At Reader’s Digest Canada, Yann Paquet has been promoted to vice president digital media and strategic partnerships for Canada and Latin America. Paquet joined Reader’s Digest Canada in 2007 as director of digital media. Full Article at Masthead Online

"THAT'S ME IN THE BODY BAG" : Freelance journalist, Paul Raffaele explains, "This one is scary. That’s me in the body bag [following the bombing] waiting for the chopper to take me from Jalalabad air force base to Bagram air force base near Kabul." Full Article at StinkyJournalism.org

is harder than you think CHRISTMAS TREE: I have a 7½-foot artificial Christmas tree for anyone who would like to pick it up. It has the directions for putting it together, and it is in a box. My phone number is 508-375-0446. Full Article at Cape Cod Online

"I was laid off," Altman told min, which added that she has "retained a lawyer to deal with severance and other legal matters." Full Article at mediabistro.com

After little more than a year as publisher of Reader’s Digest, Tracey Altman tells Min Online that she has been laid off. The company, which filed for bankruptcy in August, has been going through its latest reorg for the past two months. Full Article at paidContent.org

Lisa MacColl went up to the teacher's desk and asked a question. In fact, she queried several teachers. "What do you like to receive from your students as Christmas gifts?" Full Article at WalletPop

Now is the perfect time to start planning next year's garden and pondering the possibilities for garden designs that will work for you. Full Article at Associated Content

Shhh: 30 things your waiter will never tell you. [Reader's Digest] "The Great Scrapple Correspondence of 1872": Played out in the New York Times, it was "a sort of steampunk prototype for online food discussion." Full Article at Serious Eats

Every Christmas my mother proudly displays the many handmade decorations that we (her kids) made over the years. Full Article at Associated Content

BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY by Bill Berkowitz Why doesn't Rick Warren -- the mega-church pastor, the best-selling author, the man who hangs out with world leaders, and who has an opinion on just about everything -- condemn the horrific anti-gay... Full Article at BuzzFlash

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Reader’s Digest Association Inc. won bankruptcy court approval for an outline of its turnaround plan after revisions prompted bondholders, a pension trustee and the U.S. trustee to withdraw their objections. Full Article at Bloomberg.com

The book-plus category may have been born in the spirit of offering greater interactivity for kids, but it has evolved into a broad and deep category comprising everything from craft and activity kits to licensed gift sets for adults to kids' books... Full Article at Publishers Weekly

John Boyden and Andrew Humphries at the Imperial War Museum Photo: Paul Grover At an age when many of his contemporaries would be reaching for the pipe and slippers, Mr Boyden is dishing out wisdom on how to run your own business and enjoying the... Full Article at The Telegraph

It took more than a small telegram to affect Donald Douglas. Even when it contained business-jarring news. A Western Union boy handed Douglas just such a telegram on Victory over Japan Day in 1945. Full Article at Investor's Business Daily

A female colleague asked me, as the only male on an email chain, about about females and the influence of athletics in aggression. Full Article at Politics Daily

The scam: Diane wrote this week to let We've Got Your Back know about a letter her husband received. Bearing the corporate logos of both Pepsi-Cola and Reader's Digest, the letter announced that the recipient was the winner of a $1 million giveaway. Full Article at The Morning Call

The American Society of Magazine Editors is gearing up for submissions to its 2010 National Magazine Awards. For the first time ever, the awards will include a separate ceremony for digital media, which last year included four categories. Full Article at mediabistro.com

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Officials at the Better Business Bureau want to warn you that scam artists could be on the rise due to the holidays being right around the corner. Full Article at Turn To 23

What's your doctor really thinking behind that surgical mask? MDs across the country spilled all to Reader's Digest. Full Article at New York Daily News