Delectable media bits from around the web:

-- Harbert Management, a shareholder of The New York Times Company, upped its stakes. From Reuters: ''Harbert now owns 11.82 percent of New York Times, which gives it shared voting power over 16.9 million shares. It had earlier reported a 9.96 percent stake in the company.

''Harbinger Capital, which is seeking four board seats, is pushing the newspaper group to move aggressively into digital media.''

--From the AP via Forbes: ''According to a disclosure form posted online last Tuesday by the Senate's public records office, the Newspaper Association of America spent $775,000 in the first half of 2007 and $803,000 in the second half on lobbying.''

-- From Liz Smith: ''New York Women in Communications will be giving out Matrix awards again on April 7. This time the honorees are ... Ruth Reichl for magazines, Linda Greenhouse for newspapers ...''

--From The Daily News: ''Christina Aguilera has every reason to be smirking on this week's People magazine cover. Reports say she scored as much as $2 million for the exclusive shot with new baby boy Max.

''With profits like that, who needs hit records or blockbuster films?''

--From The New York Times: ''Men who fall from grace are treated with gravity and distance, while women in similar circumstances are objects of derision, titillation and black comedy.

''Some celebrities and their handlers are now saying straight out that the news media have a double standard.''

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