• With just a three-day schedule, the American Magazine Conference is forcing attendees to consolidate their "getting sauced" time if they want to attend any of the panels. Which means fewer people attending panels. [WWD]

• MSNBC talent Kristine Johnson was smart enough to defect to WCBS before Jeff Zucker took her job away. [IC]

• Now-former Reuters markets editor Joe Maguire confirms he was fired over his Ann Coulter book. First Amendment, Schmirst Amendment. [PFAW]

• President Bush's tactic of hiring a a media insider as his talking head has worked: The major papers are said to have been going too lightly on Tony Snow. [NJ]

• Page Six should stay out of the business of reporting DUIs. Especially those of Daily News employees. [P6]

• Glamour sort of admits it screwed up when launching its "Don'tspotting" fashion feature, where readers got to trash the fashion sense of others. Now EIC Cindi Leive is reaching out to critical bloggers. And, it seems, to crazies: She's asked for Coutorture's Julie Frederickson to weigh in. [WWD]

• Seattle's Stranger apologizes for a staffer writing music reviews while selling music ads. Bad, bad! [The Stranger]