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Michelle Obama, Hot Author? (NYO)
Laura Bush is writing a children's book with her daughter. Publishers in New York want Michelle Obama to write a grown-up book, by herself. Although her husband Barack has not yet secured the Democratic Party presidential nomination, Ms. Obama has been approached by "over a dozen" publishers so far, according to Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a communications director for Ms. Obama.

CNNMoney's Broadband Video Project: 13 Million Streams in 10 Weeks (Folio:)
In mid-January CNNMoney.com, the online home to Time Inc.'s Fortune, Money, and Fortune Small Business, redesigned its site and launched an online initiative to produce and post 30 original videos a day. In the 10 weeks since, the site has fallen short of that number, but the initiative has established itself as a serious outlet for business and financial video.

Metro International Puts Blogs High on Agenda in Global Site Rollout (Brand Republic)
Free newspaper group Metro International has launched a new Web site for Metro France, the first site in a planned global online rollout. Metro says it plans to build an interactive capability for all of its newspapers in an effort to help it target young professionals. Each city-based Web site is to be an indispensable source of news and information; social media will feature highly with a focus on blogs.

Hey Mort, Chuck, Rupe! Welcome to Hellville, Long Island! (NYO)
Newsday is on the block, and the three usual suspects have shown up: the owners of the region's two other tabloids, Rupert Murdoch and Mort Zuckerman, and the perennial also-ran of Long Island media efforts, Charles Dolan. The price quoted for the paper keeps changing, but it's pretty fair to call it a fire sale. So what does Sam Zell know that these New York media veterans don't?

Hallmark Prepares to Launch HD Movie Channel With Heartland Hoopla (TV Week)
Henry Schleiff, CEO of Crown Media, seemed to know the answer to the old showbiz question "Will it play in Peoria?" At least when it comes to Crown's Hallmark Channel and its new hi-def offshoot, the Hallmark Movie Channel. Schleiff is holding the launch event for the HD channel April 2 in Peoria, Ill., complete with a screening of the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie The Magic of Ordinary Days and an appearance by Ernest Borgnine.

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