• Former Lowdown gossip Lloyd Grove lands at Vanity Fair, marking the second time he’s followed Jessica Coen’s career path. [Liz Smith]

• Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, and Nicholas Kristof are easy lays this week. [NYT]

• Simon Dumenco’s solution for keeping newspapers out of the hands of the wealthy: revise the tax law. Ahem. [AdAge]

• Nielsen, which is having a hard time getting its shit together, speaks up loud enough to announce ABC has an early lead in November sweeps. [TVW]