NBCUniversal Shutters Daily Candy

NBCUniversal has shuttered the Daily Candy shopping newsletter and website. April 5, 2014

Chicago Sun-Times Starts Accepting Bitcoin for Subscriptions

The Chicago Sun-Times has become the first major newpaper to accept bitcoin. April 4, 2014

The Remains of the Day Author Kazuo Ishiguro to Publish First Novel in Ten Years

Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, to publish first novel in ten years. The new novel is called The Buried Giant. April 4, 2014

Karen Joy Fowler Wins 2014 PEN/Faulkner Fiction Prize

Karen Joy Fowler has won the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Fiction Prize for her novel We are All Completely Beside Ourselves. April 4, 2014

Image Sharing Site Imgur Raises $40 Million

Imgur, a popular image sharing site on social media, has raised $40 million in an investment round. April 3, 2014

The Star-Ledger Cuts 167 Jobs, Including 40 Newsroom Jobs

The Star-Ledge cut 167 jobs, including 40 out of 156 newsroom positions. April 3, 2014

Bryan Cranston Writing Memoir for Scribner

Emmy winning actor Bryan Cranston inked a deal with Scribner to write a memoir about his life and his time on Breaking Bad. April 3, 2014

Authors Guild Attorney Testifies on Capitol Hill About Creating New National Digital Library

Jan Constantine, the general counsel of the Authors Guild, testifies before Congress about authors' copyrights and the Google digitization project. April 3, 2014

President Obama Meets Pope Francis at the Vatican

President Obama met Pope Francis at the Vatican for the first time last week. April 2, 2014

Twitter Adds Emoji Support to Web Version

Twitter has added emoji support to its web version. There are now little graphics instead of empty boxes. April 2, 2014

Chad E. Gutstein Named CEO of Machinima

Chad E. Gutstein has been named the CEO of Machinima. He was formerly COO of the Ovation television network. April 2, 2014

Atria Books to Publish Russell Brand's New Children's Book

Comedian and actor Russell Brand is now a children's book author. His collection of Trickster Tales hits bookstores in the Fall of 2014. April 2, 2014

Waterstone's Founder Says Ebook Revolution is Over

Waterstone's founder declares that the ebook revolution is over and that print books will prevail. April 2, 2014

Michael Connelly's Bosch Pilot Picked up for Full Season by Amazon Studios

Amazon Studios has given a full season order for Bosch, which is based on Michael Connelly's bestselling Harry Bosch series. Titus Welliver plays Detective Bosch. April 2, 2014

LinkedIn Adds Cats You May Know Feature

LinkedIn has added a new feature called Cats You May Know for April Fool's Day April 1, 2014

Kelsey Media Announces BBC Antiques Roadshow Magazine

Kelsey Media has announced the launch of BBC Antiques Roadshow Magazine. April 1, 2014

National Book Award Judges Named for 2014

The National Book foundation has announced the judges for the 2014 National Book Awards. The entry form closes on May 15th for submissions. April 1, 2014

April Fool's Day: Lemony Snicket and Malcolm Gladwell in Major Plagiarism Scandal

April Fool's Day: Lemony Snicket accuses NY Times bestselling author of plagiarism of the words if, I, You, That and You. A furious Gladwell threatens Snicket in return. April 1, 2014

Jake Silverstein Named Editor of New York Times Magazine

Jake Silverstein has been named editor of The New York Times Magazine. Silverstein was previously editor-in-chief of Texas Monthly. March 31, 2014

American Mathematical Society to Publish Its First Math Book for Children

The American Mathematical Society will publish its first math book for children, Really Big Numbers, in May 2014. March 31, 2014

SNL Cold Open: President Obama's Social Media Campaign Goes into Overdrive

In this SNL cold open, President Obama agrees to increasingly silly social media stunts to promote healthcare.gov signups. March 30, 2014

Niche Media to Launch Austin Way in September 2014

Niche Media has announced plans to launch Austin Way in September 2014. The lifestyle magazine is a new magazine for Austin, Texas. March 30, 2014

Cameron Connors Named Publisher of Popular Mechanics

Cameron Connors has been named publisher of Popular Mechanics magazine, which is published by Hearst. March 29, 2014

Longlist for 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Announced

The longlist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction has been announced. March 29, 2014

Irish Authors Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers to Collaborate on Original Picture Book

HarperCollins just inked a global deal with bestselling Irish authors Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers to publish an original picture book called Imaginary Fred. March 28, 2014