Big Pay Days at the Times, Big Cuts at Yahoo
• The New York Times Co.'s bank balance is running a bit low, but that hasn't detered the company from handing out lavish pay packages. The company's CEO, Janet Robinson, received a total compensation package valued at $5.58 million in 2008, up from $4.14 million in 2007. [NYP, HP]
• Is Rachel Maddow losing her glow? March was the lowest-rated month so far for Maddow's MSNBC show since its debut last fall. [LAT]
• The Chicago Tribune plans to cut another 20 percent of its newsroom staff as it looks to reduce expenses amid continuing declines in advertising. [CB]
• Yahoo posted a 78 percent decline in quarterly profits and said it would eliminate about 675 more jobs, or 5% of its work force. [WSJ]
• Tonight is Len Berman's last night at WNBC. [NYDN]
• A tribe in New Guinea is suing The New Yorker for $10 Million. [Forbes]
• John Koten is out as the CEO of Mansueto Ventures, the publisher of magazines like Fast Company and Inc. [NYP]
• Levi Johnston is planning to write a tell-all book, at least if you that the National Enquirer is reporting today. [NE]
• Hollywood bloggers are getting a little nasty. [NYO]
• Digital ad agency Razorfish has a new CEO. [PC]
• Time's annual poll of the top 100 most influential people was hacked. [Folio]