• ABC pays News Corp. $1m kill fee for O.J. Simpson interview that Barbara Walters passed on, giving Judith Regan some much needed buffer room for that little financial fiasco.

• IvyGate fosters healthy father-son relationships: The blog's founder and his Boston Globe-columnist father share stories.

• Maer Roshan was just begging to be called out on his latest ego trip.

• Steve Florio leaves his Conde Nast executive suite for the Conde Nast cafeteria. Or something like that.

• Bidders for Tribune's assets aren't offering enough cash, forcing the company to take some time to think of clever ponzi schemes to make up the rest.

• With the city's most famous party crasher in attendance, it's nice to see Jon Friedman get the headlining love.

• If you ask Internet entrepreneuers what they'd do if they had their own newspaper, of course they're going to say something about going digital.

• Portfolio poaching always requires a mention.