TV columnist Michael Ausiello is leaving EW to start his own site. This memo is going out to EW staffers:

In your autumnal Monday media column: the NYT Co's paying back Carlos Slim early, the NYO may buy Dealbreaker, Richard Spencer's OK! mag deal confirmed, Richard Siklos goes into PR, and Nikki Finke is as litigious as ever.

Rumor: former In Touch editor Richard Spencer's the new editor of OK! Magazine. Update: Confirmed.

Michael Wolff, the Vanity Fair media columnist and Newser founder best known for just saying whatever the fuck he thinks will get a rise out of anyone, is the new editorial director of Adweek, Brandweek, and Mediaweek. Uh. Why?

Veteran CBS Radio reporter Howard Arenstein and his wife, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reporter Orly Azoulay, were arrested yesterday at their home in DC for growing 11 marijuana plants. Selling drugs is better than working in media these days, apparently.

CNN anchor Rick Sanchez recently went on an anti-Semitic rant, essentially implying Jews control the media. Well, CNN just fired him.

Conde Nast's launching paid video-on-demand from Golf Digest and the New Yorker. Funner than reading!

In your underwater Friday media column: soljournalists love porn, Tina Brown rumor watch, MTV's programming head departs, Connie Schultz salutes Connie Schultz, and Bill Keller hates the Twitter.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Fox News for retaliating against a former correspondent who'd complained about sex and age discrimination. You know whose fault this is? The biased NObama administration's, naturally.

Adios, "Magazine Publishers of America." Hello, "MPA—the Association of Magazine Media." The name symbolizes "how readers can engage with magazines...through nontraditional means like Web sites, mobile devices, tablets, events, social media, books, retail presences and even branded merchandise." Oh...clearly.

Gordon McLeod has been packing up his office; today is his last at the Wall Street Journal. His ejection is complicated. But some coworkers think they know what did him in: insulting Steve Jobs in Rupert Murdoch's presence.

Carl Paladino, the thick-browed dangerous thug who is an alarmingly serious candidate for New York's governorship, now says he might file trespassing charges against the New York Post. The same paper whose editor he threatened, yesterday! Carl Paladino is insane.

In your disastrous Thursday media column: Philip Falcone cannot stop the media, a media reporter job is open now, a newspaper wants to see your tats, and the Boston Globe and Philly Inquirer are total wrecks, in separate ways.

John Koblin reports this morning that after months of searching, the New York Times Magazine has finally picked a new editor to succeed Gerald Marzorati. [Update: NYT staff memo below].

Self-confident media bloviator Bob Garfield is feuding with PR-y Mediaite guy Dan Abrams. Feud harder!

Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker has just moved to NYC for her new CNN show, the somehow raunchy-sounding Parker Spitzer. But she's already whining about the "bureaucrats." Why won't Michael Bloomberg allow cable guys to eat doughnuts?

Look at what prestigious Time magazine put on its website yesterday: this dumb poll that doesn't even make sense. Japery—or mistakery? Oh, mercy. You can't make this stuff up, folks. Click to enlarge—if you dare!

In your explosive Wednesday media column: a new book will re-ignite the Danish Muhammad cartoon controversy, Tom Florio goes to IMG, the WSJ celebrates itself, Lucky is coming for your kids, and everyone hates the media, still.

NY1's loveable goofball reporter Roger Clark, on the scene this morning: "These are the guys that fight firefighters." Debonair anchor Pat Kiernan: "They fight fires, right?" The ensuing 40 seconds of chuckling miscommunication are classic. Never change, you guys.

The New York Times Magazine has been looking for a new editor for months now. So has Newsweek. Tina Brown's been (unsuccessfully) batting down rumors about her own career's future. An update, please!