After Russert, the deluge

How thin is the NBC News bench? The Los Angeles Times reports that the top three contenders for Tim Russert's "Meet the Press" perch are David Gregory, Chris Matthews and Joe Scarborough. Good grief. I'm adding "Face the Nation" to my podcast subscriptions right now. (Via Romenesko.)

Media Nation's top two (and extremely unlikely) contenders: Gwen Ifill and Aaron Brown.

Brown unbound

Rachel Sklar has a good interview in the Huffington Post with Aaron Brown, who's finally free from his CNN contract and, thus, can (1) talk and (2) look for a job. Brown is one of my favorite TV journalists, but, unfortunately, he comes across as diffident about returning to the trenches. Then again, Brown tends to sound diffident about everything, which is one of his quirky charms.