Remains of the Half-Day

The Future of Fareedom: The New York Observer's Sheelah Kolhatkar profiled intellectual heartthrob and man-about-the-NY-to-DC-corridor Fareed Zakaria this week, and finds that the Newsweek columnist/pundit/favorite of Jon Stewart is looking forward to reading a few good books, golfing on a private island with rich, influential people and probably writing about China. Related: Fishbowl's write-up of Fareed on Jon Stewart is in our top-ten most-popular posts. [NYO]
Speaking of Newsweek, Jonathan Alter broke the news that the White House had summoned Bill Keller and Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. to discuss the shelving of the domestic spying story, and though Newsweek wonders where the outrage is, currently 505 bloggers are talking about it. Make that 506, baby. Fishbowl will stand up and be counted. [Newsweek]
First Time Warner, now NBC: Looks like no one wants to play with Microsoft. In other news, the Empire of Zucker just got bigger. [NYT]
"On Brady! On Damon!" is our favorite part... ESPN's Dan Shanoff has a super-cute sports-themed version of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," which makes us think of a few hotbodied reindeer we wouldn't mind saddling up. Since this is a media blog, we're adding "On Tiki!" to our list for new Fox contributor Tiki Barber. Fishbowl: fair and balanced, AND we know our sports! [ESPN]
And those TV listings slay me! Entertainment Weekly has some die-hard fans (including this blogger), and Jon Friedman hobnobs with the ultra-devout. Well, at least one Time Inc. title won't get the axe. [MW]
The first rule of not mentioning Brad Pitt is not to mention Brad Pitt: But we don't have to tell Lloyd Grove that. [NYDN]