Taking Out the Trash

— On the heels of Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest‘s rapacious pillaging at the box office, Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook plans to make a large portion of both the studio’s slate and its personnel walk the plank. (Variety)

— A dust-up gains momentum at the Wall Street Journal between reporters and the editorial page over the paper’s independence from government manipulation. (NY Observer)

— Ted Koppel will appear