Spiegelman 'Made Stuff Up' for Page Six (AdAge)
"The Sightings file was always so overflowing with favors owed that I was often tempted to just put a price on it," says former Page Six staffer Ian Spiegelman. "Some items the flacks expected me to run in exchange for good information were so silly, so mind-numbing, that I thought I should get extra pay for it."

Palast Revives the Muckraking Tradition (PR Week)
"I'd like to [say] 'Look at the evil schmucks that own the outlets like Viacom and GE,' says Greg Palast. "But I think that's too simple. I think there's an elite which determines what is acceptable discourse and what isn't."

ABC News Sinks, Taking Morale With It (LAT)
When ABC's World News Tonight slipped behind the perennially third-ranked "CBS Evening News" in the ratings last week, it was a sobering and frustrating reminder of the internal tug-of-war that has stalled the newscast's efforts to recast itself after the death of anchor Peter Jennings.

AP Television News Open North Korea Bureau (AP)
Under the arrangement, international staff from APTN, which is headquartered in Britain, will work with local staff recruited from Korean Radio and Television. The announcement followed four years of negotiations with the state broadcaster, Korean Radio and Television, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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