The Ticker: Friday Before Christmas Edition

> “Iraq was the deadliest country in the world for journalists in 2006, with 32 killed in the Middle Eastern state,” according to a Committee to Project Journalists study. The Guardian has more…

> FNC was first with the news (via WRAL) that some of the charges in the Duke rape case have been dropped. CNN followed four minutes later. ICN says Dan Abrams phoned in on MSNBC…

> From an e-mailer: “Curious to see what the bonuses look like for the executives at MSNBC and NBC in a 2.0 world, especially after their Bah Humbug coverage of Goldman Sachs bonuses and Jeff Immelt’s company wide email stating how well GE is doing…”

> According to a tipster, former CBS News medical correspondent Elizabeth Kaledin is going to NY1 as an anchor…”

> The text of FNC’s ticker is now blue. Is this for the holidays, or is it a permanent change? Also, they’re putting the word “Alert” above the FNC logo sometimes…