Job-hunting at work is dangerous. Online multitasking is dangerous. Online multitasking your work with your job hunt is deadly. Just ask this Associated Press photo editor.

A broad issue that's arisen as an offshoot of the whole Jill Abramson-getting-fired discussion: Do successful people (in the media and elsewhere) get there mainly by luck, or by skill/ virtue/ drive/ other endearing quality? It is luck, of course. Never forget that it is mostly luck.

Reassuringly cuddly platitude coiner Thomas Friedman is a very respected and influential interpreter of world events. Not for his insight into these events, but for his ability to make up a name for them that his fans—children—can understand.

The New York Times, and in particular its publisher, Pinch "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr., is taking a lot of flack for abruptly firing editor Jill Abramson yesterday. Amid the uproar, let's not forget to criticize Sulzberger for this: had it been handled differently, there might not be all this criticism.

Frank Bruni, a bad newspaper columnist who is nevertheless employed as a columnist by America's most prominent newspaper, is obligated to write two columns per week. He has approximately zero good ideas per week. This is what causes things like Sunday's column to happen.

A statement today by employees at liberal media watchdog Media Matters who are trying to form a union: "The actions of Media Matters executives have placed employees in the impossible position of continuing to produce content espousing pro-labor values for an employer who is challenging our right to unionize."

Mike Allen is the most famous journalist at THE POLITICO. His "Playbook" newsletter sets the agenda for much of DC's media class. Mike Allen's dad, Gary Allen, was a racist, lunatic right wing author. Let's peruse one of his books, shall we?

We hear that Ladies Home Journal is folding, or at least vastly reducing its publication schedule. A tipster tells us the New York office was just informed this morning, and that layoffs are involved. Anyone who knows more, please comment below.

Of being laid off after more than 40 years in journalism, Trentonian editorial writer David Neese said: "What the hell, I've been at this so damn long it's maybe about time somebody gonged me." May we all exit with his remarkable perspicacity.

The Washington Examiner reports that liberal media watchdog Media Matters is actively resisting an effort by its employees to unionize. MM tells us, "We respect the rights of our employees and will work through this process." If you're a MM employee who wants to share, email us.

The Pulitzer Prizes have been announced: two reporting prizes for the Washington Post, two photography prizes for the New York Times, and no prize awarded for feature writing. The full list is here. Congratulations to all the winners of this prize we're too cool to care about.

Al Jazeera America is laying off "a few dozen staff employees, as well as freelance employees," probably due to the fact that Americans do not watch Al Jazeera America, because they vaguely suspect it of terrorism.

Lots of corporate CEOs are overpaid, but perhaps none is as spectacularly and flagrantly overpaid as Les Moonves, who runs CBS, a company most famous for making bad TV shows. This new $28 million mansion he bought is pocket change for ol' Les.

Over the past weekend, a P.R. firm called The Social Co. hosted a group of fashion journalists and bloggers for a gratis getaway at the Maidstone, an East Hampton hotel where mid-priced rooms go for $845 per night. Among the attendees was David Yi, a staff reporter at Condé Nast’s Women’s Wear Daily, who meticulously Instagrammed the entire weekend with the The Social Co.’s preferred hashtag, #MaidstoneVoyage. Now Yi’s employer is scrutinizing his attendance for a potential ethics breach.

"The U.S. boasts 4.6 public-relations specialists for every reporter or correspondent. Those PR pros earn 40% more a year on average than journalists."

British investment banker and former Financial Times reporter Andrew Balls says he supplemented his FT salary by...writing speeches for the vice chairman of Citigroup. Cool.

Frank Bruni, a bad newspaper columnist, has an affinity for college that rivals Tom Friedman's affinity for cab drivers.

Former CNN muckraker (haha) Piers Morgan bid farewell to his 9pm cable news time slot last night, having been ousted by the network due to flagging viewership of his Piers Morgan Live. The imported Brit dedicated his final segment to his career's latest, greatest cause: U.S. gun control.

NBCUniversal is shutting down Television Without Pity and DailyCandy, affecting 67 employees. According to Kara Swisher of Re/code, it’s unclear whether staffers for either website will be offered new assignments or laid off.