The Ticker: Coop, Shawn, Guilfoyle…

> Variety says it in big bold letters: Anderson Cooper has “never achieved the ratings of even his predecessor” Aaron Brown…

> U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton gave his “seal of approval” to FNC correspondent Eric Shawn‘s “blistering” new book “The U.N. Exposed” at a party Wednesday, the Washington Times says…

> Fox News crime host Kimberly Guilfoyle and heir of the Maurice Villency furniture firm Eric Villency are “eloping over Memorial Day weekend in Barbados at Sandy Lane,” Page Six says…

> Peter Johnson finds out how Tim Russert feels about Arianna Huffington: “I’ve been attacked by Arianna the right-wing radical and Arianna the left-wing revolutionary. I guess the only constant in her life is she keeps watching Meet the Press…”