from FishbowlNY
Citigroup fired exec Todd Thomson this week in wake of Bartiromo-Gate: CNBC defended its marquee anchor to the WSJ and New York Times, saying her role in speaking at Citigroup events was ethical, including plane rides on Citigroup's corporate jet (for which CNBC says it compensated Citigroup). Love for the Money Honey, from all sides. Joey Ramone would be proud. [WSJ/NYT]
Also: She reports/takes a $50,000 flight on a private jet with a source, you decide! [FishbowlNY]
Libby trial testimony reveals White House media tactics: Notes by Cheney's communications director include recommendations that Cheney appear on Meet the Press as it is "our best format," where Cheney could "control the message" about accusations that Bush had stretched evidence for Iraqi nuclear plans. The director was embarrassed by a note suggesting a press "leak," which she called a "term of art" for an exclusive. Other testimony reveals that Cheney was obsessed with Hardball because the show paid attention to Joe Wilson. [WaPo]
The EIC of Sun-Times Media Group's Pioneer Press chain says he quit because the company is full of 'truthiness.'" "A lot of these folks would be at home in the Bush White House," John Ambrosia tells the Chicago Reader. He also says he saw ineffective cuts made to short-term costs. [Reader]
Atoosa Rubenstein is ready for her closeup Part XLVII: And looking to rally the troops (and the money) around Brand Atoosa. [BusinessWeek]
The New York Post promotes metro editor Jesse Angelo to managing editor. He and two other managing editors will report to EIC Col Allan. [NYT]
Journalists will "find new ways of finding a new audience," Google's CEO tells PBS Frontline: "I'm not sure it's good," says Eric Schmidt, who lists blogging as one of the possible new revenue forms for news outlets. "We're critically dependent on the success of these newspapers... Anything that screws up their economics, that causes them to get rid of reporters, is a really bad thing. So anything that Google can do to help them by sending more traffic, better advertising, those are all improvements. The fact of the matter is that the consumption of news is up." [Frontline]
WSJ to launch 'Rub N' Sniff' ads: There's no way we can improve on that, nor would we want to. [AdAge]
