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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Washington, D.C.: I find it bizarre, depressing, and not just a little telling about the sorry state of American TV news that Steve Irwin led the NBC news last night. I know he's a high-profile guy, and I don't quibble with the story being included in the news, but come on. Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan... These are somehow less important than Irwin's death and examining the new threat of sting rays? Howard Kurtz: Two words: Labor Day. Look, I wouldn't have led with it -- and I wonder if Brian Williams would have if he hadn't had the day off-- but there was not a lot of hard news yesterday.
