The Ticker: Grace, Manning, O’Reilly…

> Local 6: “Family members of a mother who committed suicide while a search continued for her missing 2-year-old son said the intense media coverage in the case may have pushed her over the edge.” The story singles out Nancy Grace…

> “Gordon Manning, an influential producer and executive at CBS News and NBC News through three significant decades for TV news, died Wednesday in Westport, Conn.,” TV Week reports…

> AP: “Police are questioning a 49-year-old man in connection with the death of the elderly aunt of Dateline NBC anchor Stone Phillips…”

> Galleys of Bill O’Reilly‘s new book only went to “conservative outlets” for review, Radar says. But they managed to get ahold of one anyway, so here’s a sneak peek at Culture Warrior…

> During Matt Lauer‘s interview with George W. Bush, the president entered the Oval Office “holding a copy of People magazine opened to the page” with a photo of the bare-chested NBC co-host. Page Six has more…