Frey Grilled a la King [Galleycat]
Gotta admit, though, I loved the part where Frey was invoking Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird—a book which was always marketed as a novel—in his defense, and Larry blithely responded, "And Jerzy killed himself."

Ted Koppel to join the NYT Op-Ed Page [FishbowlNY]
Move over, MoDo! Step off, Bobo—Ted Koppel is in da house! The veteran and venerated anchor will lend his godly voice to the op-ed page as a contributing columnist starting on January 29th.

Beware D.C.'s 'Impoverished and Rickety Emergency Care System' [FishbowlDC]
"The death of David Rosenbaum is tragic. No question. But anyone who's reported closely on the District, as I did in 2001 at City Paper—the era of Chandra and Condit...and the city's seriously inadequate response to 9/11—knows that this sort of snafu tangle is really par for the course in our city..."

Sirius Yin/Yang: Howard poised to sell, Mel to buy [FishbowlLA]
After just three days on the job at Sirius, reports surfaced yesterday that Howard Sternwas moving to sell the roughly $200 million in stock that he received as part of his five-year deal with the company.

O'Reilly/Letterman "Verbal Brawl" Is "Very Instructive For All Americans" [TVNewser]
On Thursday's Good Morning America, Charlie Gibson asked Bill O'Reilly about last week's "verbal brawl" with David Letterman...

The Unusual Trick of Politeness [MBToolbox]
This should seem like obvious advice to most of us, but apparently to some writers it hasn't sunk in: don't be a jerk to editors you're pitching to, networking contacts, or anybody who you come across in your writing career.

O'Reilly/Letterman "Verbal Brawl" Is "Very Instructive For All Americans" [TVNewser]
On Thursday's Good Morning America, Charlie Gibson asked Bill O'Reilly about last week's "verbal brawl" with David Letterman...

The Unusual Trick of Politeness [MBToolbox]
This should seem like obvious advice to most of us, but apparently to some writers it hasn't sunk in: don't be a jerk to editors you're pitching to, networking contacts, or anybody who you come across in your writing career.