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Asian-American Parody In Princeton Student Newspaper Condemned (NYT)
"Hi Princeton! Remember me?" the parody began. "I so good at math and science. Perfect 2400 SAT score. Ring bells? Just in cases, let me refresh your memories. I the super smart Asian. Princeton the super dumb college, not accept me." Students, faculty and college administrators have condemned the article.

'China's Google' To Do News (Reuters)
Chinese Internet search leader Baidu won approval to become an online news portal, government and industry sources said on Tuesday, heating up a rivalry in the world's second-largest Web market. China's State Council Information Office (SCIO), granted Baidu an Internet news content service licence last week, a government source said, allowing Baidu.com Inc. to do its own reporting rather than simply show news search results at present.

Google Download: No iTunes for Books (BusinessWeek)
Since March, Web search titan Google has been trying to strike agreements with major publishers that would give users of the Google Book Search tool access to entire books over the Internet. Talks have progressed to the point that, on Jan. 18, Google felt confident enough to share with 400 publishers more of its vision for the future of the book.

CEOs Encouraged To Blog At Davos (Economist)
Should chief executives blog? The late adopters had better decide soon, because the World Economic Forum is encouraging blogging by bigwigs as part of its annual meeting this week in Davos, Switzerland. Some 800 chief executives or chairmen will be there among 2,400 attendees when the talking starts in earnest on January 24th.

Lapham's 'Indelible Mark' on Harper's (Mediaweek)
Under the left-leaning Lewis Lapham, some say Harper's has been unpredictable ideologically. Slate media critic Jack Shafer said that the journal used to publish pieces that were varied politically, but lately, it is more uniform. "It had become a magazine that was preaching to a congregation," he said. Lapham is fond of saying that the country has shifted right, making him appear more leftist.

Does the World Need 4 Hours of Today? (Slate)
Troy Patterson: What if the fourth hour of the show is a success? Will there be a fifth hour? A ninth? How about a 24-hour news channel? Call it "Today Forever," a network devoted to helping women across all demographics soothe their harried souls.

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