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Google announced on their blog last week a new "online home" for their Authors@Google chats, where they talk to authors of recently released books about their work.

In June, Google will start selling ads on Clear Channel's radio stations, according to the New York Times.

Reading Pete Bethune's blog is like reading Kon-Tiki, except with all the spelling errors you've come to expect from the internet.

The New York Times ran this story about the News Corporation and NBC Universal's new online video venture. But is it too little and too late to beat out the established online video sites?

PopSciBlog recently featured this post about the giant squid caught off the coast of New Zealand.

The New York Times reports that digital orchestras are gaining a controversial foothold in musical theatre. Many musicians are angry.

If you've ever seen Dateline NBC, you're probably familiar with the image of Stone Phillips or Ann Curry standing in front of the New York skyline, with the Empire State Building lit up just behind them.

You may know it when you see it, but don't call these student-run sex magazines porn. Sex magazines are appearing on campuses around the country, according to this story from the New York Times.

What would Jesus do if he totally put off his research paper until the night before it was due and the library was already closed?

Republican Congressman Howard Coble recently recieved a death threat for voting against the troop surge in Iraq.

Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay's blog is still plugging along. This isn't news per se, but the blog's description is just great.

I'm not sure if I'll even watch the Oscars this year, especially after last year's Best Picture winner. But I will be keeping up with the AV Club's coverage, because they promise to have both sides of the blogging coin.

Turns out Elizabethtown really is just a fiasco. One of my favorite film/music/book review sites, The AV Club, also plays host to one of my favorite blogs, and this is a big part of what makes it so good.

The Greensboro News & Record keeps 14 staff blogs.

John Hodgman or Justin Long