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Britney, Anna, and Nowak. What do they all have in common? The have the ability to capture headlines for days on end. Britney Spears chops of her hair and we all of a sudden have in -depth coverage of her antics.

A recent post from one of the blogs on Urbanhonking links to a Business Week article in which music exec Dave Allen claims that no one on earth is capable of making a living off blogging.

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.

Is it just me, or does it seem like the media catches on to one new restaurant and then sticks with it until way past the time when the audience is either bored of hearing about the latest food craze or completely interested and dying to try it?

This week, XM and Sirius, the two main satellite radio companie,s agreed to merge. Considering there aren’t really any other radio satellite companies out there, this is a big deal.

Pierre Bayard’s book “How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read” helps non-readers to do just that. His book is already so popular that it’s already a candidate for translation.

Univision will be hit with a record-setting $24 million fine over content labeled as educational programming for children, content which did not meet the FCC's standards.

Let’s face it: protests are bad publicity for politicians. So when the press attempts to cover protests inside the office of this Rochester congressman, the solution is easy: ban the media. Fortunately for us, someone got a camera in anyway.

There’s only room for one Eliot Spitzer on the Internet. Just ask the man himself. Spitzer is poised to steamroll his opponents yet again—this time, over web real estate.

Gawker’s video creates a (partially inaudible) buzz. It’s no secret that technology has provided teens with the ultimate weapon: an inaudible cell phone ring/text alert that only they—and not their teachers— can hear.

Well the Spirit Awards aired tonight on IFC and the results are in...

Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist.org, said newspapers set their own downfall. The free-classifieds listing site operates on a comparable scale – a listing for at least every U.S. state, 10 Canadian provinces, 14 international cities, and 54 countries.

A magazine (titled “Good Magazine” believe it or not) released an article about none other than the 51 Best Magazines ranked by magazine editors.

Nylon magazine is having a contest through their Myspace page to find a band for the June/July cover. Readers will have the chance to vote for their favorite band from London, Berlin, Stockholm, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, or Paris in hopes of getting their favorite band on the cover.

Theater addicts have discovered the possibility of blogging, perhaps the last of the entertainment world to come to make that important discovery.

If you are like most of the Grey’s Anatomy viewers out there who waited all week for the “devastating conclusion” to the three part series involving a ferry boat crash that was promoted as if aliens had attacked Seattle ...

Coverage of the Oscars will spread to the blogs this year. Blogs that are already established must be hungry for a day of bad dresses and cheesy speeches, but David Spade is taking advantage of the event to launch a new blog.

We've talked about religious bloggers in the past, but what happens when said blog gets you arrested—and possibly up for a death sentence.

In November of 2006 Al Jazeera began its English news channel. The English speaking world would now be able watch this interesting Middle Eastern news outlet. Well, not exactly.