Wallace to Retire From 60 Minutes [TV Newser]
This morning, CBS News wouldn't confirm it when we asked. But now it's definite: Mike Wallace is retiring from 60 Minutes this spring.

Leibovich ... Out [FishbowlDC]
Mark Leibovich is leaving the Washington Post and heading to the New York Times. Word on the street has it that he may be taking over Elisabeth Bumiller's White House Letter when she takes a book leave.

'JT Leroy' Blasts Snark, Fails to Grasp 'Irony' [FishbowlNY]
"Leroy"'s thesis on post-snarkism in this month's BlackBook: "When did snark become an acceptable pose for journalists, be they bloggers hiding out in daddy's rec room or fellas fanning themselves under the fearsome moniker of the New York Times?" Oh, I don't know, "JT." Perhaps when, oh, other writers, er, "journalists," began hiding out in, I don't know, completely made-up identities.

Apparently There Are Some Other Things Going On in Austin Other Than SXSW [Unbeige]
Because one cannot exist on steady diet of design and blogs alone, we ventured outside our own circle of dorks to interact with the dorks of other industries.

Will There Be Victory for V? [GalleyCat]
The first reviews of V for Vendetta are coming in, and while Ebert & Roeper give it both their thumbs up, other reviewers haven't been as kind. Newsweek calls it "a lackluster comic-book movie that thinks terrorist is a synonym for revolutionary." The harshest pre-release buzz, though, may come from David Denby at the New Yorker, who found the film a "dunderheaded pop fantasia."

He Pressed His Luck for Charity [FishbowlLA]
That the gameshow host who claim to fame was shouting "No Whammies!" on TV should die in one big whammy strikes us as perverse beyond expression.

Pitching an Agent: TriadaUS Literary Agency [MBToolBox]
If you're looking for an agency with a human touch, TriadaUS might be the one for you.