• Is it just us, or do these new Us ads represent the perfect marking point for the world's fatal descent into decadence?
  • Ultra-bizarre item of the day: "The Greeley Tribune says it will end a years-old practice of copying stories from competing newspapers and falsely labeling them as Associated Press dispatches. "That's clearly a very bad journalism practice," admits Tribune publisher Steve Weaver. He says the practice began several years ago under editor Chris Cobler, who was just named Poynter Online managing editor." [Colorodoan, via Poynter's Romenesko]
  • NYT board replaces Sulzberger sister with Sulzberger cousin. [E&P]
  • Les Moonves finds another source from which to extract revenue. We admit it, the guy is good. [NYP]
  • GQ wants you to think it cares about poor people and shit. [NYT]
  • Finally, someone takes a stand against newspaper PDFs. [Guardian]
  • A couple of actual hires at Time Inc. [WWD]
  • Rachel Sklar—so nice, so Canadian—is really proud of her Oscar picks. [ETP]