• Meredith fires 75 staffers it inherited from Gruner & Jahr in its purchase of Family Circle, Parents, Child, and Fitness. Among those let go: Susan Ungaro, editor-in-chief of Family Circle for 11 years. [Mediaweek]
• The peacock folks are considering merging the operations of NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC and putting them all under one roof in — gulp — New Jersey. [NYP]
• Alessandra Stanley plants a clickety stiletto right between Tucker Carlson's eyes. [NYT]

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