For Immediate Release Fridays

(Pet Butler, 40 million poos collected)

This edition of For Immediate Release Fridays includes one product recall, a flare-up in the ongoing fight over wine mail order laws, and a movie studio CEO’s defense of a sacred cash cow:

L’Oreal Paris voluntarily recalls the Paris Dream Blonde Ultra Bleach and Lightening care kit from American stores

ClassicWines.com smacks Wine.com in response to recent trade practices

United Artists CEO Paula Wagner defends Tom Cruise’s “religion” in response to the tell-all book about Scientology by Andrew Morton

In positive news, boundless entrepreneurialism is alive and well in America. Chief Excrement Officer (no kidding) Matt ‘Red’ Boswell’s Pet Butler company experienced 75% growth

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