President Obama Meets Pope Francis at the Vatican

President Obama met Pope Francis at the Vatican for the first time last week. April 2, 2014

Twitter Adds Emoji Support to Web Version

Twitter has added emoji support to its web version. There are now little graphics instead of empty boxes. April 2, 2014

Chad E. Gutstein Named CEO of Machinima

Chad E. Gutstein has been named the CEO of Machinima. He was formerly COO of the Ovation television network. April 2, 2014

Atria Books to Publish Russell Brand's New Children's Book

Comedian and actor Russell Brand is now a children's book author. His collection of Trickster Tales hits bookstores in the Fall of 2014. April 2, 2014

Waterstone's Founder Says Ebook Revolution is Over

Waterstone's founder declares that the ebook revolution is over and that print books will prevail. April 2, 2014

Michael Connelly's Bosch Pilot Picked up for Full Season by Amazon Studios

Amazon Studios has given a full season order for Bosch, which is based on Michael Connelly's bestselling Harry Bosch series. Titus Welliver plays Detective Bosch. April 2, 2014

LinkedIn Adds Cats You May Know Feature

LinkedIn has added a new feature called Cats You May Know for April Fool's Day April 1, 2014

Kelsey Media Announces BBC Antiques Roadshow Magazine

Kelsey Media has announced the launch of BBC Antiques Roadshow Magazine. April 1, 2014

National Book Award Judges Named for 2014

The National Book foundation has announced the judges for the 2014 National Book Awards. The entry form closes on May 15th for submissions. April 1, 2014

April Fool's Day: Lemony Snicket and Malcolm Gladwell in Major Plagiarism Scandal

April Fool's Day: Lemony Snicket accuses NY Times bestselling author of plagiarism of the words if, I, You, That and You. A furious Gladwell threatens Snicket in return. April 1, 2014

Jake Silverstein Named Editor of New York Times Magazine

Jake Silverstein has been named editor of The New York Times Magazine. Silverstein was previously editor-in-chief of Texas Monthly. March 31, 2014

American Mathematical Society to Publish Its First Math Book for Children

The American Mathematical Society will publish its first math book for children, Really Big Numbers, in May 2014. March 31, 2014

SNL Cold Open: President Obama's Social Media Campaign Goes into Overdrive

In this SNL cold open, President Obama agrees to increasingly silly social media stunts to promote healthcare.gov signups. March 30, 2014

Niche Media to Launch Austin Way in September 2014

Niche Media has announced plans to launch Austin Way in September 2014. The lifestyle magazine is a new magazine for Austin, Texas. March 30, 2014

Cameron Connors Named Publisher of Popular Mechanics

Cameron Connors has been named publisher of Popular Mechanics magazine, which is published by Hearst. March 29, 2014

Longlist for 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Announced

The longlist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction has been announced. March 29, 2014

Irish Authors Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers to Collaborate on Original Picture Book

HarperCollins just inked a global deal with bestselling Irish authors Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers to publish an original picture book called Imaginary Fred. March 28, 2014

Instagram Announces 200 Million User Milestone

Instagram announced today it has reached the 200 million user milestone. They also have exceeded 20 billion photos shared so far. March 26, 2014

Amazon Issues Credits in Connection With Ebook Price Fixing Settlement

Amazon has issued credits to customers in connection with the ebook price fixing case in which the publishers settled with the Department of Justice. March 26, 2014

Amy Poehler is Named as the Honorary Chairperson of World Book Night

Amy Poehler is the Honorary Chairperson for the third annual World Book Night in which special editions of selected books are given away in communities all over the world. March 26, 2014

Writers Guild of America Asks FCC to Stop Comcast Time Warner Merger

The Writers Guild of America has filed a brief with the FCC asking that it stop the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner. March 25, 2014

Trailer for The Maze Runner Starring Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario and Will Poulter

Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario and Will Poulter star in the first full trailer for The Maze Runner, based on the bestselling YA novel by James Dashner. March 24, 2014

PEN International Demands that Turkey Reinstate Twitter Access as a Civil Right

PEN International slammed Turkey's banning of twitter. PEN says freedom of speech is a civil right and demands that access be reinstated. March 23, 2014

Trailer Video for the The Giver Starring Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard

Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep and Alexander Skarsgard star in The Giver, based on the award winning dystopian young adult novel by Lois Lowry. March 21, 2014

The Vatican to Digitize 82,000 Rare Manuscripts and Make Them Available for Viewing Online

The Vatican Apostolic Library announced that it has hired a Japanese IT firm to digitize 82,000 rare manuscripts. The documents will be available for viewing online. March 21, 2014