· Bright Lights Big city author Jay McInerney still in running for NYT restaurant critic job; Bill Buford and Julian Barnes reportedly out. [Sridhar Pappu (3rd item)]
· VF's Lou Cona and Lucky's Sandy Golinki get publisher of the year award at Conde Nast's in-house best in show awards. [Keith Kelly]
· With three women among the top four candidates for the NYT book review job, their gender representation approaches inverse proportion to NYTBR reviews written by and about women. [Rachel Donadio]
· Reality TV is evidently a gateway drug to loss of privacy. [Susan Murray]