♦  NBC's Ben Silverman says he hasn't managed the "unrelenting press attention" as well as he could have, and he's doing better than most people assme, a sentiment echoed by his close pal, Donny Deutsch. [TVDecoder]
♦  Harbinger's Phil Falcone says he has no plans to dump his investment in the New York Times.  [Reuters]
♦  MTV is pulling the plug on TRL. [WSJ]
♦  Mark your calendars: Jeanine Pirro's court show debuts next week. [HuffPo]
♦  Current and former staffers at the LA Times are planning to file suit against owner Sam Zell. [LA Observed]
♦  How writers in Hollywood are dealing with the "new comedic landscape." [NYO]
♦  Product placements have earned less airtime on network TV compared with the same period last year, according to Nielsen.  [AdAge]
♦  How the financial meltdown will affect Hollywood. [THR]
♦  Jeff Zucker, Mel Karmazin and Steven Rattner weigh in on the state of the media biz. [Portfolio]