Designed in California, Made in Hell by Little Children — Is Apple the New Nike? [FishbowlLA]
Apple's iPods are allegedly made under hellish conditions — which could be a problem for a company with decidedly Blue State roots and a constituency that supposedly cares about such thing as modern-day slavery. There are allegations that workers received as little 27 pounds a month, working 15-hour shifts making the iconic mp3 player.

Ann Willoughby's Little Brown Book [UnBeige]
Our journal entry from Willoughby's session on journaling at the HOW Conference.

Blanket Coverage For Bush Press Conf. [TVNewser]
All the networks and cable news nets aired this morning's presidential press conference. The morning hosts anchored for NBC and ABC, and Bob Schieffer anchored on CBS. Bill Hemmer handled the special report for Fox broadcast.

U.S. vs. U.K. Turf Wars Continue; Bloodshed Imminent [GalleyCat]
One of the hottest topics at BEA has now hit the New York Times as Motoko Rich reports on British publishers' attempts at renewing an old campaign to secure exclusive rights to sell English-language books in Europe.

Merrill Update [FishbowlDC]
Washington Post: "As efforts to find the body of Annapolis publisher Philip Merrill stretch into a fourth day, investigators are re-creating his final hours in hopes of speeding a search that combines sonar technology with a sailor's sense of the Chesapeake Bay."

What Do You Do When Your Bandwidth Is Being Stolen? Advertise, Baby [MBToolBox]
For several months now, a certain website has been hijacking my blog's RSS feed and presenting my daily entries as articles written for their site. They plump up their site's content in order to draw more visitors so they can make more money selling ads. They use my post titles and my writing and even my photographs without ever attaching my name.

Video: Two Starkly Different Media-Related Performances [FishbowlNY]
Montel Williams cries for medicinal marijuana, while Chan "Cat Power" Marshall returns to New York for the first time since her hiatus — during which a certain music magazine oddly promoted an "exclusive" with her — looking tanned, toned and interviewable. Her dance moves, however, need some work.