• All it took for ABC's evening news to finally beat NBC? Peter Jennings' death, ya'll.

• Bob Woodward's insider look at Deep Throat is barely making ripples on the newsstand. The Secret Man's tales of Watergate moved only 61,000 units in its first five weeks, which makes us think the readily available Vanity Fair article – oh, and all that incessant cable news coverage – was more than enough for everyone.

• Mike Savage loves it when you throw your hate mongering in his direction, so don't stop now.

• Salon is cutting lose its 4,000 members of The Well, the online community founded in 1985 and bought by the indie online publisher in 1999. Those dwindling number of users who still debate politics and philosophy on The Well may soon be bashing Bush under another corporate umbrella, as Salon is opening it up to buyers.

• Once again we're reminded of the all-powerful New York Times. With the stroke of a keyboard, editorial page editor Gail Collins can make or break a local politico. She also looks great in black latex.

• Despised Us Weekly exec editor Lori Majewski is a goner, but by her own volition. She's jumped ship to her former home at Teen People, where celebrites are assaulted only slightly less.

• J-school prof Denny Wilkins isn't sure whether to lie to his students about the media industry and that it's all about the cash, not the journalism, these days. But these kids are bright folks, we're sure they'll quickly figure it out when they're trying to break through the $30,000 salary ceiling.