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White House Emails Implicate Former CPB Chief (Reuters via Yahoo!)
A report into the activities of Kenneth Tomlinson said "cryptic" e-mails between Tomlinson and the White House indicated by their timing and subject matter that Tomlinson "was strongly motivated by political considerations in filling the president/CEO position." MediaCitizen: But what about the emails between Tomlinson and Rove, asks Timothy Karr. NYT: Tomlinson repeatedly crossed statutory boundaries that had set up the corporation as a "heat shield" to protect public radio and television from political interference.

From Watergate to Plamegate (WaPo)
Bob Woodward testified yesterday that a senior administration official casually told him in mid-June 2003 that Valerie Plame worked as a CIA analyst on weapons of mass destruction. E&P: Woodward had recently downplayed Plame probe. VV: Woodward's blithe dismissal of the probe is surprising, writes Syd Schanberg.

Google Targets Classified Ads (SF Chron)
Google Inc. is asking users to submit information on everything to a searchable database, raising speculation that the Internet giant really has its sights set on conquering classified advertising.

Dear Pinch (NYO)
Tom Scocca: The New York Times is not as trusted and respected as it was a year ago—or even seven weeks ago. Morale is not, as you told Charlie Rose, "doing just great."

Lunch at Michael's a Media Power-Fest: Um... Who Knew? (WaPo)
"The place is sort of like a terrarium with a very fragile ecosystem," Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby explains, "and it needs just enough buzz, but not too much or it'll break down."

Reality Bites Back (AP via LADN)
More than 1,000 TV writers want their benefits to catch up with scribes of comedies and dramas, and about a dozen of their representatives interrupted a discussion with the entertainment presidents of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, UPN and the WB at the Waldorf Astoria.

Indecency Push Slows at FCC (WSJ)
The Federal Communications Commission has received more than 189,000 indecency complaints against radio and television programs through the end of September, but it hasn't issued any fines.

Arrested Development Finally Canned (NYO)
"I can't say there was shock and surprise," said David Nevins, the executive producer. "This is a show that has been on the brink from its very first airings."

Inside TV Confirms it Will Suspend Publication (WWD)
The move came as no great surprise; the mag had been averaging fewer than 130,000 copies per issue on the newsstand, making its promise of a year-end circulation of 400,000 appear doubtful. The timing, however, caught staffers off guard.

Yahoo! Gawks (Mediaweek)
Yahoo Inc. today plans to begin featuring roughly 30 posts per day from five Gawker blogs on its News site.

O'Reilly: I Hate You and You and You (Think Progress)
"Now we can all know who was with the anti-military internet crowd," said Fox News host Bill O'Reilly this week. "We'll post the names of all who support the smear merchants."

Mapes Slams CBS (The Book Standard)
Former CBS producer Mary Mapes says that the charges made against her are "completely unfounded"; and that it's "CBS [that] damaged CBS as a whole and I think they did it to help [parent company] Viacom." NYO: Fallout from the Mapes flap.

Rupe Scoop: Internet's a Big Deal (Hollywood Reporter)
"We've all been operating during a changing model of communications: television, moving pictures and so on," said the News. Corp chairman. "But the Internet has been the most fundamental change during my lifetime and for hundreds of years."

Page Six Had History With NYC Rapist (Jossip)
David Hauslaib: Back in 2004, the column let Peter Braunstein paint Jane Larkworthy as the crazed girlfriend who clawed at the man now known as the "Fakest Bravest." A decision they now regret, we're sure.

France Discreetly Tries to Integrate TV (NYT)
Audrey Pulvar is one of the first minority anchors to appear regularly on prime-time television and part of a gradual effort to mold the country's communications media into a more representative shape.

Newsday Trimming Staff (NYP)
Newsday is looking to chop up to 165 jobs next year, but the newsroom, which has just had 49 voluntary buyouts and may have up to 10 more layoffs and buyouts by year-end, may escape the ax in the latest negotiation.

AOL Seeks Improvement With Self-Helf (NYDN)
In an effort to beef up its free programming, the Internet giant will expand its list of self-improvement gurus today, adding six new authors to its AOL Coaches Web site.

Mad as Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore (AAN)
It is difficult to say whether Harvey A. Silverglate is primarily a lawyer or a journalist—if the choice is really necessary. But, either way, it's safe to say that he's busy.

Signs That Boomers Have Lost Control of the Media (Slate)
Jack Shafer: What post-boomer reference in a mass-media headline or TV commercial will signal the cultural coup? I polled a panel of post-boomers for markers.

South Park Nervously Targets Scientology (Radar)
Asked whether taking potshots at Tom Cruise and Scientology was a wise move, Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said the network has Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s back.

MTV Planning Hi-Def Channel (USAT)
The network will launch a high-definition music channel from a glass-walled studio on Vail Mountain, and Olympic skier Jeremy Bloom will be one of the VJs, the network and Vail Resorts announced.

—David S. Hirschman

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:

It's Official: Squawk Box Expanding To Four Hours [TVNewser]
As TVNewser first speculated yesterday, CNBC has announced an expansion of "Squawk Box," including a new "tri-anchor format" and a "Squawk on the Street" set at the New York Stock Exchange.

'Toothless Jounralist'! [FishbowlDC]
Last night's interview with Judith Miller...was remarkably more heated than her gig last week at the National Press Club (perhaps because 90 percent of the crowd was George Washington University students).

It's the end of the world as we know it... [FishbowlLA]
Dialectical materialism may not be the strong suit of New Line Cinema production chief Toby Emmerich , but he is nonetheless readying a comedic remake of 1998's highest grossing film, "Armageddon."

Art Lenehan Leaves The Record [FishbowlNY]
Art Lenehan, managing editor of The Record, left the New Jersey paper on Thursday.

Vines shuts the door ever so slowly [Galleycat]
The story going around the publishing world early this week was that Jimmy Vines, who's run the Vines agency since 1989, would be retiring from the biz.

History Lessons [MBToolbox]
Here's a good reason why you should build up a good network of writing friends: you can stay up to date on which publications are notoriously bad at paying on time.

So You Want To Dwell In... Dwell? [Unbeige]
We never saw the Dwell Home in Raleigh, NC, but we are aware enough of the culturescape to know that it was and is a Big Deal.