Don Hewitt Dies; Condé Nast Under the Microscope
• Don Hewitt, the man who invented 60 Minutes, is dead at 86. [CBS, NYT]
• Those McKinsey consultants at Condé Nast have commenced their work. The first order of business: a review of Vogue and Condé Nast Traveler. [NYO]
• Related: Anna Wintour is "said to have told" Condé boss Si Newhouse that "she would welcome McKinsey to her offices." So welcome, guys! [WWD]
• Nine companies are said to be eyeing BusinessWeek, the struggling title owned by McGraw-Hill. The front-runner, according to the Post's Keith Kelly: financier Bruce Wasserstein, who also owns New York magazine. [NYP]
• Is Fox News going to fire Glenn Beck given all his insane comments and all the advertisers who have since abandoned the show? Alas, no. [DailyFinance]
• The New York Times is downsizing its collection of sports columnists. [NYO]
• Time Warner and YouTube have signed a content partnership. [THR]
• Distinguished members of the Academy: You have a new president. [THR]
• What's Brian Graden been up since leaving MTV? Here's what. [NYO]
• Author Alain de Botton is now the official "writer-in-residence" at Heathrow airport. It's part of an elaborate publicity stunt, naturally. [NYT]
• Liskula Cohen, the ex-model who sued Google to find out the identity of the blogger who called her a "skank," has won her case. Congrats? [NYDN]