The reporter who broke the news about Rick Perry’s “Niggerhead” ranch had a few speeding tickets and wrote a bad check, which means the Washington Post has no journalistic standards and needs to apologize to Rick Perry, according to RedState. [Fishbowl DC]
Local Huffington Post bureaus in Detroit and Miami are on their way, despite the fact that local news was supposed to be AOL Patch’s job. [Adweek]
But it looks unlikely that Patch will be profitable by the end of 2011, as Tim Armstrong said, even if they did slash the freelance budget. [Forbes]
Hulu is bidding on the forthcoming Arrested Development series Mitch Hurwitz announced at the New Yorker festival. [Vulture]
Gearing up for the election season, YouTube is launching a political channel. [Politico]
Texas taxpayers paid for the next season of Top Chef to be in Texas. [Gawker]