The New York Times Co. has found it in its corporate heart to keep the Boston Globe. Why? Because the company's union-busting cutbacks totally worked.

Sorry, drunks: WHO has launched an all out, no holds barred war on alcohol.

Rush Limbaugh's built his career on inflammatory comments. They're his bread and butter. But, sadly for him, they also foiled his plans to buy part of the St. Louis Rams. Don't worry, though, because it's Bill O'Reilly to the rescue!

Well gang, we've reached the midpoint of the season and this much is clear: Never has the talent on this show been so clearly divided. You've got the contenders (the Brothers, Beardo and Jen) and the pretenders (everyone else).

Dr. Drew Pinsky turned into a self-harming cutter; Diablo Cody disagreed with the internet and a CNN anchor got dissed. Things went pear shaped for the Twitterati.

Has it come to this? If one thing seemed solid in media it was that the combination of Fox and Reality, say what you will about them, were the last sure thing for ratings gold.

Barnes & Noble is making an e-reader; Gizmodo published the first pictures today. With similar media-tech fusions out or anticipated from Amazon.com, Apple, Hearst, Time Inc. and others, it's tough to keep track. No worries; here's a list.

• The week in reviews: Sam Sifton gives a super-enthusiastic review (and two stars) to Daniel Boulud's DBGB in his first review as NYT restaurant critic today; the Post's Steve Cuozzo leaves Oceana very happy and gives it three out of four shiny new stars, now that he's armed with a star system like every other paper; TONY's Jay Cheshes tackles Oceana, too, giving it three stars out of five; GQ's Alan Richman visits A Voce; and Adam Platt of New York reserves one star for a "Madoff-like" Caravaggio and nada for Hotel Griffou.
• The war between Todd English and the woman he was set to marry last weekend (but didn't) continues. In short: Either English is the biggest jerk ever, she wants to be famous and is nuts, or they're both totally crazy. [Gawker]
• The new Momofuku in Midtown now has a name: Ma Pêche. [Eater]
• Tavern on the Green is supposed to change hands at the end of the year. But now outgoing owner Jennifer LeRoy has petitioned a court for three extra months. And what will happen if a judge doesn't go along with the plan? TotG says it may have to fire 400 employees. Right before Christmas. [NYT]

Because it is good.

Wes Anderson's day of destiny is at hand; after back to back flops, the once untouchable boy genius is on the verge of becoming a cautionary tale of what happens when quirky gets left out in the rain.

[A gymnast whizzes past the camera while competing today at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in London. Image via Getty]

Jon Bon Jovi has a fancy new title to add to his illustrious resume. And NBC has an "artist-in-residence," along with a bottomless pit of crappy programming. Just when you begin to worry that Jeff Zucker's creative mojo has started to wane, the NBC chief amazes the world once again:

Terra Networks paid Oliver Stone an estimated $75,000 to speak in Manhattan last night. The Spanish internet company probably did not expect the director to call internet users philistines and internet video "jerking off in front of a camera."

responding to a New York party reporter who had asked for his opinion on the health care debate.

While jail is no fun for anyone, it's least fun for movie directors, accustomed to playing dictator over a set of hundreds. But in the 1970s in California, incarcerated directors don't have to just spend their days dreaming.

The rumors of Vogue layoffs coming today appear to have been true: Peter Kafka hears six staffers were let go today, and Conde confirms it, without providing details. If you know who it was, email us.

Barack Obama is going to New Jersey! This means that Jon Corzine might actually pull this sucker off.

I am awesome.

When the internet was young and innocent, it was acceptable to "finger" college classmates. These days, a simple Facebook "poke" can land you in jail, in Tennessee, and CNN has to say "alleged" poking, because, hey, libel.

Billionaire Lazard chairman and New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein, who was hospitalized with heart trouble last weekend, has died at the age of 61.