Allen Salkin

Today's Page Six features an unusual phrase rarely seen in its home paper: "The Post regrets the error."

The normally biting gossip column regrets its report from March 25 that Cashmere Mafia creator Darren Star had "swiped" the premise for his ABC show from his former Sex and the City collaborator (and Observer alum) Candace Bushnell, who was developing her book Lipstick Jungle into a very similar show for NBC. (The March 25th item is cached here.) Today, the Post says:

WE reported on March 25 that TV producer Darren Star swiped the idea for "Cashmere Mafia" from Candace Bushnell, producer of "Lipstick Jungle." In fact, we were mistaken. Star was approached with the idea by ABC. The two shows were conceived independently.  read more »

This Sunday's Times 'Style' section featured an article about the always stylish trend of bloggers receiving lucrative book deals pegged to the sale of a Stuff White People Like book to Random House for six figures. (The Times reports the figure at $300,000; The Observer's Leon Neyfakh reported the price at $350,000 when he broke the story on March 20.)  read more »