Mediagazer: How Robert Costa Became the Golden Boy of the Government Shutdown (Joe Coscarelli/New York Magazine)

2:00 PM ET, October 17, 2013

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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

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Andrew Albanese / Publishers Weekly:

Macmillan to Offer Entire E-book Backlist to Libraries — Less than a year after launching a pilot with its Minotaur Press imprint, Macmillan officials today confirmed that it will expand its library e-book offerings to include its entire e-book backlist, more than 11,000 titles.

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Steve Keenan / World Travel Market:

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

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Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:

How Robert Costa Became the Golden Boy of the Government Shutdown — As the dust settles from the government shutdown and debt-ceiling standoff, and while John Boehner and Ted Cruz figure out what's next from out the wreckage, at least one man on the right is giddy.

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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple Gets Its E-Book Antitrust Monitor — The federal judge who found Apple guilty of colluding with five of the six largest publishers in the U.S. in an e-book price-fixing scheme has chosen the external antitrust compliance monitors charged with making sure the company doesn't overstep the law again.