So, remember yesterday when Keith Kelly wrote that Martin Dunn was about to be axed, and replaced by News of the World editor, Andy Coulson?

Well, apparently that rumor was about as factually correct as, well, your average issue of News of the World. In fact, Dunn himself writes to Jim Romenesko to set the record straight.

"As always, rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated," jokes the still-employed Daily News chieftain.

Oh, Martin. It's that incisive wit and penchant for sarcasm that enables you to come up with unbeatable headlines such as "Britney Shears" and "Father Nose Best," following Keith Richards' shocking revelation that he snorted his dead father's ashes along with a line or two of coke.

But we digress.

Dunn's full denial (which includes an anti-Keith Kelly barb!) after the jump.

From MARTIN DUNN, editor-in-chief, New York Daily News: Just before you leap into the fray and link to Keith Kelly’s lead item today, let me just say one quick thing — a single tiny word is hopelessly wrong, which, of course, for Keith Kelly is not unusual.

It was me who contacted Andy Coulson, the ex-editor of Britain’s News of the World, a few weeks ago to suggest that if he ever felt he might like to work in New York, I would be delighted to talk to him about him becoming an editor, not the editor.

Andy is a very old friend of mine, and until this morning, Mort Zuckerman had never heard of him, let alone met him. As always, rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Meanwhile, we're hearing that Bill Keller is about to be sacked and replaced with David Perel, (EIC of the National Enquirer). Hope it's true!