Morning Reading List 10.02.09

Late night newspapers sales outside Five Guys in Georgetown. Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. What we know and what we're reading this Friday morning... TV | NEWS NOTES | WEST WING REPORTAGE | REVOLVING DOOR TV Letterman. More on NBC Universal and Comcast. Brian Williams reported on the story on last evening's "Nightly News." Richard Wolffe returned to "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" last night. Al Hunt will interview former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on "For the Record," which airs tonight at 7pmET. This has nothing to do with DC media, but I am completely fascinated by this trainwreck... TLC has shut down the production of "Jon and Kate Plus 8." NEWS NOTES NJ will host Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at its next policy breakfast as part of the pub's Health Care week, which kicks off today. Atlantic Media Political Director Ronald Brownstein will lead that discussion and NJ political analyst Charlie Cook will sit down with former Reps. Tom Davis (R-VA) and Vic Fazio (D-CA). This will be next Wednesday at 7am at the Liaison on Cap Hill. At the "First Draft of History" event at the Newseum yesterday, Sen. Lindsey Graham slammed Fox News and Glenn Beck in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg. On Beck: "Only in America can you make that much money crying" and Beck is "not aligned with any party as far as I can tell. He's aligned with cynicism. And there's always been a market for cynicism." A federal judge has ordered the release of records, including FBI reports, notes, and interviews, with former VP Dick Cheney associated with the investigation of the Valerie Plame leak under the Freedom of Information Act. And on a more light-hearted note... from Playbook: "It's POLITICO's superstar media coordinator's last day at work as Sara D'Angelo. The bride-to-be is off to Tucson, Arizona for a week of final touches, parties and after-parties before officially saying "I do" to her college sweetheart, Eric Olson, October, 10th. So speak now or forever hold your peace, because STBMO's under strict orders to turn that Blackberry off! (hat tip: Diana McFadden)" WEST WING REPORTAGE NYT: The Obama administration has told lawmakers that it opposes legislation that could protect reporters from being imprisoned if they refuse to disclose confidential sources who leak material about national security, according to several people involved with the negotiations. REVOLVING DOOR Jessica Gibson is moving on from Latin Concepts to Republic National Distributing Company where she will be working as a key account manager, introducing Constellation Brands' wines and portfolio DC to restaurants. She'll be replaced at Latin Concepts by Anna Croll, who comes from the Willard InterContinental and was previously with Washington Life. Good luck ladies! HAT TIPS: mediabistro, TVNewser, Politico, NJ's Wake-Up Call and Last Call!, Mediaite

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Morning Reading List 10.02.09

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