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mediabistro.com — A graying homeless man with an admitted history of mental illness set up shop in Dupont Circle Wednesday afternoon with an elaborate boombox and speaker system. "I love to dance!" he said, getting his groove on amid a sticky Washington heatwave. So who is he and what's he doing here?

mediabistro.com — Not long ago, Buzzfeed's Benny Johnson put together a wonderful list featuring members of Congress and their animal lookalikes. While we don't have a list of "30 Animals That Look Like Benny Johnson," we did find one potential clone. Comedian Greg Proops was in town earlier this week to perform and tape his podcast at the DC Improv.

mediabistro.com — Time.com is about to get a makeover, and as part of that, the magazine is hiring. Adweek is reporting that Time, led by Edward Felsenthal , Time.com's managing editor, is hiring 30 staffers. The new additions are expected to focus on the digital side.

mediabistro.com — Welcome back to another edition of FishbowlNY's Cover Battle, where each Thursday we throw two magazines in a pit of fire and see which lasts the longest. Sort of. This week we have Town & Country versus Time Out New York. T&C went with a photograph of Lauren Hutton from 1968.

mediabistro.com — Politico is so funny when they lose someone they actually like. In this case, it's Jonathan Martin , their Senior Political Reporter and one of the publication's original hires, who's off to the New York Times. They issue a gynormous memo and Editor-in-Chief John Harris explains why the move is as good for them as it is for the other publication.

mediabistro.com — ABC's upcoming primetime editions of "Nightline" will no longer feature the "Nightline" name. They will instead be called "ABC's The Lookout," a reference to their consumer-centric focus. The programs had originally been titled "Nightline: Two Truths and a Lie."

mediabistro.com — A screen shot of what appears to be an email response written by Andrea Rodgers , founder of the style site Ask Miss A, landed in our inbox Thursday. "Oh please no," the alleged email reads. "I really don't want any plus size fashion on the site." Really?

mediabistro.com — Just to give you a sense of what the Jodi Arias trial has meant for cable news viewership, take a look at Tuesday's 2pm hour. As the devastation in Moore, OK was still settling in, 1,000 miles to the west Arias was asking a jury to spare her life.

mediabistro.com — Crime journalist Steve Lillebuen painted a complex and spooky picture of a killer in The Devil's Cinema: The Untold Story Behind Mark Twitchell's Kill Room. We caught up with the journalist to find out what digital tools he used to build his book.

mediabistro.com — "Good Morning America" had 6.1 million viewers Wednesday, the morning after the "Dancing with the Stars" finale, according to Nielsen fast affiliate data. The early numbers indicate it was "GMA"'s largest Total Viewer advantage ever over the "Today" show, which drew 4.5 million.

mediabistro.com — Quotes of the Day "Is he about anything other than himself?" - MSNBC "The Cycle's" Krystal Ball on Lawrence O'Donnell 's program last night on potential voter trust issues with ex- Rep. Anthony Weiner 's (D-N.Y.) mayoral bid. You know your life is out of control when...

mediabistro.com — The Onion on Wednesday featured an orgy scene of President Obama and White House press corps. Honestly, we had no idea NBC Political Director Chuck Todd had so much chest hair, that Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry was so scorching or that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney liked to dress up in nothing but a bongo drum.

mediabistro.com — A Little Birdy Tells Us...

mediabistro.com — So, we'll let the conversation roll in a regular series we dub, "Is it Racist," which is essentially the brainchild of Gitamba Saila-Ngita , a multidisciplinary designer and innovation strategist, living, working, and playing between CT / NYC / SF. He is the founder and chief innovation strategist of DEFT COLLECTIVE, a creative innovation agency based in Hartford, Connecticut.