The Ticker: Tapper, CNN Tower, Bazell…

> Why isn’t Jake Tapper getting Down & Dirty anymore??

> “Palo Alto investment firm Broadreach Capital Partners is paying about $50 million for the 14-story” CNN building at 6430 Sunset Blvd., home of ‘Larry King Live,’” the LAT reports…

> A Q&A with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien: “The worst thing, I would say, is the hours, but that’s not really true because the hours are great for my children…”

> NBC P.R.: Robert Bazell is starting a column called “Second Opinion” on MSNBC.com…

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