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It started with some intern gossip at "Dayside with Linda Vester." We had heard the rumors, and asked a producer if it was true — "Go check TVNewser."

From that point on I was hooked — a daily reader, an occasional anonymous tipster (like here) and when the associate editor position opened up, I jumped at the opportunity.

After more than 18 months, I'm truly honored to have been a part of what Brian Stelter started and Chris Ariens has continued.

Now, I go back to being a regular reader. Brian closed his goodbye with, "I still have a lot to learn." I do too — but thanks to everyone at mediabistro.com, I'm off to a good start.

So, Steve is leaving us.

After more than 18 months of Associate Editor goodness, he's heading to Abrams Research to be the TV Editor of their media blog, which means we're looking for a new Editor - not an A.E., but an Editor. You'll be running the TVNewser show (with some input from me, of course.)

Check out the job posting here.

Steve will be around for the next couple of weeks wrapping things up. Join us in wishing him the best in his new endeavor.

First we hear Steve might be going to Costa Rica later this month to cover the "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here" finale for WebNewser and now the Washington Examiner reports FishbowlDC's Christine Delargy and Matt Dornic may be the subject of a reality show on Bravo.

Under the working title "Inside Washington," producers have filmed try-out reels twice with a group of twentysomethings, including Washington Life editor Christina Wilkie; Fishbowl D.C.'s Matt Dornic and Christine Delargy; Project Beltway blogger Rachel Cothran; Politico's Patrick Gavin; Mix 107.3's Tommy McFly; former "Survivor" contestant Becky Lee; and the Washington Times' Liz Glover.

By the way, Steve made it to Round 2 in the "Im a Blogger Get Me Out of Here" deal.

Click here to see the Offal-tastic video he created, and vote him on to Round 3.

See, there's this NBC reality show starting Monday. Maybe you've heard of it, I'm A Celebrity...blah, blah, blah. Well, Steve was chosen among...we'll estimate...millions of bloggers, to participate in a live blog for the final week of the competition show.

Right now it's down to eight finalists. And the voting on this round ends tomorrow at noon.

So if you haven't voted, and you really should because having him out of the office for a few days isn't such a bad thing, click here...

You can also send an email here and put his name in the subject line.

Okay TVNewser readers, get 'em while they're hot. 10 tickets available for $245, first come, first served, to next week's mediabistro Circus.

For more information and to sign up click here. And enter the TVNewser promo code: TVN245.

This week and next, we're talking to some Circus speakers on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast. Tomorrow, Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV. On Friday, "Who's Got Your Back?" author Keith Ferrazzi and on Monday, Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer.

• Click here to listen live at 9amET.

For those who want their TVNewser on the go, we've just updated our mobile platform. It should make it easier to navigate TVNewser (and all 12 of our blogs) on your phones. What do you think?:

The mediabistro.com blog family just got a little bigger — BayNewser.com launched today, covering San Francisco and the rest of Bay Area media.

Co-editor E.B. Boyd interviewed James Cox, the creator of the CNN breaking news Twitter feed that raced to one million followers with Ashton Kutcher. (CNN acquired the account some time ago.)

"I ended up re-purposing the feed and taking the CNN email alerts, which at the time were the most, and still are, editorially driven, and putting them into a form I could consume as I traveled," he said. "CNN's feed also had the right level of noise."

• Follow BayNewser on Twitter

Foolishness.

We're going to stick with covering all the news nets:



As for who got the most votes? Well, we'll never tell...

The economic crisis is affecting all companies and industries, and TVNewser is no exception. Unfortunately, due to the amount of time and effort it takes to cover the entire television industry, we've decided today to move forward with something we've discussed here at the office for several weeks — ceasing coverage of one network. Because it wouldn't be fair to pick which network we will retire, we put the vote to you: which network should we stop covering? Thank you for taking the time to help decide the direction of this site. Voting concludes at 6pmET today:

Our friends in the mb Events department are polishing up the monitors for the TVNewser Summit, March 10 at 92YTribeca (in case you hadn't heard), and they've just added a special rate for groups as small as two and as large as an entire network.

The first person from a company gets in for the regular price of $225 and any colleagues from the same company who register at the same time get in for $157 (a 30% discount). Register here.

So bring your crew and participate in the summit about how you can help shape the future of broadcast journalism at a time when it really matters. FNC's Alexis Glick, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, and ABC's Rick Klein will be among those weighing in about news in the new economy.

Also, the kickoff party is this Tuesday night. Show up for your chance to win two tickets to the Summit.