• Al Gore, media mogul, is set to launch Current TV a week from today. [NYT]
• Jann Wenner and Kent Brownridge are the lovable rogues of publishing. Unless you have to work for them, in which case they're not so much lovable. [NYT]
• Another launch: Quick & Simple, Hearst's first weekly service mag, will his stands next week. Only $1.49 per issue. [Mediaweek]
• Simon Dumenco reveals all his off-the-record secrets, including the sweet nothings Jacob Bernstein whispered to him at summer camp. [Ad Age]
• New public-radio program, "Open Source," will be blog-based radio. Because that's what bloggers need: More opportunities to yammer. [NYT]