BusinessWeek: More blogs, less ads [FishbowlNY]
Two pieces of interesting, semi-complementary news from BusinessWeek: blogs are up, and ad pages are down.

Breaking News: "This Film is Not Yet Rated" no longer an NC-17... [FishbowlLA]
"This Film is Not Yet Rated" -- which screened at Sundance last night -- touts itself as a breathtaking expose so shocking, it got an NC-17. But the documentary hasn't gotten an NC-17 -- its fate is not yet known.

NBC Viewers Catch Dangling Camera [TVNewser]
... As Bush began to speak, the camera started to dangle above the heads of several reporters. As shown in the screen grabs, it was only visible on NBC's camera shot.

'Dog Days' Is Having Some [FishbowlDC]
Maybe it's called Dog Days for a reason? Slow, lethargic, etc. Our cousin over at Galleycat has discovered from Bookscan that Wonkette Ana Marie Cox's debut novel isn't exactly flying off the shelves -- especially if one considers all of the earned media she got.

No More Sympathy After His Funny About The Prada Store Burning [Unbeige]
Our bff-section-4-life Thursday Styles rocked us today with a report on what's going down with the Prada store whose building caught on fire over the weekend.

James Frey Gets His, Takes It Like Man(?) [Galleycat]
Hoo boy: I'm not going to be able to see Oprah until late tonight, but I hear from Gawker and now from Edward Wyatt that she's superpissed. What amuses me the most, though, is that in Chicago, the show got pre-empted by a Bush news conference.

Be a Joiner [MBToolbox]
If you feel that your writing is lacking a little something, specifically, good input, maybe it's time you joined a writers group. The following is a list of Writers' Groups.