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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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Quidditch Scores Big
on College Campuses

Inability to fly on broomsticks doesn't stop undergrads

Nov 9, 09 1:00 PM CST

Broke Aussie Author Inspires Bidding Frenzy

Rebecca James' debut has publishers seeing next JK Rowling

Oct 24, 09 7:47 AM CDT

 Dumbledore  
 Sparks Fight for  
 Real-World Justice 

Nonprofit Harry Potter Alliance uses books as inspiration

Jul 20, 09 1:45 PM CDT
OPINION

 Spoiled Harry a Hero 
 for 'Entitled Generation' 

Books lack moral weight as Potter gets off easy

Jul 20, 09 7:21 AM CDT

 Rowling Wows 
 Obama—and 
 Medvedev, Too

Prez praises Rowling; Michelle dines with high-flying women

Apr 3, 09 10:13 AM CDT

 Michelle Visits Cancer Patients 

First Lady will sit with JK Rowling at dinner tonight

Apr 1, 09 11:07 AM CDT
book review

 Rowling Gives Us More Magic 


Dec 4, 08 7:45 PM CST

 Meyer: the New JK Rowling  

Vampire author gaining on Rowling's popularity

Nov 28, 08 9:39 AM CST
GLOSSIES

 10 Writers Who Turn 
 Books Into Bucks 

Top earner JK Rowling made $300 million off Potter franchise in past year

Oct 4, 08 2:43 AM CDT

Rowling Gives $1.8M to Beleaguered  Labour Party

Admires Brown's efforts to fight child poverty

Sep 20, 08 9:00 AM CDT

 Rowling Wins Copyright Case 

Judge rules publishing Potter encyclopedia would cause creator 'irreparable harm'

Sep 8, 08 3:03 PM CDT

 Oprah Tops Powerful
 Celebs List Again 

Talk show maven edges out Tiger, Jolie

Jun 12, 08 11:12 AM CDT

Rowling's
Potter Prequel
Conjures Up $49K for Charity

800-word tale features Harry's father

Jun 11, 08 5:01 AM CDT

 Rowling Casts Spell at Harvard 

Fight the monsters, she urges

Jun 6, 08 7:10 AM CDT

 JK Rowling Pens Potter Prequel 

800-word manuscript to be auctioned for charity

May 29, 08 3:49 AM CDT

 Famously Bad Poet Fetches Big Bucks at Auction

Verses from the 'world's worst poet' fetch big bucks at auction

May 17, 08 8:05 AM CDT

Judges Back Rowling in Case Over Son Pics

UK outlets can't publish photos in ruling seen
as blow to paparazzi

May 7, 08 3:12 PM CDT

 Don't Get Comfy,
 Harry Potter 

Dr. Seuss, EB White win popularity contest over Rowling

May 5, 08 4:27 PM CDT

After 10 Years, Harry Potter Off NYT Best-Seller List

Rowling mainstay, which forced changes in the survey, finally vanishes

May 1, 08 6:35 PM CDT

Harry Potter Full of Gibberish, Judge Says

He admits he got confused reading it
to his grandkids

Apr 17, 08 7:59 PM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

7
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

28
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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