Exclusive: Greg Lindsay Live From CBS Sports' NCAA Tourney Tip-Off [FishbowlNY]
Greg Gumbel is broadcasting live somewhere down the hall, but in here — where one wall is nothing but screens displaying multiple feeds from every game and another wall is fill with monitors and ethernet cables for working schlubs like me — it's a forest of empty Heineken bottles. This is CBS Sports' March Madness Tip Off Party, and I've never seen a more varied selection of sports jackets and shirts with small blue checks in my entire life. Earlier: Professional media people suddenly become strangely knowledgable about Wichita State University's athletic recruitment program.

Gossip Gets Ugly [TVNewser]
Several anonymous tipsters have criticized me for "ignoring" yesterday's N.Y. Daily News column by Lloyd Grove. In the piece, Grove attacks "Krazy Keith" Olbermann for naming him the "Worst Person in the World" on Tuesday.

So Long, SXSW [Unbeige]
We're not interactive designers. Honestly, we didn't understand some of what these people were saying, especially when they spoke in streams of acronymns. But this was one of the most enlightening, engaging gatherings we had ever attended. Why does the SXSW Interactive Festival work so well?

Scenes from Erica Jong's Book Party [Galleycat]
Naomi Wolf might not like much contemporary fiction for girls, but she's wild about Morning News/CollegeHumor contributor Lauren Frey, calling her "the next big thing" in YA women's literature.

Arianna, George, and the Public domain [FishbowlLA]
This sure makes it easier to corral prominent people into contributing to your blog. Coming soon to FishbowlLA: Posts from Donald Rumsfeld, Tara Reid, and Socrates!

You Will Blog...For Free. [FishbowlDC]
Erik Wemple pulls back the curtain on the Washington Post's blogging policy (and payment policy) in his latest piece for the Washington City Paper.

Sex and the Library [MBToolbox]
Strange things go on at the public library. Come on, you know that. Let's not try and deny it with high-minded thoughts of the wealth of knowledge that awaits all walks of life within a library's walls.