• Dick Cheney learns the perils of live TV. [Jossip]
• You know how we finally started liking TV reporters last week? Well, now that their bosses are back from vacation, says Nikki Finke, it's not gonna last. [LA Weekly]
• Bob Guccione Jr., founder of Spin and Gear, to buy Discover from Disney. Savor that: It's not every day you see "Guccione" and "Disney" in the same sentence. [NYT]
• Next week ASME will consider reprimanding The New Yorker for its Target single-advertiser issue. Because obviously The New Yorker is the big problem in the magazine business these days. [CS-T]
• Camilla Al Fayed, daughter of Harrod's owner Mohammed Al Fayed, crosses the pond next week. But not, as reported, to be Anna Wintour's assistant. Alas. [WWD]