Fox News Channel Journos Kidnapped In Gaza [TVNewser]
Palestinian gunmen kidnapped a pair of Fox News Channel journalists — correspondent Steve Centanni and freelance cameraman Olaf Wiig — today in Gaza. TVNewser: FNC senior VP John Moody's internal message to Fox News personnel about the kidnapping: "The rumors are true: two of our employees have been abducted in Gaza. We will report this fact via our Israel correspondents. Do NOT do any other segments on it. Do not book guests on this topic. Do not comment officially and of course, not on the air, about it. DO pray for their release. I will keep you posted."

Sun TV Critic Blum Named Editor Of Village Voice [FishbowlNY]
Ending a grueling search process that included the hiring and unhiring of an editor from the Washington City Paper, the Village Voice has settled on veteran journalist David Blum.

More Trouble on the Flight 93 Memorial Front [UnBeige]
We reported on the trouble in finalizing the plans for the design of the Flight 93 memorial in Pennsylvania because there was a group opposed to it looking too similar to a crescent, an important symbol in the Islamic religion. Now the committee has run into yet another hurdle as Lisa Austin and Madis Pihlak, two college professors, have started a fight, claiming that the selected design, by Paul Murdoch, has stolen a whole slew of ideas from the designs they submitted.

McSweeney's Editor Wans To Inflate Amazon Sales Ranking [GalleyCat]
You've heard the stories about writers who bug everybody they know to order their books from Amazon.com on the pub date in order to inflate their sales ranking. Well, McSweeney's editor John Warner wants in on some of that action for his latest humor project, Encyclopedia Brown and the Mysterious Presidency of George W. Bush: "This has the potential to create actual publicity for the forthcoming release at no cost to me. You will be out $9.95 + tax and potentially shipping."

'Tucker Dances Like He's Just Been Tasered' [FishbowlDC]
Ouch. And that's from his producer and good buddy Willie Geist. Geist blogs about Tucker's chances on Dancing with the Stars.

Geraldo Cancelled? [FishbowlLA]
Trying hard not to sound too gleeful, Tabloid Baby posts about the cancellation of Geraldo At Large. So, come September, it's back to the life of a pirate for Geraldo, we're guessing.

September Magazine Issues Are Heavy: Report [FishbowlNY]
Those who read magazines or even remotely follow the industry know that the weight of glossies on the newsstand can fluctuate as wildly as Russell Crowe's heft (or, perhaps, his moods) if not Christian Bale's (think Batman, then Machinist) — and September serves as a sort of overhyped, chest-thumping scale for fall.

Blockbuster Plots by Threes [MBToolbox]
Claire Zulkey: I don't know what outlines ever did to me, but I can't stand doing them. To me, it's easier to write a non-plotted-out 300 page novel at once than sitting down and making a plan.