Today’s links of interest:
- Reader’s Digest is snapped up for $1.6bn
Clearly we are missing the bigger story here. - "Holy F, I’m supposed to send my editors a gift??? WTF?? How did I not know this and do I look bad for never having sent one?"
For those who like to start their holiday shopping panic early. - Bestsellers banned in new Iranian censorship purge
Anyone not see this one coming? - The uses of Heidi Julavits
Revisiting the past — and whether snark has found a happy home. - Larry King Admits He?s Never Used The Internet: ?Do You Punch Little Buttons and Things??
It explains so much. - AOL, HBO Partner on Comedy Broadband Channel
Rest assured, they are not alone in this endeavor. - Video-Sharing Site Grouper Puts Up ‘Buy This DVD’ Links?Is ‘Buy This Book’ Next?
Links, so easy, so fun. Not noted in the article: Sony’s brilliant plan to "buy this DVD" on Grouper items? SPE owns Grouper. - National Book Awards Honor ‘Echo Maker,’ ‘Worst Hard Time’
It’s sort of like the Oscars for writers, except, well, you know. No singing and dancing. - Phoney war continues
Apparently the battle to garner customers isn’t a real one. Go figure.