CIA Officer Fired for Press Leak [FishbowlDC]
News breaking this afternoon that the CIA has fired one of its officers for leaking information about the Eastern European secret prisons to the Washington Post's Dana Priest.

Time Inc. Appoints Executive Editors [FishbowlNY]
John Huey announced the appointment of a pair of executive editors — Scott Mowbray and Sheryl Hilliard Tucker — and "a new kind of central editorial management team." Huey's memo to Time Inc. staff: "The days when a handful of very senior editors could oversee a handful of magazines in a very hierarchical, top-down way are long gone, and we should address that reality in our management structure as we move forward."

BBC Launching Morning Show for U.S. [TVNewser]
BBC World is launching a new program aimed at the early morning audience in the United States, several tipsters tell TVNewser. One e-mailer says George Alagiah, a well known presenter, will front the broadcast, called NewsHour. The announcement may come next week.

How Not to Eulogize a Slain Rapper [FishbowlLA]
Billboard's coverage of Proof's two hour-plus funeral offers a lesson in how-not-to-commemorate a fallen rapper: "The only sour note came when Nedra Ruffin, daughter of the late Temptations singer David Ruffin, followed her empathetic remarks to the family by gratuitously plugging her son's upcoming rap CD, which drew murmurs of dissent in the church."

Warren Platner Dies at 86 [UnBeige]
It's been a rough week for the design world, first losing type-master Richard Eckersley, then midcentury modern designer and architect Warren Platner. You'll remember Platner best for his iconic steel furniture collection that's still available at Knoll.

Writers Too Cute for Words [GalleyCat]
A call for literary babes from a Lucky staffer seeking "an attractive female author...between the ages of 25 and 35 [who] has written a sophisticated/intelligent book" for the August issue, leaked by Gawker, got us thinking. After considering some obvious choices, here are some of our candidates.

Pop Quiz: Rachel Sklar [MBToolbox]
"Is the blogger-cum-celeb thing going to fade? I don't think so — good smart writing is still good smart writing — but the playing field is levelling as more and more peope join. I don't think it's the medium that sells the book though — it's the writer."