Barbie Fairytopia DVD in Development

Mainframe Entertainment, a CG animation production company in Canada, and Mattel, Inc. February 26, 2005

Meredith Names Paul Karpowicz President of Broadcasting Group

Meredith Corporation announced that Paul Karpowicz was been named President of the Meredith Broadcasting Group. February 26, 2005

ShoPro and Viz to Merge

ShoPro Entertainment Inc. February 26, 2005

The Post's Kinky Condi Fantasies

The Washington Post has a highly inappropriate and disturbingly Freudian column about Condi's black outfit she wore when visiting Germany. February 25, 2005

Borders Announces 2004 Original Voices Award Winners

Borders has announced the adult fiction and nonfiction winners of the Borders Original Voices Awards, the retailer's program that honors emerging and innovative authors. February 25, 2005

Exhibitor Publications Launches Corporate Event Magazine

Exhibitor Publications has announced the launch of Corporate Event -- a magazine offering case studies on the business-to-business segment of the Event marketing industry. February 25, 2005

Gawker Loses Cheap Tickets as Sponsor

PRWeek reports that Cheap Tickets has pulled their ad from Gridskipper, one of Gawker Media's blogs. February 25, 2005

Daughter of Mormon Scholar Stirs Controversy

The New York Times has an in-depth article about the controversial new book, Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith by Dr. February 25, 2005

More to the Hunter S. Thompson Story

More disturbing details have emerged about the day of Hunter S. February 25, 2005

Tina Brown Talks Testosterone Poisoning

Tina Brown has a funny column in the Washington Post about how perhaps a woman's touch is just what the world needs right now. February 24, 2005

2004 Koufax Award Winners Announced

Wampum has announced the winners of the 2004 Koufax Awards. February 24, 2005

Slate Increases Blog Coverage

Slate. February 24, 2005

Recent Editorial Changes

VNU Business Publications veteran Jennifer Gilbert has been named editor-in-chief of Sales & Marketing Management magazine, Group Publisher Jackie Augustine announced. February 24, 2005

Jerry Oppenheimer Dishes on Celebrity Secrets

Black Table continues its fascinating tell-all interview with author Jerry Oppenheimer, who is famous for his vicious biographies of various entertainment and media icons, such as Martha Stewart: Just Desserts: An Unauthorized Biography. February 24, 2005

Hunter Thompson's Ashes to Be Shot Out of a Cannon?

Just when you thought Hunter S. February 24, 2005

Gannon-Guckert Needs a Date for the White House Correspondents Dinner

First, he wasn't going to talk to the media anymore on the advice of his attorneys. February 23, 2005

Turkish Novel Describes War Against America

A Turkish thriller novel called Metal Storm describes a war against the United States and its Nato allies. February 23, 2005

Podcasting Drum Beat Grows Louder

Recent articles by the The New York Times and other news providers suggest that Podcasting is ready to make a big impact on the music industry and talk radio. February 23, 2005

Richard Bessler Leaving Viacom in March

Viacom Inc. February 23, 2005

Ringo Starr Becomes Super Hero

Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment has forged a joint venture partnership with Ringo Starr to create and launch an original entertainment franchise. February 23, 2005

Doug Wead Backs Down

After boldly defending his choice to secretly tape record conversations with then-Governor George Bush, Douglas Wead has changed course. February 23, 2005

Joe Wilkert on How to Hit the Bestseller Lists

Joe Wilkert, the Vice-President and Publisher for the Trade and Professional Divison of Wiley, has started a blog he is calling the Average Joe (did he watch that reality tv show, by chance?). February 23, 2005

A Bedtime Kiss for Chirac

President Bush had dinner with French President Jacques Chirac this past week. February 22, 2005

Are Bloggers Obsessed with Blogging?

The Mercury News has an article (no longer available) about how some bloggers are blogging so much that it might be causing them harm. February 22, 2005

Recent Editorial Changes in the Media

Reed Business Information (RBI) has promoted Tad Smith to Executive Vice President of Reed Business Information in the United States. February 22, 2005