Random Media Notes

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August 25, 2009

Wikipedia’s “freewheeling ethos is about to be curbed.”

Journalists hoping to embed with U.S. forces in Afghanistan may be screened by a Washington P.R. firm hired by the Pentagon.

R.I.P. GeoCities.

HBO is considering a show based on “Savage Love” column.

“The Chasm Between the Value of Print and Web Readers”

HuffPo to roll out books, technology, and sports sections in coming months.

BSKY

Isaac Fitzgerald

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeneyâ€™s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed Newsâ€™ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.