11 a.m. Roundup: Current TV's Lee Gets Memoir Deal | Facebook as Alibi | Twitter as Matchmaker | Newmark Joins Wikimedia Board
By Jason Turbow on Nov 13, 2009 02:00 PM
Current TV journalist Euna Lee, who gained worldwide attention when she was imprisoned by North Korea in March for crossing into their territory from China, has signed a memoir deal with Broadway Books. "The World is Bigger Now: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Freedom" will detail "her 140 days of imprisonment, her ongoing interrogation and her efforts to protect her sources and the subjects of her reporting," says The New York Times.
Facebook is solving the world's problems, one at a time. Most recently: A Harlem man proved that he wasn't at the scene of the crime because he was busy updating his Facebook status. When the Palo Alto-based company confirmed that the update indeed came from his computer at the time he said it did, the judge dropped the charges.
If Facebook can get someone off the hook, Twitter can get someone snagged. Actress Emmy Rossum divulged yesterday that she met beau (and Counting Crows frontman) Adam Duritzvia Twitter.
