Video: Spiegelman Explains Soho House Scuffle (FishbowlNY)
Author and former gossip columnist Ian Spiegelman's take on his near-fight at the Soho House last night minutes after his scuffle 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.

Trib to Cut 120 Jobs (Chicago Tribune)
No decision has been made on exactly how many jobs each department and operation will lose, publisher and chief executive David Hiller said. But 40 or so jobs have been vacant and left unfilled since the beginning of the year, meaning roughly 80 more will be deemed unnecessary and eliminated in the coming months.

Aaron Barnhart On Why TV Entertainment Thrives, While TV News Struggles (CBS Public Eye)
"Prime time television is more entertaining, more satisfying and -- as Stephen Johnson convincingly argued in his book Everything Bad Is Good For You — more challenging than it has ever been. We're living in a golden age for TV entertainment. So why is it that the situation for TV news is trending in exactly the opposite direction?"

Dailies Strike Back At Web (BusinessWeek)
Yahoo! and a loose consortium of newspaper publishers are mulling a partnership that would encompass Web classifieds, local news, and content packages based on general themes, like travel. Spearheading the discussions are executives from Hearst Newspapers and MediaNews Group.

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