FIRST CUTS: More on the Glenn Beck-Fox News divorce; Matt Lauer eyeing ‘Today’ exit?

Joe Pompeo
·Media Reporter

Here's our list of headlines that should be on your morning media menu:

• "Half of the headlines say he's been canceled," Fox News president Roger Ailes told David Bauder of Glenn Beck's departure from the network. "The other half say he quit. We're pretty happy with both of them." (AP)

• "Despite ratings that would normally bring about an automatic contract renewal, this was a relationship that had grown cold — and run its course," Bill Carter and Brian Stelter write of the breakup. (New York Times)

• "Fox likes to wield absolute control over their stars," notes Glynnis MacNicol. "Glenn Beck ... has increasingly been outside of their control. (Business Insider/The Wire)

• Beck weighs in on who should replace him. (Johnny Dollar)

• Is Matt Lauer looking to exit "The Today Show"? (Newscore)

• Maybe not. (MSNBC)

• The National Labor Relations Boards is taking action against Reuters for reprimanding a staffer over a tweet. (New York Times)

• ABC News wasn't the only network with an F.B.I. mole in its midst. (The Smoking Gun)