CNN Fires News Editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian for Plagiarism

CNN has fired news editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian for plagiarism. CNN says it identified 50 articles with plagiarized content. May 16, 2014

Tor/Forge to Publish Jack Bauer Novel, 24: Deadline, in August

Tor/Forge will publish a novel that fills the gap between season 8 of 24 and the upcoming event series, 24: Live Another Day. May 16, 2014

Alexander Stinton Wins 2014 Sophie Kerr Prize

Alexander Stinton is the winner of the 2014 Sophie Kerr Prize which is awarded by Washington College. May 16, 2014

George R. R. Martin Tells Conan He Writes Using WordStar 4.0

George R. R. Martin tells Conan that he writes using WordStar 4.0, which is ancient word processing software. May 16, 2014

Winners of the 2014 Children's Choice Book Awards Announced

Winners of the 2014 Children's Choice Book Awards have been announced. Rush Limbaugh was named author of the year. May 15, 2014

Chipotle Mexican Grill to Feature Author Essays on Cups and Bags

Chipotle Mexican Grill hired authors such as Toni Morrison and Jonathan Safran Foer to pen essays to appear on its packaging so people have something to read while they eat. May 15, 2014

University of Sheffield Unveils World's First Air-Cleansing Poem

University of Sheffield unveils world's first air-cleansing poem. The poem is printed on a giant poster coated with microscopic pollution-eating particles of titanium oxide. May 15, 2014

The Onion to Launch ClickHole Site in June

The Onion will launch a new site called ClickHole in June. The site is described as a BuzzFeed parody. May 14, 2014

Jill Abramson Out as New York Times Editor

Jill Abramson has been ousted as editor of The New York Times. She has held the position since September 2011. May 14, 2014

Next Wimpy Kid Book, The Long Haul, Arrives in Stores on November 4, 2014

The next book in the Wimpy Kid series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul, arrives in stores on November 4, 2014. May 14, 2014

Adam Levine, Ryan Lewis, Jeff Bhasker and Macklemore Win BMI Songwriters of the Year

Adam Levine, Ryan Lewis, Jeff Bhasker and Macklemore were named BMI Pop Songwriters of the Year at the 62nd Annual Pop Awards, May 14, 2014

Twitter Starts Rolling Out Mute Feature

Twitter has added a mute feature May 13, 2014

Katherine Goldstein Named Editor of VF.com

Katherine Goldstein has been named editor of Vanity Fair's website, VF.com. The announcement was made by Graydon Carter. May 13, 2014

Dan Brown Discusses Inferno and the Effects of Fame

Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown discusses his novel Inferno, which is out in paperback. He also reveals his big scene in the Da Vinci Code movie ending up on the cutting room floor. May 13, 2014

Eoin Colfer Named Ireland's Laureate for Children's Literature

Author Eoin Colfer has been named Ireland's Laureate for Children's Literature. He is the Leaureate na nOg. May 13, 2014

Clay Aiken's Primary Opponent in Democractic Congressional Race Dies

Clay Aiken's primary opponent in the North Carolina Democractic congressional race has died. May 12, 2014

Tweetstormers Should Get a Blog

Tweetstormers should get a blog instead of publishing long successive tweets on Twitter. May 12, 2014

Susan Goldberg Named Editor on Chief of National Geographic Magazine

Susan Goldberg has been named editor in chief of National Geographic magazine. May 12, 2014

Winners of the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards Announced

The winners of the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards have been announced. Stephen King won best novel for Doctor Sleep May 12, 2014

John Green Talks The Fault in Our Stars on Today Show

John Green stopped by the Today Show to talk about his book, The Fault in Our Stars. May 12, 2014

Misha Defonseca Ordered to Pay Back $22.5 to Publisher Over Fake Holocaust Memoir

Author Misha Defonseca has been ordered to pay her publisher $22.5 million in a copyright case about the author's fake Holocaust memoir. May 12, 2014

Rizzoli Publishes Hello Kitty Coffee Table Book

Rizzoli has published a Hello Kitty coffee table book called Hello Kitty Collaborations May 11, 2014

Hearst Launches British Town & Country Magazine

Hearst has launched a Town & Country UK magazine. Lily James is the cover star for the launch issue. May 9, 2014

Lisa Kleypas Signs Seven Book Deal With Avon Books

Lisa Kleypas has signed a seven book deal with Avon Books. Kleypas published her first books with Avon in the early 1990s. May 9, 2014

Barbro Lindgren Wins 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Barbro Lindgren is the winner of the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. May 9, 2014