· McDonald's paying for hip hop product placements. Ice Cube is probably kicking himself right about now. [Business Week Online]
· Jan Herman thinks Paul Krugman "says in the mainstream media what many think in private, and he says it with coherence, persuasive logic and a level-headed marshalling of facts that most of us cannot match." [Straight Up]
· TV Newser asks: "CNN To Go High-Def This Year?" Heck, why not? As we saw last week, they've already gone high-dumb. [TV Newser]
· VH1 greenlights Being Bonaduce starring Danny Bonaduce (natch). Is it time for an intervention? (On the upside: fewer ironic music cues; no Michael Ian Black.) [USA Today, via TVTattle]