Twirling celebrities and singing amateurs held on to the Top 4 slots for the week in New York.

ABC’s Dancing With The Stars takes ownership of the number one position again, according to Nielsen, for the two-hour performances. An estimated 1.2 million WABC viewers tuned in, giving the broadcast a 6.4 rating.  Results night managed a fourth-place finish (1.1 million/5.8).

American Idol filled the gap in second and third place for the week, scoring nearly identical 1.2 million WNYW viewers and a 6.3 and 6.2.

NBC’s The Voice finished its final week of season two with the two-hour talent showcase landing in a 21st-place tie (637,000/3.3), while the winner was crowned tied for 12th (763,000/3.9).

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Author and journalist Susan Orlean (left) has written two nonfiction pieces that have been turned into films. She’ll discuss her new book, Rin Tin Tin, in Mediabistro’s first online Literary Festival & Workshops starting July 16. Other speakers include Rebecca Skloot, Jason Boog, and Jason Allen Ashlock. Register now.

Two big editors at Time Inc. are rumored to have signed on for more of the magazine life. According to The New York Post, Larry Hackett and Richard Stengel, the Managing Editors of People and Time, respectively, have each renewed their contracts.

Both contacts are for two years, which is less than the typical three year deal, reports the Post.

Hackett and Stengel have been at their positions since 2006.

Attention all you politicos out there: New York magazine’s John Heilemann is hosting a conversation with President Obama’s senior strategist David Axelrod at the 92nd Street Y. Heilemann knows his stuff: He covers politics for New York and is the author of the fantastic book Game Change, about the 2008 election. In other words, this will be fun event.

We’re not saying that Heilemann will ask Obama to save the Knicks, but you might want to be there just in case he does.

Tickets are on sale now.

[H/T: Daily Intel]

Michael Alex, a former veteran of MTV, is joining Bonnier as Vice President of Digital Content Strategy, a new role at the company. At Bonnier, Alex will work with the company’s digital department heads on new content strategies for their collective brands.

Prior to Bonnier, Alex worked as a consultant. Before that, Alex was with MTV for 15 years, most recently serving as Vice President, Digital of MTV News and Movies.

“An early adopter in the digital world, Michael is known by his former colleagues at MTV as a leader who is always looking for new ideas, new ways of doing things and new technological applications,” said Terry Snow, Bonnier’s CEO. “He will help us elevate and strengthen our digital offerings across many platforms.”

Reuters has named Fred Barbash its new Domestic Policy Editor. Barbash most recently served as Managing Editor of CQ Weekly, the congressional title that’s published by CQ Roll Call. He had been there since 2010. Prior to tCQ Weekly Barbash was a Senior Editor at Politico.

Barbash also spent time at The Washington Post, working as National Editor, London Bureau Chief, Deputy Metro Editor and more.

Barbash will be stationed in D.C. and report to Bureau Chief Mary Milliken.

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• SocialTimes: A new sitcom based on people who work at Groupon is coming to CBS. We hear the first episode will be about a guy who gets dumped for using a coupon at Wendy’s. Hmmm… Actually, that’s not a bad idea. No one steal that.
• AgencySpy: A sad attempt to make khaki’s cool. The only guy who looks cool wearing khaki’s is Indiana Jones, and he’s not even real.
• FishbowlLA: Someone at NBC 4 needs to brush up on their sports.

Pardon us for tooting our own horn, but we wanted to point out that FishbowlNY’s very own Diane Clehane has a new column at Forbes. Titled “The Parent $$$ Trap,” each article will explore the good and the bad of the parenting business.

Her debut column is a piece on a question that you should never ask adoptive parents. The issue is near to Clehane’s heart because she is raising an adopted child.

Be sure to check it out and support her!

As the adage goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. That could have been written about WLTW/Lite FM and its ratings prowess.

Once again, the Clear Channel heavyweight was tops on the overall PPM Arbitron ratings for April by maintaining a 7.5 rating for the second straight month.

WCBS-FM, which last week announced programmer Brian Thomas is leaving to run the CBS Radio cluster in Tampa, kept its number two position by posting a slight gain to 6.4.

The number three and four stations are familiar dwellers as well. Clear Channel sister stations WHTZ/Z100 was third with a .4 boost to 5.6. WKTU marked time at fourth by again registering a 4.7.

It was a strong finish for KISS FM/WRKS, jumping to fifth place with a 4.0. Last month, ESPN/Disney took over the Emmis’ 98.7 FM frequency.

More from the monthly radio ratings after the jump.

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Fairchild Fashion Media (FFM) has acquired Fashion Networks International (FNI), a media enterprise. FNI’s biggest brand is NowManifest.com, a site that curates posts from high profile fashion bloggers such as Anna Dello Russo, Bryan Grey Yambao, Rumi Neely and Elin Kling. NowManifest gets an average of 1.2 million unique visitors per month.

As part of the deal, NowManifest’s Co-founder, Christian Remröd, will join FFM as Managing Director, NowManifest and Fairchild Fashion Media Business Development.

“We are thrilled to welcome Christian and Fashion Networks International to Fairchild Fashion Media,” said FFM’s President and CEO Gina Sanders. “This acquisition furthers our mission to deliver an insider perspective to the global fashion community, while offering exciting new functionality and meaningful scale.”