Security Forces Working To 'Put An End' To Fox Newsers' Kidnapping [TVNewser]
The Palestinian president and prime minister met with Fox News Channel representatives. The AP says: "The prime minister assured the Fox News representatives that Palestinian security forces would use all their power to 'put an end to it soon.'" TVNewser: Full coverage.

Michael Ian Black Named Editor-At-Large As Cracked Returns From 2-Year Hiatus [FishbowlNY]
After a two-year hiatus, 48-year-old Cracked magazine has officially relaunched with actor/comedian Michael Ian Black as its editor-at-large and an older demographic of 18-to-34-year-olds — what it calls the "adult comedy market" — as its target. FBNY: Barry Diller's IAC Corp. buys majority stake in CollegeHumor.com; pricetag said to be near $20 million.

Further Proof That Journalists Are Hot [FishbowlDC]
Pick up your latest copy of Marie Claire to see fashion pics of Fareed Zakaria, James Bennet, Michael Tomasky, Norah O'Donnell, Claire Shipman, Chris and Kathleen Matthews and George Stephanopolous.

Travel Channel Producer Trolls Craigslist For Home Videos [FishbowlLA]
Via Craigslist LA: "I am producing a new series for The Travel Channel, a part of Discovery Networks. It is based on VCC, or Viewer Contributed Content. If you have a video camera at home and editing software, I will pay you up to $1000 for 3-5 minute videos stories about you and your travels."

Mark Helprin Isn't Reading Your Book [GalleyCat]
Mark Helprin, the bestselling novelist of Winter's Tale, gives a one-word answer to the standard question about "any contemporary writers whom you read, that you admire?" No. Well, okay, he's willing to elaborate.

They're MFA Grads And They're Here to Rock [UnBeige]
It's that time of year in LA, when eight local schools roll out their big guns for Supersonic, a show that proves "Southern California is a world-class culture-generating region for advanced artistic production."

Real Life Legal Fiction Writers on Writing Legal Fiction (In Real Life) [MBToolBox]
"The best way to get published is to have an agent," advises Kermit Roosevelt, Assistant Professor of Law at University of Pennsylvania Law School and author of In the Shadow of Law. "Making it out of the slush pile otherwise is very unlikely. So the more important question is probably how to get an agent …