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Apparently unhappy with business performance after its namesake became a prison bitch, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has been in negotiations with former ABC entertainment president Susan Lyne about taking over the company's top spot. Current CEO Sharon Patrick is expected to resign should the board approve Lyne in today's expected vote. Lyne is credited with reviving ABC from its deathbed with shows such as Desperate Housewives and Lost, but we suspect a power executive of her ilk is of little help with a sewing machine. Which means MSLO is doomed.
CEO Replacement At Martha Stewart Living? [NYM]

You may not remember an ethical flap resulting from the Television Critics Association taking network and studio blood money for ads in the TCA Awards program earlier this year. Really, why would you? But officials within the TCA are still wringing their hands about how to get rid of the tainted funds and restore the credibility of people who watch the tube for a living. Why don't they just send the money back? The nets/studios won't take it back. And what should they do with the funds if the networks persist in their "no givebacks" policy? An e-mail to TCA members ponders a plan of action:

· Will things ever calm down around circulation-impaired Newsday? The paper has announced it will cut 100 jobs, because replacing your editor-in-chief just wasn't dramatic enough. [Newsday]
· The media shouldn't expect Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzalez to be friendly to the press. Because normally the administration is nothing but sunshine, right? [E&P]
· Observer restaurant critic Moira Hodgson loves tattoed clientele at Lure Fishbar but fails to identify the celebrities in the crowd. [Observer]
· Warner Books has three titles in no. 1 spots on various bestseller lists, including a shaky one by the Pope. [NYP]

CNN remembers the, uh, happy times.
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Times columnist Frank Rich muses on the magic of conservative media cyclops Fox News and its parent company, News Corp., owned by Rupert Murdoch:

Meet convicted domestician Martha Stewart's prison roommate, drug dealer Kimberly Bennett.

· Hugo Lindgren has been named editorial director of New York magazine, rounding out the final phase of editor Adam Moss' restructuring extravaganza.
· Times reporter Laura Holson gasps and talks to herself during the Disney shareholder trial. But really, who isn't drunk at those things? [Page Six]
· Howard Schneider, who just left his post as editor Newsday, resigned (or was booted) over opposing staff firings to cover losses connected to their circulation "scandal." [NYP]
· Wisdom on how to be a reporter: "You need to know how to type. And you need a job at a newspaper." [GBNC]

William Georgiades, former editor of Black Book magazine and Vanity Fair contributor, has written (for free?) a Mediabisro "exposé" on the wild world of freelancing. Georgiades recounts the long and painful process by which he was tortured by an unnamed editor (who is so totally Dana Dickey) at Conde Nast Traveler for over a year, only to see his 1200-word article in the trash. On the bright side, the experience gave him the opportunity to write about the ordeal and reiterate some basic truths about editors: they're cloven-footed devil beasts.
Adventures In Journalism: World Traveler [Mediabistro]

The Observer explores the movement of young socialite women entering the public relations field and promptly dubs them "socialists." These well-heeled, nouveau publicists include Tinsley Mortimer, Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler, and Vanessa von Bismarck. And, because they're all filthy fucking rich, they don't have to work, which makes their toil all the more inspiring:

We're still campaigning to get all journalists to start their own personal websites, lest one is resigned to a fate similar to that of Times political reporter Adam Nagourney. Nagourney has a doppelganger (or so he claims) running AdamNagourney.com, which functions as his personal diary. The blog contains lots of confessional gems ("please email Charlie Rose and explain to him that I can still be a relevant guest") and apologies for inaccurate or biased reporting, but Nagourney insists the site isn't his work. Unfortunately, we are inclined to agree, although the thought of Nagourney using a blog to explain why he's no Judith Miller makes us pee a little.
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NYT Vet Adam Nagourney Has No Problem With Spoof Site [E&P]
Obsessing elsewhere:
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We have to apologize. For so long, we've operated under the impression that the Times was stuffy and stodgy, but Monday's sale of the Times building on 43rd has everyone revealing anecdotes that make us think twice:

We don't know how you want your tax dollars spent, but us? We'd like to see the legislature pass Jazzy's Law, inspired by Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams' late yorkie of the same name, who died of bloody diarrhea (or E. coli, depending on which details grab your attention) after spending a weekend at a kennel. Now Cindy's on a celebrity-led toy dog crusade to make sure kennels are regulated. But the memory of Jazzy lives on, as Cindy recalls, "I would lie on my stomach in the kitchen and hand-feed him kosher chicken. We would go to Le Cirque and eat off of Limoges porcelain." Heartwarming, indeed.
Jazzy's Fate [NYT]

Conservative pill-popper Rush Limbaugh breaks down East Coast liberalism and Tina Brown to his red state audience:

The new issue of Vanity Fair hit the stands yesterday and in it, an oral history of "New York's most feared gossip column," Page Six (hey, Graydon, maybe now that you've sicced Wolcott on the internet, you could put the rest of your shit online so we could, like, share in the best of your monthly revelry). Former Page Six editor and current Daily News columnist Joanna Molloy reflects on the photo shoot of past and present editors:

· Finally, truth in journalism: "You hear a lot about how there's a liberal media bias. Well, I'm here to tell you that we're not biased. We're just annoyed that there aren't more people sending us booze." [Boston Herald]
· Newsday EIC Howard Schneider resigns and John Mancini is named as his replacement. Mancini edited the paper's NYC section for the past three years. [Newsday]
· The Manhattan DA's office is all over the nonprofit Society of Publication Designers for financial irregularities that resulted in the dismissal of former executive director Bride Whelan. [NYP]
· James Brady is named as washingtonpost.com's new executive editor. [WaPo]

Hey, all you mainstream journalists, have you guys heard about this interweb thingy? Apparently, it's rather popular and great for asserting your own journalistic identity. Columbia professor (that means he's important, so listen up) Sree Sreenivasan is urging all of you to get your portfolios online or even start a blog! At the very least, buy your vanity domain names, lest someone register it and pose as your imposter (Alessandra Stanley, we're talking to you).
Build Your Own Site [Poynter]
Journalists' Sites [SreeTips]

Is there a mass exodus going down at Spin? Kory Kennedy was named as the new design director back in July and, since then, the mag's door has been noticeably revolving. Kennedy brought in a new art department (not that unusual), Senior Editor Tracey Pepper and another associate editor have reportedly resigned this month, and we hear that more editors might be planning on packing up in the coming months.

Maxim magazine, the go-to publication for airbrushed pictures of actress Laura Prepon looking nothing like Laura Prepon, is launching a new campaign to draw in advertisers. Their angle is that the mag is the last refuge for the "endangered species" of potent men:

Funny, we assumed Drudge was a huge Streisand fan.
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