ABC News boss Westin relaxes by playing ‘Layla’ on his electric guitar

Michigan Today He does that in the room where Jerome Kern composed the musical “Showboat,” reports David McKay Wilson . || Re the evening news: “You need to strike a balance between what the audience needs and what the audience wants,” says David Westin .

Weymouth: ‘There are 1,000 different companies coming after almost every niche we’re in’

Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth was at Poynter on May 20 to open the “Edge of Change” colloquium , which honors women in journalism’s past, present and future . Weymouth sat down for an hour-long interview with Poynter President Karen Dunlap, who asked her about the salons, which for the first time she said were her idea; the integration of the paper’s print and digital operations; the business of journalism; her namesake grandmother Katharine Graham; and more. The interview — conducted in front of the nearly 70 attendees of the “Edge of Change” program — will be broadcast on CSPAN at a time to be determined

Obama Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny’s

Obama will abandon complex policies on emissions, clean coal and refocus on achievable goals like applying deodorant daily, learning what to say when you burp.

US To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com

Treasury officials say the gold has just been rattling around in the bottom of some vaults at the US Bullion Depository anyway.