Trends
Welch Group Considers Formal Bid for Boston Globe
WSJ Online*
EPS report gets mixed reviews: Critics say scholarly publishing report is biased
Information World Review
Belgian Court to hear Google-newspaper fight
Seattle PI
Investing time and money in virtual worlds
TechMeme
OriginalSignal Relaunches With Big Changes
TechCrunch
Google Integrating Blog Posts Into Search Results
Boyd Creative
Q: When is a news article not a news article? A: When it’s paid to be read
Vermont Guardian
Without Jason, Weblogs Inc Will Lose Its Edge
Micro Persuasion
Private equity sees more value in old media than stock market
MarketWatch*

Best Practices
Blogging and user generated content on the web is already having an impact on business: Research
FinFacts
Is Mesh a Problem for MuniFi?
GigaOM

Cool Tools
FM Holiday Gadget Guide
FM Publishing

Deals, Parnerships & Sales
Elsevier Announces New Publishing Partnership With The Russian Academy of Sciences
WebWire
Mergers and Acquisitions: Completed Deals by Yahoo, Microsoft & Google
Shumla.com

Products, Markets & People
CyberOptic Group Announces First Online Media Distribution Platform for Small Businesses
ThomasNet