• People's $14 million purchase of the Brangelina pics worked out nicely in the end. The issue sold 2.6 million copies, making it the mag's best-selling issue in seven years. [WWD]
  • The Wall Street Journal reported today that Barack Obama had picked Tim Kaine as his running mate, then quickly took it back. [Politico]
  • CNN correspondents like Candy Crowley and John King will begin writing guest columns for Metro. [E&P]
  • Former LA Times editorial page editor Andres Martinez has embroiled himself in a nasty scandal. [Gawker]
  • "Why, exactly, did Michiko Kakutani write a profile of Jon Stewart in this past Sunday’s New York Times?" Good question. [CJR]
  • Hearst is folding Town & Country Travel. [WWD]