Fox Brand Emerges as Powerhouse in the Battle of Ideas and Books Publishing (NYSun)
Fred Barnes, Eric Burns, Neil Cavuto, John Gibson, E.D. Hill, Colonel David Hunt, Brian Kilmeade, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Sammon, and Eric Shawn — the list sounds like a network schedule. But these are just some of the Fox News hosts, correspondents, or analysts who have recently published books, and represent the power of the Fox News brand.

Media Guy Simon Dumenco Answers the Tough Questions (AdAge)
"I noticed that the 'views' counter for the YouTube.com video 'Masturbating Cat' jumped by more than 10,000 in the days after you mentioned it in your column. Any other idiotic virals we should be watching?"

Being a Mag Superstar Doesn't Insure Job Security (MIN)
They are editor-in-chief stalwarts with a combined 26 years at the helm, yet Karol DeWulf Nickell and Lesley Jane Seymour are out at, respectively, Better Homes and Gardens and Marie Claire for — apparently — very different reasons.

2006 Will Be a Tipping Point for Online Media (NYT)
James Lewin: Broadband penetration in the home is pushing 40% in the US, and is much higher in some areas of the world. Just as importantly, many sites are finding ways to use online media effectively.

Rolling Stone's 3-D Cover Gives Hope to Printers (Chicago Tribune)
For the Wisconsin printing company that produced the 3-D image and the Chicago firm that is finalizing the production, the exposure on 2 million magazines bolsters their belief that the complex printing technology behind 3-D images is coming back.