A Rather Convenient Gore-Apple Truth [FishbowlNY]
As a reader points out, Al Gore has been on Apple's board of directors since 2003. Sorta explains why, as we pointed out earlier, Apple was placed all over An Inconvenient Truth. FBNY: A review of Truth's New York premiere.

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do [FishbowlDC]
So what was behind the split between Karen Feld and the Washington Examiner? We asked her and the answer is as vague as it is illuminating. "I've been in this business a long time, and just as I've watched civility in politics disappear, the same thing seems to have happened in journalism — more in some outlets than in others."

A Diamond Connection to Labor [FishbowlLA]
More and more, our sources tell us, the Hollywood contingent of the Screen Actors Guild is considering breaking away from the AFL-CIO. Given the advisory relationship between Steve Diamond, the leading candidate to run SAG, and the American Federation of Labor, the SAG board may very well be reluctant embrace a CEO who'd be unwilling to sever ties with the mother of all unions.

Q&A: Richard Engel On NBC's Beirut Bureau [TVNewser]
"It's a way to expand the Middle East coverage," Engel explains via cell phone from Baghdad. "We'll be able to cover lots of other stories and other countries in the Middle East. It's a dream job because I'll be able to continue to cover Baghdad as a major part of this assignment."

Chip Kidd's Got Bookworm [UnBeige]
He's the cover boy on this month's I.D., has one book that's tearing up the design press, another being made into a major motion picture, and his house has been featured in the New York Times. Where do you go from there? To Michael Silverblatt's public radio show "Bookworm," that's where. GalleyCat: Partying inside Chip Kidd's apartment.

Desperate Book Clubs [GalleyCat]
Every Tuesday night, beginning June 13 on CBS, eight women get together to talk books and dish dirt — and more, presumably. Cameras will chronicle the day-to-day drama encountered as the women attempt to raise their kids, maintain their households, and satisfy their husbands.

FishbowlNY: Easier to Read Than Us Weekly [FishbowlNY]
According to a readability test conducted by Muckraked!, FishbowlNY is among the top three most readable blogs around. In fact, it appears the only-non-blog we trail is Page Six. You know what this means? We're coming after you, Richard Johnson!