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Keith Olbermann vs. Page Six (HuffPo)
Keith Olbermann preempted Page Six's attack on Thursday's Countdown by previewing the gossip column's report, which ran this morning, that both he and Chris Matthews were jockeying for the Meet the Press moderator's chair (the report alleges that Olbermann has threatened to quit if he doesn't get the job and that Matthews was overheard, at Russert's memorial service, plotting his pitch to NBC executives).

Ex-Philly Newscaster Who Was Arrested in NYC Sues Former Employer (AP via Newsday)
Fired newscaster Alycia Lane, who was arrested in New York last year, sued her former employer on Thursday, alleging that the station and its general manager "intentionally and maliciously" damaged her reputation. The lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, alleges that KYW-TV management deliberately got Lane's personal life into the news to get free publicity for the station.

The Beltway-Blog Battle (Time)
James Poniewozik: It's hard to imagine a future Russert with that kind of singular authority, as the power to set the news agenda moves from insiders to outsiders. But with that change, maybe we'll also stop arbitrarily dividing "real" from "amateur" journalists and simply distinguish good reporting from bad, informed opinion from hot air, information from stenography.

Novak, Russert, and the Washington Protection Racket (Slate)
Jack Shafer: Sharing information with another reporter is completely kosher. I do it daily, almost hourly, as do many journalists. But the Novak-Russert relationship poses a couple of questions. Why couldn't Russert use the tidbits? Was the information tainted? Was it information about Democratic Party powers that former Democratic operative Russert couldn't use? Nobody in Washington, not even saints, gives away something for nothing.

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