Media Minutiae

• SocialTimes: Google+ is now more like Foursquare, which means everyone loses.
• GalleyCat: Justin Bieber’s second book will be released in September. It promises to take readers along his “roller coaster ride to superstardom” but doesn’t mention anything about his inevitable “crash and burn when his fans grow up and stop giving a sh*t.”
• eBookNewser: A new study says that Kindle Fire owners are also likely to buy an iPad 3 when it launches. The same study also reveals that people are likely to be stupid.

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• AgencySpy: Because Jeremy Lin is saving the Knicks, we must provide you with every Lin update possible. Here, a Lin/”Teen Wolf” mash-up.
• UnBeige: Frank Gehry isn’t offended by the boring, unimaginative people who don’t like him.
• FishbowlLA: Even Tyler Perry billboards aren’t safe from the haters.

TVSpy: When audio drops out on Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock promoting Wrestlemedia, it was the local anchor to the rescue!

FishbowlLA: A Pulitizer Prize winning New York Times reporter dies in Syria. Anthony Shadid was just 43 years old.

TVNewser: The Jeremy Lin experience has spilled onto MSNBC. The cable network has unveiled a promo characterizing the exploits of the Knicks’ new point guard.

TVNewser: Without Mitt Romney and Ron Paul at the podium, CNN has decided to cancel a Super Tuesday Republican debate. The March 1st debate would be pitted Newt Gingrich against Rick Santorum.

TVSpy: Live from New York: it’s the PIX Morning News. The WPIX/Channel 11 morning news program is using a one-day experiment, having a studio audience for next Monday’s program.

FishbowlLA: It’s the end of an era, part deux. Larry King and CNN have parted ways for a second time, meaning fans won’t see anymore of King’s occasional prime time specials, or suspenders.

• FishbowlDC: Not that we’re usually in the habit of having giveaways, but FishbowlDC has free tickets to see Bill Maher.  So get ready, caller number 11 they’re yours! (kidding)
• SocialTimes: The survey says…tweeting is one sexy social medium. Obviously, my wife didn’t participate in the poll.
• GalleyCat: One of life’s great mystery has been solved. The writer behind the “Dear Sugar” column at The Rumpus has been revealed.

• FishbowlLA: Local news telecasts — a side of news paired with a heaping portion of freak show.
• SocialTimes: A web 2.0 name generator tool spews names that sound so real we’re considering trademarking them.
• eBookNewser: Nothings says “sexy things are about to happen” like using the iKamaSutra app.

• TVNewser: Sadly, Whitney Houston’s death caused a bump in Grammy viewership. Good thing everyone attending understood the situation, and didn’t do anything to unnecessarily attract attention to themselves.
• SocialTimes: Shockingly enough, the man who posted a video of him shooting his daughter’s laptop after she complained about him on Facebook, got a visit from the cops.
• FishbowlLA: Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Jason Whitlock says something stupid and — okay, yeah, we’re done.

• TVNewser: For some reason, we don’t think the relationship between Donald Trump and Lawrence O’Donnell will ever quite get to a “BFF” level.
• GalleyCat: Victor Cruz, the Giants’ receiver who came out of nowhere to become one of the best young talents in the NFL, is looking for a book deal. We hear chapter one will have something to do with the Salsa.
• AgencySpy: That huge billboard near Penn Station of David Beckham in his undies took two weeks to create.

• FishbowlLA: The women at NPR West love that Clooney guy. We can’t blame them.
• FishbowlDC: The Politico departures continue.
• MediaJobsDaily: The creepy way in which Pinterest is making a profit.

• TVNewser: Here’s a sentence we never imagined writing — Bill O’Reilly defends Ellen DeGeneres.
• PRNewser: Clint Eastwood insists that the Chrysler ad he starred in wasn’t a show of support for Barack Obama. We believe him, mainly because making Eastwood mad isn’t a good idea.
• FishbowlDC: The White House has a “soup of the day.” Oh c’mon, that’s at least a little interesting.