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Rolling Stone's Take on Guitar Hero

Russell Adams, Staff Writer, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 19, 2009 at 8:06 am PT

Rolling Stone magazine’s break with tradition continues. Seven months after scrapping its iconic oversized format, the biweekly publication will enter the videogame business with the May 26 release of Rolling Stone: Drum King, produced by 505 Games for the Nintendo Wii.

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Kindle Is Cool, but Color E-book May Save Civilization

Geoffrey Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 19, 2009 at 10:32 am PT

Is the digital savior of the sagging magazine industry finally in sight? On Wednesday, Fujitsu Frontech began selling the world’s first color e-paper e-book reader. Available on April 20 in Japan only, the gadget costs 99,970 yen, or more than $1,000. Until now, e-books like the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader have been limited to black and white or shades of gray, making them OK for reading plain books and newspapers that like to use stipple drawings, but not great for colorful print media such as magazines.