"We Were Beat By Everybody," says Fox Bureau Chief [TVNewser]
In her monthly staff meeting this morning, a stern-faced Fox News Washington bureau chief Kim Hume excoriated her employees for a "significant failure" during coverage of the Sago mine disaster...

The Hits Keep On Coming: Kerry in GQ, Redux [FishbowlNY]
The nice people at GQ sent us a copy of Michael Crowley's "hit piece" on John Kerry. It's no mystery why Kerry's press secretary David Wade is upset.

Reese is walking through Endeavor's gate [FishbowlLA]
EXCLUSIVE: FishbowlLA has learned that Reese Witherspoon is signing with the Endeavor talent agency.

Bill Maher loves Fishbowl! [FishbowlNY]
...so much that he's ripped our pretty moniker for his own cheap Amazon infomercial, "Amazon Fishbowl." True, it's very cool that Amazon is mounting a live, original half-hour of programming on the internets. Less cool is the fact that it will be an INFOMERCIAL ....

George Tenet gets a book deal -- yet again [Galleycat]
In December 2004, former CIA director George Tenet signed a book deal with Crown for a reported $4 million dollars. Then in March 2005, the deal was cancelled. Well, the book deal's back on -- but not with Crown.

Howell Responds...Sort Of [FishbowlDC]
Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell said that she had learned her lesson with MediaMatters.org and would not respond directly to them from now on, but her post this morning is certainly a response to the swarm of complaints she's gotten ...

Pitching to Startups [MBToolbox]
Is it a good idea for freelancers to get in early at a new publication, or better to wait to see if they stabilize? "It's like this," writes our guest blogger, "If you have the time and want to take a risk ..."

The 3 Phases Hiring Process [UnBeige]
If you're the person who winds up becoming a wildly successful designer because of me, you'll thank me later for this little hiccup. Got the info passed over to me from the terrific Susan Kirkland, that there's a Creative Director opening over at 3 Phases Energy based out of San Francisco. Sounds like a pretty cool gig. Here's the scoop...