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- This will be the week that Jeff Zucker ascends to the top job at NBC Universal, bumping aside longtime CEO Bob Wright, the LAT reports citing inside sources. Times/LA Biz Observed
- How last week's living wage compromise came together, reconstructed by Rick Orlov. Daily News
- Martin Scorsese won the DGA feature award for The Departed, making him an Oscar front runner. Variety
- Los Angeles is "not big enough to contain the ambitions of the Mayor Who Would Be King," Mariel Garza columnizes. "Villaraigosa is not just mayor of Los Angeles, but a Democratic National Candidate for Something. That he will end up running for higher office is a given; which one is open to speculation." DN
- Chuck Philips of the Times returns to the Biggie Smalls murder case, reporting that newly disclosed documents show how the (officially rejected) theory formed that a rogue cop killed the rapper outside the Petersen Automotive Museum in 1997. Times
- The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment incited a storm of objection by dictating to neighborhood councils how to spend half of the $50,000 a year they receive in city funds. CityWatch
- Meanwhile, Deputy Mayor Larry Frank says there will be a change in leadership at DONE soon. Daily News
- West Van Nuys becomes the latest Valley community to want to secede from itself. Some residents hope to join the recent creation Lake Balboa. Daily News
- East Los Angeles, on the other hand, is talking again about cityhood. Times
- Times sports columnist T.J. Simers has gotten some nasty emails about his piece telling Barbaro grievers to get a life.
- PR executive and former City Hall aide Eric Rose has affiliated with Englander & Associates.
- LA Observed contributor Deanne Stillman returns to Twentynine Palms and not only lives to tell about it, she gets a pretty nice reception. Times
- Actor Ryan O'Neal was arrested Saturday at his Malibu home and booked for assault with a deadly weapon and negligent discharge of a firearm after a fight with his son, Griffin. O'Neal released after posting $50,000 bail. TMZ
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