Media In Heat: How Cool Was It In Your Office Today? [FishbowlNY]
As a heat wave gripped New York and rest of the country — thanks, Al Gore — we wondered whose media office was the coolest. Check out the results. FishbowlNY: Nation battles sizzling heat as copy editors battle clichés. FBNY: Vibe suggests readers 'wet wipe' after reading August issue.

Post Critique: Maryann Haggerty [FishbowlDC]
By popular demand, we'll start publishing each Washington Post internal critique. Batter-up today: Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty discusses Saturday's paper — which Hank Stuever calls the "Shih Tzu." FishbowlNY Memo to NYT's Bill Keller: Cutting the "flabby, redundant" prose out of your memo.

WWD Nabs Mediaweek Reporter To Fill Vacancy #2 [FishbowlNY]
Mediaweek's Stephanie Smith is going to fill the second open slot at Women's Wear Daily's recently-vacated media desk.

SADO-Masochism [FishbowlLA]
The Los Angeles Times had a by-the-numbers story on being a celebrity kid, with all the predictable quotes about paying dues, and how lonely is the life of the well-connected. But Chris Ayres, the London Times' local embed, pretty much stomps all over such dewy-eyed nonsense.

LA Times Award-Winning Writer To Add To Condé's Portfolio [FishbowlLA]
Amy Wallace, an LA Times business writer, will be moving to Condé Nast's new venture Portfolio as a senior writer. Wallace's no-hold-barred profile of Peter Bart in Los Angeles magazine got her a National Magazine Award nomination.

One More Child Star-Turned-Writer And We've Got Ourselves a Trend [GalleyCat]
HarperEntertainment announced this morning that they've acquired a novel called Who Stole the Funny? from Robby Benson.

NBC Debuts Early Nightly [TVNewser]
The timing is awfully interesting. On Sunday, CBS announced that Katie Couric would offer a "web-exclusive rundown on-camera from the newsroom" early each weekday afternoon starting Sept. 5. Then on Monday, NBC premiered the Early Nightly, a daily on-camera video blog by Brian Williams.

It's Curtains for the Design Star [UnBeige]
While the reality of Marty Neumeier's plummeting design star strikes us, we're confronted with a reality show named — yep — Design Star.

Energy Management [MBToolbox]
Ever feel that despite your best intentions and efforts, your productivity just can't live up to what you want it to be? Maybe it's not a time management problem but an energy management problem.