In your opportune Tuesday media column: Sean McManus leaves as head of CBS News, HuffPo bloggers timidly call for pay, Bill O'Reilly is full of shit, NYT correction of the day, magazine circulation drops, a new editor at the Chicago Reader, and how much can you trust your free guest blog content?

AOL bought the Huffington Post yesterday for $315 million. Matt Drudge says that Arianna Huffington's cut was $18 million. The Washington Post quotes an analyst saying Arianna made $100 million. Hmm. She's not poor, at least! Know specifics? Email me.

The Times reports that former MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann will likely announce a deal with Current TV, Al Gore's cable channel, tomorrow. (Guess he decided not to follow our advice, unless he'll be hosting a cooking show there or something.) Olbermann might also "separately pursue other ventures, like an Internet destination," which we hope means he'll keep Tweeting photos of snow in New York City. [NYT]

In your buggy Monday media column: Kathleen Parker's exact worth is pinpointed, the HuffPo-AOL merger dissection and fallout begins, complaints about The Daily increase, and beware of Al Jazeerans attempting to infiltrate America via television screens.

This note went out to the New York Times newsroom today from Standards Editor Phil Corbett. Do not unpublish stories! (You must find slicker ways to cover things up, duh.)

In your finally Friday media column: you won't have Deborah Solomon's Q&A's to scoff at any more, more evidence of Sam Zell's intolerability, Hachette waits on its layoffs, and magazine newsstands are dinosaur-like things.

Surprise: Gawker's founding editor Elizabeth Spiers has just been named editor of the (somewhat floundering) New York Observer, replacing Kyle Pope, who's apparently been canned after 15 months on the job. Know more? Email me. [NYO]

New York Times editor Bill Keller is not a big Twitter guy. He only tweeted once in all of 2010. But last night—when the blues crept in on cold wintry feet—Bill reached out to his Tweeps for solace.

The NYT says no major broadcasters are currently able to provide live footage of Cairo's Tahrir Square. Violence works.

In your crystalline Thursday media column: Regent Media has even bigger money troubles than usual, News Corp is doing well, the new Newsweek is floating around, another Egypt journo-terror roundup, and rumored layoffs at Forbes.

The Daily happened to interview Gabrielle Giffords about her love for her iPad, before she was shot. Today, they finally get to run the interview, with a new angle: her iPad is helping her speech therapy! Huzzah for repackaging! Blech.

Over the past day and a half, Egypt has transformed from a thrilling dream story for journalists into a place where being a journalist is seriously hazardous. First the physical attacks; now, the arrests. A quick rundown, below.

Washington Redskins owner and despicable rich guy Dan Snyder has, in typical dumb fashion, followed through on his threat to sue the Washington City Paper, for being mean to him. He also says they are anti-Semitic. What a stupid idiot.

New York Times Co. profit fell by 26% in the fourth quarter, thanks to declining print advertising, as usual. UPDATE: this morning's staff memo from Pinch Sulzberger and Janet Robinson is below.

Vice magazine's Cairo correspondent also got roughed up today. Clean sweep!

It's become fairly apparent that Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloid News of the World used to hack into people's phones on a regular basis in order to get stories. But nobody wants to take the blame! Instead, we get endless lawsuits.

John McCain, who loves switching personalities, is trying to reclaim his bipartisan Maverick hero image in the media again, now that he's secured another Senate term. And he'll get it. He always does! It's just too easy for him.

In your undesirable Wednesday media column: NPR needs another Ellen Weiss, blogs are dead or possibly thriving, the Newsweek-Daily Beast merger is going about as well as expected, and Fox News establishes its priorities.

America's news anchors, most notably Anderson Cooper, are getting beaten up left and right by pro-Mubarak troublemakers today. Here's "America's Girl," Katie Couric, narrowly escaping as the mob circles her. Don't threaten our national lady-mascot, Egypt. Just don't.

Fox News science columnist Gene Koprowski has a long history of standing up against this "global warming" foolishness. Today, he's seeking sources to to explain the "ridiculousness" of the idea of global warming causing snow. Can you imagine?