In a new video interview, recently departed Tribune "Innovation officer" and clown Lee Abrams is "Setting the record straight" about his failed tenure at the failed company. "I probably picked the wrong kind of environment," he acknowledges. Aw.

In your ignominious Thursday media column: Conrad Black has big plans, new hires at Fast Company, Conde Nast's memo-writing abilities are woefully inadequate, and the wee New York Times Co. lives in a tiny dollhouse.

Tabloid sexpot Andrea Peyser has never been accused of being honest, or a deep thinker. But her column today squeezes so much anti-gay, xenophobic rhetoric into so little logic that we feel we must comment upon her arguments.

In Georgia, a state wracked by drought and educational miseries, local newspapers are involved in a holy pursuit: arguing about hunting. Haw haw, can you believe that reporter next town over don't like hunting? Haw haw.

In your head-scratching Wednesday media column: Barry Diller's wacky plan for The Daily Beast, Conde Nast advertising shakeup, Shep Smith stays on at Fox News, and Juan Williams fans continue to provide comic relief.

The liberal Media Matters has done its inevitable grunt work of detailing Fox News personalities' involvement in this year's election, and finds that more than 30 of them have supported the GOP and its candidates. Who coulda guessed?

The goings-on of the Dalton School newspaper are automatically New York Times-worthy, and not just because NYT editor Bill Keller is a Dalton dad. Private schools are simply inherently important, to journalism! Today: more journalistic drama—at Dalton!

In your vacuous Tuesday media column: the Juan Williams brigade pipes up, Politico launches a paid news operation, Katie Couric might stay at CBS, and Rupert Murdoch's war against Hollywood PR firms.

Lyss Stern is a "mommy blogger" and founder of mom-centric events company Divalysscious Moms. With those journalistic credentials, you may be shocked to learn she's accused of trying to trade a "puff piece" for $45,000 in dental work.

In your mortal Monday media column: Lee Abrams' full "Sluts" memo revealed, even more on Newsweek, Joao Silva's alive, Style.com moves to Fairchild, and newspapers continue to exist.

The New York Times Co. is ending its Employee Stock Purchase Plan, where employees could buy company stock at a discount. Nobody wanted to buy that crappy stock, apparently! And with good reason. The email that just went out to staffers is below.

Andrea Peyser warns of "narrow-minded racism that rules a network," one with "a culture not of inclusion and acceptance, but one of fear." We commend her for calling out Fox News...oh, this is supposed to be about NPR? Huh. [NYP]

Today's edition of the Toronto Star is actually worth reading for one reason: It was guest edited by the Dalai Lama. Here's a video of His Holiness' thought process while deciding what went into the paper's Sunday edition.

Some staffers at the DC bureau of ABC News aren't happy with the August hiring of "distant outsider" Christiane Amanpour to take over the Sunday talk show, "This Week." They really just wanted a boring DC insider. Boo hoo.

As expected, horny Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels is gone. The following memo just went out to employees:

In your fall-like Friday media column: Harbinger is getting the hell away from the NYT, Tom Shales is leaving the Washingt Post, News Corp's "digital newsstand" didn't work out, and Peter Chernin might get a great new job.

Modest, monkey-flaunting Los Angeles television reporter and former Miss USA Lu Parker is opening up about her longtime, well-known relationship with L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa—who formerly had an affair with another L.A. TV reporter. What's your media theory, Lu?

Harmeen Jones, a former Fox News technician, is suing the network for $5 million, alleging that he was subjected to constant racism at work and eventually fired for complaining about it. News Corp sued for discrimination? That sounds familiar somehow.

Greta Van Susteren, Fox News anchor and power-blogger, was channel-surfing before her show tonight. (God knows she doesn't "prepare" or anything.) She happened on CNN's Parker/Spitzer, and was disgusted by the orgy of Bush-bashing sexual innuendo she witnessed therein.

The New York Post's gossip column Page Six issued a correction today but it still hasn't caught two mistakes it made the day before yesterday. Is new editor Emily Smith really ready to take over the storied gossip column?