Wednesday News: OMG’s first use may be traced back to 1917; HarperCollins & S&S are in talks to merge; New Romance author justifies writing romances

First Known Use of OMG? – From Jodi Ettenberg comes documentary proof of a 1917 use of OMG. By the way, we are all saying it wrong. I had been putting the emphasis after every word instead of after the My God. For the sight impaired, it reads as follows: Twitter

Lord Fisher to the Right Hon. Winston Churchill

My Dear Winston,

I am here for a few days longer before rejoining my “Wise men” at Victory House–

“The World forgetting,

By the World forgot!”

but some Headlines in the newspapers have utterly...