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Green Virgin: Sir Richard Branson To Donate $3 Billion To Reduce Global Warming (FishbowlNY)
News from the 2nd annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting today in Midtown: Sir Richard Branson just announced that 100% of the proceeds of Virgin's trains and airlines — including Virgin Atlantic — are being devoted to reducing global warming and greenhouse emissions.

Inside The LAT Editorial 'Suicide Pact' (Deadline Hollywood Daily)
Nikki Finke: "The Suicide Pact" involves the paper's highest-ranking editors. If Dean Baquet is fired as editor and executive vice president by his Chicago bosses, then his trusted senior lieutenants — Doug Frantz, Leo Wolinsky, and John Montorio — have agreed to quit on the spot.

Yahoo To Buy Facebook? (WSJ)
Social-networking site Facebook.com is in serious talks to sell itself to Yahoo for an amount that could approach $1 billion after having held separate discussions with Microsoft and Viacom.

How Editors Decide Whether to Publish National Security Stories Based on Classified Info (AJR)
The Washington Post's Len Downie says government officials are involved "very, very early on" in the process, "particularly officials that are doing their jobs well. Reporters are talking to them, asking them questions. They can see stories taking shape."

TV Syndication's Ray of Hope? (WSJ)
While still a highly profitable segment of the TV industry, the sale of talk, game and court shows to local stations — a $1.2 billion annual business called first-run syndication — is faltering. But stations are betting that Rachael Ray's new show will buck the trend.

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