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No progress in writers strike
Yesterday was the day when stars were brought out to the picket lines to entice the media with tales of woe about productions shutting down and expressions of support for friends and co-workers. The other meme of the day was show runners who are both producers and writers backing the Writers Guild. Meanwhile, will writers obey the guild rule that they submit unfinished scripts for "validation?" Saturation coverage and bloggage, of course, but here's a quick sampling for an overview: LAT, Variety, THR
Reagan library can't account for 80,000 artifacts
A "near universal" security breakdown at the Simi Valley institution opened the collection of presidential stuff to pilfering by insiders, says an audit by the National Archives inspector general. LAT
French architect for movie museum
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chose Christian de Portzamparc to design the film museum proposed for Hollywood. NYT, LAT
Readers aren't stupid
Wendy McCaw's grand strategy to run her Santa Barbara News Press into the ground is working: daily and weekend circulation plunged 14% in the past six months, one of the biggest drops in the country. Editor & Publisher, SB Independent
StoryCorps returns to Santa Monica
The national initiative to document everyday history and stories will park its silver Airstream "StoryBooth" trailer near the north end of the Santa Monica Promenade from today through Dec. 8. On Sunday, creator David Isay will do a reading and book signing from 2 – 3:30 pm.
UCLA honors its veterans
Retired Maj. Gen. John Singlaub and the family of 2nd Lt. Mark Daily, killed in Iraq in January and discussed by Christopher Hitchens in the November issue of Vanity Fair, will attend the Friday unveiling of the first memorial at UCLA to honor alumni who have died in wars. UCLA Newsroom
Staffers to stringers
Former L.A. Times staffers Michael Parrish and J. Michael Kennedy shows up as credited contributors to a piece in today's New York Times. Parrish is freelancing regularly for the national desk out of Los Angeles (and teaching at USC Annenberg), Kennedy is in Seattle.
Lawyer to travel blogger to pundit
Paul Karl Lukacs of Knife Tricks has a piece in Reason on the World Bank.