Chris Martins is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Filter, we hear, to pursue something ambitious like "writing" and "artistic/creative endeavors." To be sure, we're not quite certain whether Chris was technically EIC all by himself, or whether he shared the title with Pat McGuire. Either way, McGuire is (already?) using "editor-in-chief" in his email signature, so it's safe to say that if he wasn't in command before, he is now.

• Media Guy Simon Dumenco goes down the dark path we traversed last week: Jared Paul Stern's Skull & Bones clothing line. [AdAge]

• ABC is getting pretty damn good at screwing over its affiliates. [B&C]

• With EIC Gregg Lagambina on the way out, Filter second-in-command Chris Martins has this to say to his staff: "Filter Magazine is hurting right now." It nearly rivals the way Celebrity Living motivated its own troops. [FBNY]

• Reason No. 5421 we heart Details' Dan Peres: He doesn't follow his own magazine's fashion tips. [WWD]

• Learning from the mistakes of Cargo, Giant's editor-in-chief Smokey Fontaine is going on a mad dash to redesign the mag. [WWD]

• When the Boston Globe's Eileen McNamara found out she won the Pulitzer Prize, she was trying to finish cooking her kids spaghetti. [E&P]

• Celeb weeklies aren't the only mags seeing circs disintegrate. Teen titles, as evidenced by Elle Girl's shuttering, are suffering too. Yep, even Seventeen is on that list. [Mediaweek]

Though this was the week in which many Time Inc. and AMI staffers were forced out of jobs, it is important to remember that the media industry is still full of people who quit their jobs.

And since people are never happier for their co-workers than when they finally decide to break out of the hell hole that has become their lives, we would love to give a shout out to the following industry insiders who have chosen to break free. (Not to mention freeing up some jobs for the rest of y'all.)

• Katie Couric left NBC. [As reported everywhere except the moon]

• Stephanie Leifer left the fun job of "comedy developer" at ABC. Yeah, good luck to the next person who lands that one. [Mediaweek]

• Nancy Sidewater left her position as managing editor of Time Out New York. [Gawker]

• Gregg LaGambina stepped down from his position as editor Filter magazine. [Fishbowl NY]

• Time correspondent Viveca Novak is one of the few who took a buy-out from Jim Kelly and "voluntarily left." [NYO]

• And the Village Voice investigative reporter Jennifer Gonnerman has left to, what else, write a book. [NYO]

Did you jump ship before your boss handed you a plastic bag? Is your cube mate finally putting down the Voodoo doll of Jann Wenner? Let us know. We've quit the service industry, but we still love tips — nobody's paying us not to gossip.

Update: E.J. Kessler, political reporter for The Forward will be joining the New York Post. After Passover, of course. [The Forward]

• Walter Cronkite speaks on Katie Couric's move to CBS. To sum up: she's not only talented, she's also pretty hot. [CNN]

• Apparently there aren't too many celebrities jumping with too much joy over the idea of celebrating Bonnie Fuller's book launch. Is it because she calls them all fat? [WWD]

• Gregg LaGambina leaves Filter magazine for greener pastures. Was it really only four years ago when LaGambina was backstage on his knees at a Weezer show trying to make the mag look good? [Fishbowl NY]

• In more "the administration sucks" news from the objective media, David Brooks thinks the House of Representatives is one big pack of drooling idiots. [Media Mob]

• David Pogue keeps trying to get free swag. He might score, too, if he would just stop asking for it. (It's guys like that who never get laid.) [SFW via Romenesko]