Ka-pow! Paramount buys Dreamworks, shocks analysts [FishbowlLA]
Comment etonnant! It appears Sumner Redstone was employing an elastic interpretation of the truth last October when he said that no deal was in the works for DreamWorks.

MSNBC Disconnects "Connected" [TVNewser]
MSNBC's "Connected: Coast to Coast" died a quiet death on Friday. Monica Crowley and Ron Reagan co-hosted their last show at noon.

The CBS Holiday Party: Morley, Bradley, and David Lee Roth [FishbowlNY]
Last night's holiday party at the CBS offices was a wall-to-wall media affair (conveniently labeled with magnetic nametags thanks to a quick-thinking CBS party-planning staff).

"Some have brains, and some haven't..." [Galleycat]
The reaction to Disney's announcement of a new Winnie the Pooh cartoon without Christopher Robin, who will be replaced by an adorable little red-headed girl, has been universally negative.

Someone Went To Hear Chip Kidd Speak And Liked Him [Unbeige]
Chipp Kidd had no plans to make a horizontal, page exploding retrospective book.

WPNI Hires Postie for Strategy [FishbowlDC]
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive has hired Jonathan Krim, a technology reporter at the Post, to be its new director of strategic initiatives.

Me Write Letter With Hand [MBToolbox]
Well, if you're writing a business letter, you have to go back and remember the little niceties of how to actually do it.