The Morning Lowdown 08.25.10

Morning Lowdown

»  The month-long battle between Random House and literary agent Andrew Wylie seems to be over. The publisher is claiming victory, saying it has the rights to publish e-book editions of 13 classics books that the Wylie starting publishing under his own digital venture, Odyssey Editions, last month. Business between the two sides can otherwise resume. [NYT]

»  In a survey of e-reader owners, 40 percent told Marketing and Research Resources Inc. that they now read more than they did with print books. Of those surveyed, 58 percent said they read about the same as before while 2 percent said they read less than before. [WSJ]

»  Bullying may have been one of the factors behind the suicide of the managing editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review. [The Wrap]

»  Why are Zynga’s Farmville and Mafia Wars games so popular on social net platforms? Because adults want to play — not network — says Simon Dumenco. [AdAge]

»  Lady Gaga has more followers than you (that includes you too, Britney Spears) on Twitter. [The Wire]

»  FT media reporter Ken Li is leaving his post after two years to return to Reuters (NYSE: TRI), this time as editor-in-charge of technology, media and telecoms. [Release]

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