NBC executive Olivia Metzger will be joining Creative Artists Agency in its television department this summer, the talent agency announced yesterday.

Metzger started her career at NBC as talent coordinator in the news division, moving up to manager of talent and recruitment for CNBC. She was appointed director of talent recruitment for CNBC in 2000 and two years later she was named director of talent recruitment and development for the NBC Television Stations division.

In 2005, Metzger was promoted to the position of vice president of talent recruitment and development for NBC Universal, where she also managed contract negotiations, strategy and on-air talent retention.

At CAA, Metzger will be working on the other side of the table, representing news talent, hosts and on-air personalities out of the agency’s New York office.

TVNewser: NBC News chief medical editor, and author of “Medical Myths That Can Kill You,” Dr. Nancy Snyderman will anchor an MSNBC midday show focusing on health issues starting next month.

GalleyCat: HarperCollins’ revenue was down 20 percent last quarter.

MediaJobsDaily: Is Google good for journalism?

Silicon Alley Insider: CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera is “furious” over the new Kindle DX — because she just bought a Kindle2.

Huffington Post: Former Vanity Fair contributing editor, author and “Top Chef” judge Toby Young was hit by a car and knocked off his bike in London. It looks like he’s going to be okay, but the picture of his face is kind of gruesome.

The New York Times isn’t running the story yet, but CNBC is reporting that House Republicans have scuttled the $700 million bailout plan. However, all may not be lost. Per Clusterstock:

In the initial voting the bailout fell short by over a dozen votes from what it needed to pass in the House of Representatives today, shocking the market and Capitol Hill insiders.

House members, however, can change their votes until the vote has closed, according to a source on the Hill. Right now serious arm-twisting is getting down on the House floor, as the House leadership pushes to get members to change their vote and get the measure passed.

Meanwhile the Dow is down 500 points.

Update: The Times is on board now, complete with scary headlines. A friend in the Morgan Stanley offices just wrote to tell us: “I haven’t seen so many quiet people staring at a TV screen since the crash of ’87, when the entire 48th floor of Smith Barney was standing in front of a Bloomberg watching their net worth vanish.”

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