Anderson Cooper

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is set to get his own syndicated daytime talk show, a program that will address "social issues, trends and events, pop culture and celebrity, human interest stories and populist news," whatever that means.

Usually conservative in its programming choices, CNN is going for broke as it remakes two-thirds of its prime-time schedule by, among other things, replacing a fixture -- Larry King -- and hiring a scandal-tinged newcomer -- Eliot Spitzer.

Jonathan Katz, who had the Haiti beat largely to himself thanks to newsroom cutbacks in international coverage, is no longer alone. Media's biggest names including Diane Sawyer and Anderson Cooper have landed since the earthquake. Katz's house here is in ruins, but he mourns for the rest of the island.

Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams appeared on Oprah to talk about Twitter's meteoric rise to fame. Oprah sent her first Tweet and got all giddy when she was Tweeted back from Shaq and Ellen DeGeneres. Williams was on the show for about a segment (to use TV jargon) when Oprah asked how he...