Happy birthday to Leah Kohl and an early shout out to Tino Anthony who will celebrate this Sunday. Good morning FishbowlDC! Here's what we're reading over coffee, toast and a little marionberry jam this fine Friday morning...
AFP reporter Farhad Pouladi will remain in custody at least until the weekend after being arrested on Wednesday while covering an anti-American rally in Tehran.
National Journal Group and Gates Foundation to host "Improving College Completion Rates: The How and Why" panel and breakfast on Thursday November 19th at 8:00 am.
On Wednesday, November 11th Vice President Joseph Biden will be the keynote speaker at The Lab School of Washington's 25th Anniversary Gala, which will be held at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. Media interested in covering should contact Allison@kaminskyputala.com.
Washingtonian: Having taken a beating for trying to set up evening salons where reporters could mingle with corporate types who'd pay big money for the privilege, The Washington Post now is attempting a more benign way to raise revenue: wine tastings -- with reporters as guests.
Politico: John W. Mashek, a political reporter who covered every presidential election from 1960 to 1996, died of a heart attack Tuesday. "He was one of the great political reporters of the last quarter-century," said Jerry Seib, executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Epiphany, on Dumbarton Street between 27th and 28th Sts., N.W., in Georgetown.
Look out John King and Dana Bash... there's a new couple in CNN's Washington bureau.
Champagne bottles were popping in the "State of the Union" offices earlier today to celebrate the engagement of Ted Metzger and Jessica Rummel.
Metzger is a producer and Rummel is a production assistant for King's Sunday cable show.
We hear Metzger proposed while the couple was on vacation last week at the Cornwall Inn just outside Hershey, Pennsylvania. It involved all of the traditional romantic elements- candlelight, roses, and of course, the diamond ring. The next day they went to Chocolate World at Hershey Park and then straight to Pittsburgh to tell the bride-to-be's family in person.
The wedding is slated for spring 2011 in Washington. Congrats!
Good morning FishbowlDC! "By the People," the documentary chronicling Obama's presidential campaign, premieres this Election Day on HBO tonight.
Join FBDC and TVNewser for a few drinks at mediabistro's happy hour from 6-8pm this fine evening at the Reserve. RSVP. What we know and what we're reading this "Super Tuesday" morning...
Rollins in debt: The GOP strategist and CNN contributor Ed Rollins apparently owes more than $1.33 million in state and federal taxes.
John Harwood in Sunday's NYT: If Fox Is Partisan, It Is Not Alone. Harwood is the chief Washington correspondent for CNBC and hosts "The New York Times Special Edition" on MSNBC (as noted in his piece).
Folio: TheAtlantic.com is expected to report 103 percent growth in digital revenue in 2009. Even while most publishers are ramping up online, The Atlantic's Web site has added channels including business, politics and food; launched the Atlantic Wire, an opinion news aggregator; and has plans for a business site.
The debate over health care reform, the conflict in Afghanistan and the ongoing financial crisis filled about 40% of the newshole last week, according to Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism. It is the fourth consecutive week these three topics combined generated that level of attention.
• MSNBC: White House correspondent and political director Chuck Todd will anchor the 11am and 2pm hours on MSNBC from Washington tomorrow. Ed Schultz will take over the 4pm hour. Following the regularly scheduled primetime lineup, live editions will air of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" at 10pm, "The Rachel Maddow Show" at 11pm and "Hardball with Chris Matthews" at midnight.
• CNN:Wolf Blitzer will anchor CNN's live coverage of returns as the polls close. Campbell Brown, Anderson Cooper and Larry King will center their programs on the election, with input from Gloria Borger, Candy Crowley, John King and Jessica Yellin. There will be a special edition of "Larry King Live" at midnight with guests, including Mayor Cory Booker, David Gergen, BET host Jeff Johnson and Ben Stein. Other guest throughout the night include Gov. Tim Kaine (D-VA), RNC chairman Michael Steele and former Gov. Jesse Ventura.