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For decades, Mad mascot Alfred E. Neuman took on the world with a cheerful, “What, Me Worry?” But judging from today’s social media reaction, he may have cause for concern. Writers, editors and others affiliated with the long-running humor magazine took to social media today to lament the apparent passing of a…

President Donald Trump got in a little dig against CNN White House reporter Jim Acosta today. The exchange marked Acosta’s return to the beat after a brief sabbatical to promote his new HarperCollins book, The Enemy of the People. Acosta put Trump on the spot by asking if he ignored a question about the death of…

One Signal Publishers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster's Atria Publishing Group, has acquired North American rights to an as-yet-untitled book by CNN’s Brian Stelter that will examine the relationship between Fox News and President Donald Trump, the publisher announced today. The book will be published in 2020…

Judith Krantz, whose novels have more than 80 million copies in print, has died. She passed away from natural causes on June 22 in her Bel Air, California home at age 91. Krantz was born Judith Tarcher on January 9, 1928 in New York City, the eldest child of an advertising executive and an attorney. After growing up…

Frank Bennack, the executive vice chairman and former CEO of Hearst Corp., is channeling his decades of experience into a memoir to be published this fall by Simon & Schuster. The CBS-owned publishing house has acquired world rights and audio rights to Leave Something on the Table: And Other Surprising Lessons for Succ…

Random House will release the Prince memoir The Beautiful Ones on Oct. 29, the publishing house announced today. The 288-page book will feature an introduction by Dan Piepenbring, a contributor to The New Yorker. The pub date announcement comes just a day after the three-year anniversary of the Purple Rain singer’s…

Book-buyers apparently want a redacted Mueller Report all their own: Sales of dead-tree versions and ebooks have sent several editions of the investigation findings to the tops of pre-order bestseller lists. Topping the charts on Amazon this afternoon was The Mueller Report: The Final Report of the Special Counsel…

UPDATED, 12:37 PM: American Media Inc. will sell its National Enquirer and two sister pubs for $100 million to Hudson Media CEO James Cohen. The travel retail company is known for its airport newsstands, the Washington Post reports. The paper adds that AMI’s decision to sell the Enquirer, which is run by longtime…

Chinatown, Marathon Man, Rosemary’s Baby and Wayne’s World are just a sampling of the films on Hollywood producer and former assistant director Hawk Koch’s resume, and next November the former Motion Picture Academy president will chronicle his career in a memoir titled Magic Time: My Life in Hollywood. Publishing…

EXCLUSIVE: Dog Man, the canine-human superhero of a popular kids book series by best-selling Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey, is getting the stage musical treatment. Emmy Award winning duo Kevin Del Aguila and Brad Alexander are on board to write Dog Man: The Musical, with Jen Wineman directing and choreographing…

YouTube is changing its new video recommendation algorithm to prevent promoting conspiracies and false information, according to a post on its official blog on Friday. The company said it would target content that “comes close to – but doesn’t quite cross the line” of violating its rules. Some contend that YouTube…

EXCLUSIVE: Gregg Hurwitz, author of the best-selling Orphan X series, has inked what’s described as a “significant seven-figure deal” with publisher Minotaur Books for the next three volumes in the series. The next book in the series, Out of the Dark: The Return of Orphan X, hits shelves on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The…