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pop_book_scandal.jpgBorders Refuses to Carry Young Adult Novel (Book Standard)
Aury Wallington recently went from writing for television shows like Sex and the City and Veronica Mars to writing a young-adult novel called Pop!. But sexual content in young-adult novels is a tricky issue right now, and while Barnes & Noble made the decision to carry the book, that's not what happened at Borders Group, Inc. FishbowlLA: Wallington is pretty chipper about the whole thing. mediabistro.com: mb and Wallington co-host a Pop! Book party in L.A. on Nov. 6.

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LX.TV Lifestyle Television, one of the first standalone Web networks, shows how even small entrepreneurs can play with the big media companies in the exploding world of Internet TV. "At first it was 'Why would they do this?' " says George Oliphant, one of the site's video hosts who worked with the founders at MTV. "Then it became 'Why would they not?'"

Judy Woodruff to Cover Election for Bloomberg TV (Inky)
Woodruff, a marquee veteran of CNN and PBS, will analyze midterm returns next Tuesday for Bloomberg TV, a 24-hour business-and-financial news cable channel that reaches 41 million homes in the United States. Her salary "will be commensurate with my enormous, overwhelming and overweening talent," says Woodruff, 59, her voice dripping with irony.


Correspondent Jim Stewart Looks Back On His Time At CBS News (Public Eye)
Correspondent Jim Stewart, who has been a journalist for 37 years (more than 16 of them at CBS News) announced his retirement from CBS News last month. He was again kind enough to sit down with Hilary Profita on his last day in the office on Friday to reflect a bit on his time at CBS News.

Turner to Launch Broadband Comedy Network (Reuters)
Cable network owner Turner Broadcasting System on Monday said it plans to launch Super Deluxe, an advertising-supported Internet site that features originally-produced comedy videos aimed at young adult viewers.

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