Jared Paul Stern: The FishbowlNY Interview [FBNY]
JPS: Until [Ron Burkle] first got me to meet with him last summer, I just thought he was a rich, paranoid creep who got club kids to provide him with slutty model types to have his evil way with. Guess what they say about first impressions is true. FBNY: Jared Paul Stern to guest-edit Gawker, denies involvement with protest site.

Whither the CSM DC Bureau? [FishbowlDC]
Buried in the Post's big story today on the cash crunch facing the Christian Science church is news that the Christian Science Monitor's Washington bureau will be forced to relocate following the sale of the church building that currently houses it.

Tom & Diane: Tonight [TVNewser]
Why isn't Diane Sawyer smiling? She scored an exclusive interview with Tom Cruise, and ABC said he "speaks candidly about Katie Holmes, their baby and Scientology."

MJ as Beatles' Catalog Owner Over [FishbowlLA]
Michael Jackson's long and unsettling ownership of a large portion of the Beatles' back catalog appears to be over. Those carousel horses don't feed themselves, I guess.

Letter As Image, And the AC/DC Logo [Unbeige]
"Letter As Image: Image As Letter," showing at Harold's Gallery in Inglewood, CA, has typographic imagery from every walk of life, which, shown together in this blast of color and form, make mere logos look like modern masterpieces.

Library Yanks 'Obscene' Manga Guide [GalleyCat]
MangaBlog has been following the story of a Victorville, CA, library caught up in controversy when a local teen discovered "porn" in some of the illustrations to Paul Gravett's Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics.