Comcast exercises its right to excise [FishbowlLA]
Comcast, the nation's largest cable company today introduced Exercise TV, a video-on-demand network that takes product placement to a new level: There are no commercials.

CNNI Cancels Diplomatic License [TVNewser]
CNN International has cancelled Diplomatic License, a weekly program focusing on the United Nations. "CNN has decided to cancel Diplomatic License," clearly disappointed host Richard Roth told viewers last weekend.

Lunch at Michael's: A Rainy, Dreary Day [FishbowlNY]
It's rainy out and yucky, so we'll be brief. Many of the media luminaries were hiding in their lairs today anyway and not at Michael's poking around in their Cobbs. Here's who was there...

Don't Get Scammed! [MBToolbox]
The website Preditors and Editors has some useful tips on how to avoid getting scammed by phony agencies, publishing houses and even websites. Some tips on spotting scam agencies...

Howell vs. MediaMatters.Org (and the World?) [FishbowlDC]
Washington Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell has been duking it out with MediaMatters.org recently. Call it a draw.

Mad Max Perkins takes off his mask [Galleycat]
In the fall of 2004, an anonymous blogger who'd spent many years working as an editor in the publishing industry showed up to try and get some serious dialogue going about the difficulties of this crazy world o' books. It's not difficult to deduce who it is...