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Michael Lewis Loves the Kindle. But Not This Week.

Peter Kafka in Media on March 16, 2010 at 9:31 am PT

Michael Lewis on the Kindle, 2007: “The coolest thing, by far, is that you think of a book you’d like to read, someone tells you about a book you’d like to read, and in 30 seconds, it’s on your screen, all of it.” So why can’t you buy Michael Lewis’s new book on the Kindle today?

YouTube’s Newest Partner: Will Ferrell

Peter Kafka in Media on November 5, 2009 at 5:19 am PT

Slowly but surely, YouTube has been able to bump up the number of “premium” content creators willing to hand over some of their stuff to the world’s biggest video site. Here’s yet another one: Funny or Die, the comedy site backed by Will Ferrell, Sequoia and HBO, among others.