• Bancroft family to have private meeting re: Dow Jones; Rupert Murdoch to stand outside the boardroom with a water glass pressed against the door.

• Stone Phillips is out at NBC News. Related: Dateline’s ratings decline, viewers tuning in to watch The Surreal Life and infomercials for ProActiv instead.

• On the plus side, however, Phillips and his wife have finally unloaded that overpriced penthouse triplex!

• CBS says it led television ratings for fifth year; ABC, NBC respectfully disagree.

• The 1/2 Hour News Hour was the top-rated show on Sunday night, proving once again that Republicans have no sense of humor.

• The accessories director at In Style is quitting her job to open a chintzy trinkets store in Omaha, Nebraska.

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