• Got an idea for how Arthur Sulzberger Jr. might be able to rescue the struggling New York Times? He now says he'll "consider anything." [NYO]
• Hachette plans to leave Midtown for cheaper space near Wall Street. [NYP]
• Josh Schwartz is finishing the pilot for an as-yet-untitled Gossip Girl spin-off that will be tied into GG's season finale on May 11. [NYO]
• Depressing: The story of the 55-year-old former TV Guide editor who is now an unpaid intern—yes, unpaid intern—at wowOwow.com. [LAT]
• Why did Jon Stewart go off on Rick Santelli? An unnamed "on-air host" claims Stewart is "bizarrely obsessed with" with the CNBC reporter. [Dealbreaker]
• Speaking of Stewart, Slate's The Big Money would like you remind you that Jon Stewart is not actually a journalist. Yea, thanks for that. [TBM]

["Gossip Girl" actor Ed Westwick eating a sammich in Los Angeles with two male pals; image via Splash]

["Gossip Girl" star Ed Westwick films a scene in New York City today; image via INF, click for larger]

There's word this afternoon that overly-glorified teen soap Gossip Girl has been renewed, according to Little Miss Chris Rovzar over at Daily Intel, for a third spectacular season. Even though only twelve people watch it.

• President Obama's first Congressional address drew in 33.6 million viewers last night, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen. [ML]
• It was Chris Matthews who muttered "Oh, God" on MSNBC last night, right when Bobby Jindal was about to deliver the Republican response. [Politico]
• Fourth-quarter profit declined 77 percent at the Washington Post Co. [NYT]
• Remember the DABA Girls? Yea, well, much of what they told the Times was BS, which is why the paper issued a correction today. [Newsweek, NYT]
• The CW has renewed a bunch of shows, including 90210, Smallville, America's Next Top Model, and—most importantly—Gossip Girl. [Variety]
• Ex-Domino editor Deborah Needleman is "spending more time at the gym" in order to acquire "one of those Connecticut-housewife bodies," FYI. [MM]
• Jared Kushner may be cutting a deal to sell the Observer at Starbucks. [NYP]

["Gossip Girl" actress Chace Crawford pretends to play basketball with his friend, a catfish, on the set of their TV show; image via Bauer-Griffin]

The Bravo network is planning a real live realistic reality show about private school kids in Manhattan. It's Gossip Girl for those who prefer reality television! Because people love despising rich kids.

[Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com] Feb. 6 @ 7:30pm Spotted! Nate and Dan. SEXY SEXY SEXY

• Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and his new girlfriend, Helen May, first met during an Outward Bound trip to Machu Picchu in 2005, according to May's husband, Kevin Ward. "I'm just sorry my wife didn't find someone more substantial. There's way less there than meets the eye." [P6]
• Etta James says she "didn't really mean" the stuff about Beyonce; she's still "miffed" at Obama for not inviting her to the inauguration. [NYDN]
• Kelly Cutrone inked a deal with Bravo for a new reality show. [P6]
• Russell Simmons is reportedly dating model Julie Henderson. [NYDN]

If you're a Gossip Girl fan and you have nothing to do on Friday, head over to The Milan at 300 East 55th Street. The show will be filming there from 11:30am to 8:30pm. If you live in the Milan, on the other hand, you might want to stay as far away as possible. According to an email sent to residents by the management company yesterday, "one of the scenes will include up to 80 background actors located just outside the front door" and "access into and out of the building from the front door will be prohibited." And if you make it inside, do note the following: "One of the final scenes will be set near the elevators and will require the temporary holding of pedestrian traffic into and out of the elevators." The full email is below.

[Taylor Momsen, "Gossip Girl" actress and chairwoman of the Lemoncake Stupid Society, leaving work; image via Bauer-Griffin]

[Leighton Meester and Chace Crawford of "Gossip Girl" filming a kissing scene (zomg!) in snowy New York today; image via Splash]

Deprived of its juicy beauties last week, we were served an extra heaping plate of Gossip Girl last night. But was it a meal worth eating, or did we spit it out in a napkin?

• Kate Moss has been telling friends that she wants to branch out into acting so she can become a "Hollywood star," and that she's already lined up an agent in New York. [Showbiz Spy]
• Michael Phelps has issued an apology after photos appeared this weekend in the News of the World showing him smoking weed. [NYP, NOTW]
• Bernie Madoff's grandkids are considering changing their last names. [P6]
• John Thain was hardly the first or the last: Clive Davis, Martin Bandier, and Rolf Schmidt-Holtz have all spent obscene amounts in recent years to redecorate their offices, too. [R&M]
• Despite the fact her magazine is losing millions and has laid off dozens, Portfolio's Joanne Lipman insisted on flying first class to Davos. [P6]

[Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com] Jan. 30 @ 12am Spotted: Leighton Meester sucking face with some random with a sparkly sweater at Brother Jimmy's after the Kings Of Leon show at MSG.

Olivia Palermo, the tonged-haired, copiously-kohl-rimmed 22-year-old whose turn on The City has showcased at least ten gradations of bitchface, has achieved the kind of fame that every aspiring social with narcissistic personality disorder dreams of: According to the Post, she's the most-searched name on New York Social Diary and the New York Observer's site (oh, and look where she is here), she's "rumored" (by whom? Her publicist?) to be the model for Gossip Girl's Blair Waldorf, and all the other attention-seeking party girls must be, like, sooo jealous of her.

Now that the small stuff is winding down, let's move on to the important issues: Gossip Girl was on last night. It was about college!

[Actors Pins Paisley and Chance Forward from the show "Gilmore Gossip" on set today; image via Splash]

The rumored Lily van der Woodsen as a teen Gossip Girl spin-off is going to happen. It will be set in Los Angeles in the 80's, at "the height of the Valley Girl craze."

Duck and cover, Los Angelenos: it's just been announced that the long-rumored Gossip Girl spinoff will be set here. In the eighties.