The Ticker: Haircuts, Novotny, Palmer…

> “Cheap or chic?:” Fox & Friends had some fun this morning, with Steve Doocy getting a $400 haircut and Brian Kilmeade getting a cheap one from a New Jersey barber. “All of this, of course, at John Edwards‘ vain expense,” an e-mailer laughs…

> A Q&A with FNC’s Gretchen Carlson: “In this age of YouTube, you don’t know when you’re going to end up on there. I’ve been on there many times, and many times I don’t even know when I’ve been on there…”

> “MSNBC’s Monica Novotny, back from maternity leave, was seen doing news updates during the Michael Smerconish simulcast this morning,” ICN notes…

> “CNN will be selling election coverage packages during the upcoming upfront advertising sales market,” TV Week reports. “In past years the multimillion-dollar packages have covered four quarters, or roughly a calendar year. This cycle, the packages will cover five quarters…”

> What’s former Today Show news anchor and White House correspondent John Palmer doing nowadays? Washington Whispers knows…

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