New Adventures for Bat Boy, and his Tabloid Creator

For everyone who has been dying for an update on Hillary Clinton’s adopted alien baby, have no fear—the Weekly World News is back and better than ever. New owner Bat Boy, Inc., which has already revived the tabloid’s presence online, has plans for advertising, licensing, and movie deals in the works.

Lime Wire Seeks Legitimacy

Can Lime Wire, after years of serving as one of the record industry’s archvillains, really go “legitimate” and work with the Big 4, rather than against them, in an effort to convince an increasingly unsympathetic public that should continue paying for music?

Could Recession Help Big Media?

Could traditional media be an unexpected beneficiary of the slumping economy? Forbes Magazine speculates that there could be new opportunities for old media.

Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004

Still toying with the idea of starting a blog? Wired Magazine says don’t bother. Instead, go Twitter or Flickr or Facebook.

Americans Still Texting Dangerously

In the wake of last month’s devastating train accident in California involving an engineer who was texting on the job, surveys reveal that many Americans are also employing the practice in less-than-appropriate situations.