Chicago Tribune Could Begin Charging For Content The Chicago Tribune will build a paywall around its online content and will consider a "creative way" of charging for access, according to editor Gerould Kern. Read more.
Do We Need Another Fox Crime Show? [TVNewser]
We have The Lineup with Kimberly Guilfoyle. We have Geraldo At Large. We see scandalous, cringe-inducing crime stories on cable almost every hour of every day. Do we really need another crime show produced by Fox News? (Pretend, for a moment, that Nancy Grace and Rita Cosby and Court TV don't exist.)
Preiss Imprints Shut Down Overnight [Galleycat]
Seven months after the death of Byron Preiss, a report on the Science Fiction Writers of America website indicates that his two most prominent publishing houses, Ibooks and Byron Preiss Visual Publications, have suddenly filed for bankruptcy and were emptying out their offices last night.
Bio-degradable [MBToolbox]
When you're writing for the New Yorker, you don't get to use the cute bio. So you might as well get to enjoy one now.
Is there an Oscar media backlash? [FishbowlLA]
Obviously this is a odd Oscar year, what with the near-absence of major studio releases contending for big awards, and (relatedly, of course) the smaller-than-usual box office upswing for the nominees, not to mention the sprouting of so, so, so much Internet chatter and gay cowboy jokes.