· CBS had tentative timelines for Dan Rather's retirement — which, of course, are going to be completely reevaluated in the wake of MemoGate. The network says Rather will be their focus for the next few months, like he's even going to be on air that long. [NYT]
· Will the Washington Post suck up Slate, which has been up for grabs since July? The WaPo Co. is attracted to "Slate's smart-people-procrastinating-at-work readership." Or stoned-and-unemployed. [Intelligencer]
· Celebrity "magazines" get all tangled up in the Britney's sticky web of marriage deception. [NYP]
· Will the LA Times endorse a candidate for President? If so, it will be the first time since 1972. Ah, Los Angeles finally discovers politics. How cute. [E&P]