From the NYT:

In October, three weeks after Ernie Bjorkman, an institution in Colorado television, signed a new annual contract worth close to a quarter of a million dollars, he was told he was being let go by KWGN, the CW affiliate in Denver, a victim of consolidation with another station.

In the self-assured baritone of his profession, Mr. Bjorkman, a 36-year television veteran who will be paid through the end of his contract period, said, “I don’t think we’re going to see the anchor people grow old with the audience anymore.”

Across the country, longtime local TV anchors are a dying breed. Facing an economic slump and a severe advertising downturn, many stations have cut costs drastically in the last year, and veteran anchors, with their expensive contracts, seem to be shouldering a disproportionate share of the cutbacks. When station managers are forced to make cuts, hefty anchor salaries are a tempting target.

From AdvertisingAge:

As long-rumored, The Huffington Post took $25 million in new funding at a $100 million valuation. It's a healthy sum given the company has aggregated a huge audience -- 8.8 million people a month, accordng to Quantcast -- primarily on links to content it does not produce (newspaper stories) or pay for (columns).

Didja watch the Brian Burke news conference on Saturday when he was sworn in as the new executive saviour of the Toronto Maple Leafs? Didja wonder why only three questions were asked in public? Here's why.

Afghan journo Aziz Popal tells The Globe and Mail's Graeme Smith about his brief time in the hands of the Taliban, who captured him and another journalist as they attempted the dangerous drive from Kandahar to Kabul on the country's main highway.

The Politico has issued a sort-of apology for a piss-poor story on climate change that got many people overheated (see this post for my commentary).