A Fox News Affair [FishbowlDC]
The room was abuzz with chatter that sounded something like this (okay, just like this): "What the hell is Hillary doing here?" (With lots of photos from the event.)

CopyKaavya Should Read More Widely [GalleyCat]
Kaavya Viswanathan's attempts to explain why her plotline was still authentically hers even though it so closely mirrored Megan McCafferty's: "I've never read a novel with an Indian-American protagonist." But Viswanathan isn't the first Indian-American woman to get a book deal, not even the first Indian-American chick-lit writer

NYT Carpetbagger Carr Schools Mag Execs On the New Video Aesthetic" [FishbowlNY]
Sometime after lunch at the Magazines 24/7 conference in Midtown, New York Times media columnist David Carr summed up what the Times and just about every other publisher is grappling with.

David Copperfield Empties Pockets for Robbers; David Blaine Empties Heart for New Yorkers [FishbowlLA]
Lots of magicians in the news today. While we hate to admit it, we just live for moments like this: Magician fakes out robbers with sleight-of-hand. Simultaneously, illusionist David Blaine says he's returning to New York to perform his next trick, after the taunting he took in London.

NAB/RTNDA: Scott's Closing Thoughts [TVNewser]
So what have we learned? Dan Rather feels moderately positive about Katie Couric. Very moderately. Shepard Smith is an adept walk-and-text messager. Dan Rather cries easily. But we all knew that. Tom Brokaw is less prone to crying.

You've Heard of 'Flash Mobs.' How About 'Flash Stores'? [UnBeige]
For one weekend, the online store Branch will be opening a "flash store" in San Francisco. The store will exist for just April 29th and 30th, selling everything the have online, and then, poof, right back to being online-only.

Be Polite to the People Who are Not Your Agents [MBToolBox]
Writers have high points and low points. When you're feeling like the latter, don't assume that it's true--just because you haven't heard from an agent after sending her your manuscript doesn't mean she's not reading it.