Singleton Surrounds S.F. (AJR)
Scooping up the San Jose Mercury News and the Contra Costa Times gives Dean Singleton a mammoth cluster of newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area and poses a significant challenge to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Mehta Fiction (VV)
Forbidden, silenced, Kaavya Viswanathan's novel now becomes readable, as gripping as a mystery. The bizarre tonal changes suddenly make sense: The whole thing isn't a cloying fantasy of having it all, but the nightmare of answered prayers.

TV Mags, Talkers Trend Up (B&C)
Syndicated series generally performed well the week ending May 14, particularly magazines and talk shows. Four of the five nationally rated magazines were up in the second week of the May sweep, but only one, The Insider, was up both week to week and year to year.

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