The Ticker: Couric, Trust, Carlson…

> An e-mailer asks: “Is there some new rule at CBS that Katie Couric must be promoted evey 15 minutes during live sporting events?”

> Gawker asks about the network news: “Why is this all about viewer ‘trust’ and ‘trusting’ our ‘trusted’ network anchors?…”

> Scott Collins asks: “Is Tucker Carlson one of the stars, or will he just get to dance with one?…”

> MSNBC.com and National Journal Group “are joining forces to create the premier online destination for political information available to an audience that stretches from Inside the Beltway across the country.” MSNBC.com’s “newly expanded politics section” will showcase National Journal’s reporting, starting Sept. 7…

> Page Six asks: “Which news anchor’s boorish behavior forced his network to shell out big bucks to several women so they would drop their sexual harassment claims? He invited the ladies out to dinner — where he often couldn’t keep his hands to himself — and then badgered them to come back to his apartment. Now the network is instituting mandatory sexual-harassment-awareness classes.” So what’s our best guess?…