MediaLife makes deathpool predictions about magazines.

Former editor of the New York Times Book Review, John Leonard, has passed. "The comma seemed to have been invented expressly for him."

Presidential memoirs are normally a big seller, but Bush may want to wait for a while before seeking publication of his memoirs.

In this twittering, pod casting, screen-viewing, digital age, the morning after America's historic presidential election found hundreds of people clamoring for something a bit more old-fashioned and tangible: extra copies of the morning paper.

The Christian Science Monitor ceases print publication and move to online only.

The Atlantic and the Economist are turning to unusual advertising to engage readers, a sort of "While You Were Out 2.0."

Not all books end up on bookshelves, used bookstores as pulp. The book itself can be an artistic medium.

This article discusses Wikipedia's standard -- not truth, but verifiability.

Oprah likes the Kindle. Be prepared for the deluge.

This article discusses how to turn the e-ink cover of Esquire into a working clock. There is also a brief discussion of the cover and how it works, as well as pictures of the cover.

EW's pop-culture columnist takes a Beretta and blowtorch to the idea that men don't read.

This interview with the founder of Talking Points Memo describes the process of his nutty personal blog became respected "independent media." TPM broke the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal and the US Attorneys firing scandal. Perhaps this is the authority "test" for political blogs -- they must break a major news scandal. Whatever you think of him, Matt Drudge made his bones by breaking the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

The English language is rapidly approaching a million words. However, experts disagree on what exactly constitutes a "word." The Global Language Monitor uses proprietary software to monitor word use and popularity.

Oxford closes its Canadian dictionary division due to pressure from online dictionaries.

Kevin Kelly has an interesting discussion of eight BIG IDEAS,further expanding on selling things that cannot be copied.