The Daily Loper – February 18, 2008

I Believe He Misremembers Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • Free business book is Web sensation
    Over a million downloads, yet Suze Orman’s book is ranked number 6 on Amazon. The author is giving her book away because she believes the message is important…and, you know what?, there’s more than one important message happening here.
  • Musicians sue Universal Music for lost royalties
    Universal, naturally, issues a strong, yet cliched denial: ""We believe that these claims are baseless, and we are confident that we will prevail in court," the company said." That’s what she said.
  • Music videos rely on ingenuity and interactivity
    Sort of.
  • Writers strike’s over. Now the fallout begins.
    In which one man notes that Fall is a long way away…and Spring and Summer are looking very bleak. Which reminds us, again, that the strike was supposed to be an opportunity to change the network calendar. Except, uh, probably not.
  • Why is Hollywood going for bloke?
    Hmm, maybe because Hollywood tends to see women’s issues as cutesy and the stuff of romantic comedy (generally very bad romantic comedy, to boot), and, thus, the women simply can’t be bothered to pay for an experience that dumbs down their lives. Just a thought.
  • A new band of writers
    You know the drill: front the band, write a novel. For those who find regular multi-tasking too, you know, easy.
  • Carpenters Fans Try To Save Former Home
    Uh huh: "This house is our version of Graceland," said Carpenters aficionado Jon Konjoyan. "When they photographed the ‘Now & Then’ cover here in 1973, the house was instantly immortalized."

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