The Ticker: Blitzer, Wallace, Housley…

> “Fox’s Adam Housley quietly got the first TV interview with Daniel Ortega in something like 3 years,” a tipster says. “I can tell you the CNN Cuba bureau has been trying for a long time and Nic Robertson has been doing his best also….but no luck. Why Fox?”

> CNN’s Wolf Blitzer hosted Late Edition from Dubai yesterday. He’ll be anchoring The Situation Room from UAE today, but –gasp!– he won’t be in The Situation Room!…

> The News-Democrat previews a speech by Chris Wallace: “After joining Fox in 2003, ‘I started to see how much bias there is in the mainstream media that goes unexplained,’ Wallace said.”

> “Century 21 Real Estate has signed on for a year-long advertising/sponsorship deal with CNN ad sales,” B&C reports.

> Looking for a younger, sportier demo?: Fox News Channel is sponsoring “the 1st annual Facebook men’s basketball tournament pool…”