• ABC drops out of the pool of broadcasters hoping to convince the FCC that a little "shit" on-air isn't so bad.

• Paula Zahn missed the point. CNN staffers yawn with non-susprise.

• NYT Co. rebuffs ex-GE chief Jack Welch's offer to take the Boston Globe off its hands.

• Gay Talese is one person you can count on O.J. Simpson's side. Then again, his wife is Nan Talese, as in James Frey's Oprah cohort.

• Thanks to Michael Richards needing to apologize for his racist rant, David Letterman leap frogs over Jay Leno's ratings.

• Patty Hearst's (lesbian) Hollywood screen kiss will not, after all, come to fruition.

• Domino goes green for March.