maeve Binchy, Clive Cussler and Nora Roberts will sport a new look in paperback when Penguin Group (USA) introduces the Penguin Premium format -- a new format that Penguin says is designed to feel better and read more comfortably than the current mass market paperbacks. March 11, 2005

Hyperion To Publish Bob Newhart's Memoir

Hyperion has announced plans to publish a memoir by Bob Newhart. March 11, 2005

Law Firm Warns of Work-related Blogging Risks

Workers using Internet blogs and podcasts to talk about their employers are increasingly at risk of being fired, and their companies are more vulnerable to having confidential information leaked, according to Littler Mendelson, a labor and employment law firm. March 11, 2005

Blogging in the Military

The Army Times has an interesting article about some soldiers who are making money by blogging in Internet cafes. March 11, 2005

iTunes Song Sales Pass 300 Million Mark

Apple announced that more than 300 million songs have been have purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Music Store. March 11, 2005

Typo Causes Nuclear Scare

Everyone makes a little typo now and then, but sometimes they can have a major impact on the reader. March 11, 2005

Ex-marine: Saddam's Capture Was Staged

Well, here's an interesting little story. March 10, 2005

Study: Writing No Help for Asthma Sufferers

While journal writing may have some health benefits, it doesn't appear to help people with asthma. March 10, 2005