· Michael Wolff, lonely NY mag columnist, tries to befriend NYT token conservative columnist David Brooks." [Michael Wolff]
· Author and party fiend Jay McInerney hilariously rumored to be in running for NYT restaurant critic job. [Rush & Molloy, 6th item]
· Daniel Okrent, NYT's "public editor," annoys business section. [Deborah Schoeneman]
· NYT to hire WSJ's Larry Ingrassia as business editor? [Keith Kelly]
· Bonnie Fuller of Star hires former Us Weekly/Wenner Media spokesman, Stu Zakim, adding fuel to the alleged feud between the companies. [Jacob Bernstein]
· NYO's editor Peter Kaplan cross-pollinates with NY mag's Lisa Chase. Congrats! [Rush & Molloy, last item]