BusinessWeek bubble blower gets book deal

Sarah Lacy, who co-wrote the BusinessWeek cover story "How this kid made $60 million in 18 months", will leave the magazine for a year to work on her book about Web 2.0, she said in an e-mail.
Also, a separate source says Lacy definitely took six figures (probably $100-200k, says the source) for the book.
Finally, someone at BusinessWeek mentioned that the bubblicious article was Lacy's first cover story, theorizing that she got it thanks to co-writer Jessi Hempel, a more seasoned writer with some covers under her belt.
Granted, Jessi...
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