Roker Spots CBS Correspondent In "Today" Crowd|Journalism Online Reveals Business Plan|Bloomberg Vies For BusinessWeek|Vibe Editor Smith Finds New Gig|Graydon Carter Avoids McKinsey Meetings

TVNewser: Al Roker spotted veteran CBS Washington correspondent Phil Jones in the crowd outside the “Today Show” this morning. Jones and his wife were holding a sign announcing their 40-something son’s engagement. Joked Roker, “Too bad there isn’t a morning show on CBS that you could’ve announced that on.”

Nieman Lab: Journalism Online — which aims to help media companies monetize their content online — allowed a peek at its business model: it plans to seek a 20-percent cut of the subscription revenue earned by the media companies that it works with.

New York Post: Bloomberg is making a bid to buy BusinessWeek from McGraw Hill.

The New York Times: Former Vibe editor Danyel Smith is now working as the executive editor of the Root, an online politics and culture magazine aimed at a black audience.

The Observer: Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter boasted that he won’t have to meet with McKinsey consultants. Carter was generally upbeat about working as a magazine editor during the recession: “It’s actually a great time to be an editor because there’s a lot of great stories out there. It’s a tougher time to be a publisher.”