Exclusive: Jared Paul Stern's First Video Interview Since Page Six Scandal [FishbowlNY]
Ousted Page Six reporter Jared Paul Stern on his financial situation at last night's now-infamous Toby Young book party at the Soho House: "It will be much improved after I sue Ron Burkle. He will no longer be a billionaire. I might."

Video: Spiegelman Explains Soho House Scuffle [FishbowlNY]
Author and former gossip columnist Ian Spiegelman's take on his near-fight with New York Press contributor Doug Dachert: "He sneaked off like a little bitch ... he knows I would've killed him." FBNY: More images from Toby Young's book party.

Middle East Crisis: Deployments [TVNewser]
Where the networks are deploying their correspondents. FishbowlNY: CNN sends Anderson Cooper, others to Israel, Russia.

Plame Jumps to Simon & Schuster As Things Get Interesting [GalleyCat]
Valerie Plame, famously outed 3 years ago as a CIA agent, agreed to terms with Crown for her memoirs. That fell through and a contract was never signed because, according to sources, she wasn't willing to delve deep in the dirt about Plamegate. Simon & Schuster — who had been interested all along — have finally signed Plame, AP's Hillel Italie reports. The news comes just as Plame and her husband are suing Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Lewis "Scooter" Libby for outing her.

Happy Birthday, MSNBC [FishbowlDC]
The network went on air at 9 a.m. on July 15, 1996 and Williams anchored the network's signature newscast, The News with Brian Williams. Later that day, Tom Brokaw inaugurated the channel with an interview with President Clinton. And they also showed off the oh-so-cool feature of questions emailed from readers. TVNewser: Remembering The Site.

UnBeige At Seattle's Icograda Design Week [UnBeige]
The forecast is relatively sunny in Seattle for the final two days of the first-ever US-hosted Icograda Design Week. Vesna Petrovic, an active member of the Cross Cultural Design community over at AIGA, reports from the Pacific Northwest.

MBToolbox At Chicago's Writers & Editors Conference [MBToolbox]
We're blogging from the 12th Chicago Writers & Editors / One-on-One conference, co-chaired by MBToolBox guest-blogger Annie Logue.