CalArts: From Gnomes to Antz [UnBeige]
We're feeling even more guilty about missing CalArts' much ballyhooed graduation week binge, now that we've read the fired-up review from New York Times writer Manohla Dargis.

Child Goes the Way of ElleGirl—Away From the Newsstand [FishbowlNY]
After deciding to put Child to bed for once and for all, Meredith Corp. is spinning its decision as part of the new distribution reality for magazines, now largely mired in a post-celebrity-mag bubble world.

Applebaum Leaving Post Post [FishbowlDC]
Washington Post columnist and editorial writer Anne Applebaum will soon be leaving the paper, we learn today.

ABC Needs a Solution, Not a Patch [TVNewser]
A retired ABC News staffer writes to TVNewser: "The problem with many of my former colleagues is they have trouble seeing beyond the immediate moment. Analyze the problem and offer solutions—not patches—and get on with it."

The Weinsteins' New Web Scheme: Pick me! Pick me![FishbowlLA]
We suspect this is what Dan Quayle meant when he railed against the "cultural elite" in the early '90s.

Dateline BEA: Managing Career Intensity [GalleyCat]
One of the themes running around this year's BookExpo was the whole "books from blogs" concept. In addition to Chris Anderson's Long Tail presentation, there was also a Friday morning panel on "the effects of blogging, new media and the blogging culture on book industry relationships and practice" where, as it happens, our very own mediabistro.com publisher, Kyle Crafton, was one of the featured speakers.

Well-Informed or Desperate Stalker? [MBToolBox]
A writer wrote into Miss Snark how to delicately let agents know you're no dummy without coming across as a jerk...