Michael Cohen is announced as new Village Voice publisher as Judy Miszner steps down [FishbowlNY]
Village Voice Media CEO Jim Larkin announced this evening that Michael Cohen will be the new publisher of The Village Voice, and will resign from his current position as publisher of the Miami New Times. He will officially begin at the Voice on January 30, 2006.

UPN, WB to merge, but will two losers equal a winner? [FishbowlLA]
CBS and Time Warner have decided that rather than continue in their "Let's-see-who-can-bleed-to-death-first!" contest, the hugely unprofitable UPN and slightly-less unprofitable WB television network shall be one, Bloomberg reports.

I'm Just Getting Warmed Up [FishbowlDC]
Remember Plame-gate? Yeah, it hasn't gone away. And if you're one of the many DC journalists directly or tangentially involved in its tangled web, you may hear about it again...and soon.

They are so into talk shows [Galleycat]
In a case of convergence, bandwagon-hopping or whatever you want to call it, it seems like the author-as-talk show-host is becoming a new trend.

Making Moonves "Very Happy" [TVNewser]
Quoting today's Philadelphia Daily News: "Bob Schieffer has a good enough nose for news that he recognizes the scent of manure when it's shoveled his way.

Scheduling 200 Entries (Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Blog) [MBToolbox]
Finding the time to write a book is easy, that is, unless you have a job or a family or any possible source of distraction. That's why I asked writer Paul Davidson, who coincidentally has a new book out (coming May 8th, 2006), how he made the time to write The Lost Blogs: From Jesus to Jim Morrison.