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Is Discovery Communications Working on eBook Reader?

in News on September 1, 2009 at 10:53 am PT

Discovery Communications has filed for a patent on an e-book reader, the Baltimore Sun reported over late last week. The Sun notes that Discovery, which owns Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and other cable properties, filed a patent for the device in February; but the Sun notes that the patent filing was not made public until last Thursday.

AOL Lands Another Media Refugee: Portfolio.com’s Bercovici to DailyFinance

in Media on May 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm PT

I don’t usually write about writers landing jobs, but I did want to point out that Jeff Bercovici, last seen writing the Mixed Media blog for Portfolio.com, has landed at DailyFinance, a site run by Time Warner’s AOL. Why do I care? Because it’s yet another sign that AOL is continuing to hire experienced writers and reporters to bulk up its sites as other publishers are slimming down or shutting down. And because it’s a nice change of pace from layoff stories.
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