Journalist bailout program A gimmick? (PBS MediaShift)
Anniston Star cuts staff By 10%. (BizJournals.com)
Covering WH turkey eventHow Rosalyn Carter saved the day. (Commercial-News)
Buffalo sportswriter Borrelli diesFrom injuries suffered in fall. (Buffalo News)
NYT science reporter Chang Speaks at Yale. (New Haven Ind.)
New contract for Fox News' Ailes Five more years. (NYTimes.com)
RIP Dick Dougherty Ex-columnist, editor was 88. (Rochester D&C)
POSTED WEDNESDAY Suggestions for Time's POY If it isn't Obama. (Granta.com)
Reflective vests required For reporters working near highways. (Virginian-Pilot)
Esquire's greatest stories Seven of them. (Esquire)
RIP Clive Barnes Critic was 81. (New York Times)
Rather's lawsuit pooh-poohed By Dealey. (US News)
Hillary story twist and turns NBC's Mitchell started it all. (NY Observer)
POSTED TUESDAY Sicha on Gawker boss Denton "Made too much work for himself." (LATimes.com)
HuffPost to fund investigative journalism No details yet. (Reuters)
Boston Globe, GateHouse battle Dan Kennedy's take. (Media Nation)
"On the Media" Latest audio and transcripts. ("OTM")
D Mag layoffs, pay cuts Staff trimmed by 19%. (D Magazine)
Forbes layoffs Forty-three since Friday. (WWD)
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KURTZ: Elisabeth [Bumiller]'s colleague, David Sanger, wrote, perhaps only partially tongue and cheek, that the briefings are so useless that we should get rid of them, not have them any more, pull the plug. What do you think? MILBANK: I think we should pull the plug on the cameras. We have a morning gaggle, which nobody sees, because it's off camera. You actually can get some decent information there. ... KURTZ: But you're print people. Shouldn't the American people get to see on television the kinds of questions that are asked and how the press secretary answers them? MILBANK: Do it for a few minutes like they used to do it and then everybody can get in their five minutes of posturing and then we can get down to do some serious questioning.
