Leno's Fall, Bloomberg's Bid, Dan Brown's Big Day
• As expected, ratings for Jay Leno's new show are falling fast. [THR]
• Bloomberg LP appears to now be in the lead to buy BusinessWeek. [NYP]
• Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol sold 1 million copies its first day. [NYT]
• Don't try to talk to Vogue publisher Tom Florio about what changes are in store for the mag now that those McKinsey consultants have finished their review. (He's not talking about it.) Meantime, McKinsey's final report will be handed over to Condé Nast's management next week. [NYO, WWD]
• Fox News boss Roger Ailes collected $24 million in compensation last year, which is $2 million more than his boss, Rupert Murdoch, took home. [BW]
• Jay-Z has his 11th No. 1 album. That puts him ahead of Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most chart-toppers. But he's still behind the Beatles. [LAT]
• NBC Universal execs are on the prowl and looking for additional employees at NBC News and MSNBC willing to accept a voluntary buyout. [NYO]
• Launches: The Atlantic has unveiled a new website called AtlanticWire.com. And former New York Sun editor Ira Stoll has debuted a new site as well.
• What IAC chief Barry Diller had to say to attendees of the Goldman Sachs "Communacopia" conference today. [Daily Finance]
• What NBC CEO Jeff Zucker and News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch had to say to the same audience yesterday. [Variety]
• M&A: Adobe is buying Omniture for $1.8 billion. And rumor has it Google is planning to pay $500-$700 million to buy the video service Brightcove.
• Glenn Beck may be the craziest right-winger on cable news. But let's not forget that Lou Dobbs isn't far behind him. [DropDobbs.com]
• Meghan McCain is a "media sensation," apparently. [LAT]