Nikki Finke is reporting that Lauren Zalaznick, the President of NBC Universal's Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks, is in "advanced talks" to take over as MTV President of Entertainment, a job recently vacated by departing Brian Graden. If true, why would she leave the string of successes at Bravo to go to the flailing catastrophe that is now MTV Networks? Perhaps because, right now, Bravo couldn't get be any hotter, and MTV is nearly at rock bottom. A perfect opportunity to add to Zalaznick's nearly legendary track record. (more...)

In October, 1991, James Fallows wrote a hilarious takedown of the Economist that ran in the Washington Post’s Outlook Section. The essay attempted to explain why perfectly intelligent people, like Harvard’s Robert Reich (who at the time was in the middle of a squabble with Newsweek’s Robert Samuelson), would say things like: “I, for one, don’t get my economics news from Newsweek. I rely on the Economist – published in London.” (more...)

Money was the deciding factor behind Janice Min's exit from Us Weekly, Women's Wear Daily reports:

A few years ago, Us Weekly editor in chief Janice Min signed a contract worth approximately $2 million, but that deal is about to expire, and given the state of the publishing world, that kind of money wasn’t on the table this time around. While Us owner Jann Wenner asked Min to stay, in the end they couldn’t agree on a new salary number. (more...)