Rejected Freelance Film Critic Slams Slate [FishbowlNY]
Who said no one cares about movie critics anymore? N.P. Thompson, a Seattle-based film critic who earned the nickname "notorious" for his predisposition to pan everything, expressed his frustration with Slate's reviews section in the post-David Edelstein era — and, specifically, being rejected for publication in Slate — in an e-mail to editors Jacob Weisberg, Bryan Curtis and Meghan O'Rourke last night.

CBS Evening News With Couric to Be Simulcast on Web [TVNewser]
The network's nightly newscast will be simulcast live on the Internet beginning Tuesday, Sept. 5. "This is a groundbreaking development in making the program available to the largest possible audience," said CBS News president Sean McManus. There's one catch: "To access the simulcast, viewers will be asked to register so that they view it when the television broadcast is aired in their time zone," CBS says. FishbowlNY: CBS Digital president Larry Kramer wrote in an e-mail that the network "negotiated a new agreement with the affiliates that allows this to happen." CBS Press Release: via Yahoo.

Time To Shift Publishing Schedule To Friday, Push 24/7 News Cycle [FishbowlNY]
Time magazine announced today that it will shift its on-sale date to Friday as part of a larger plan to "reformulate the magazine and TIME.com" beginning in January. The change also echoes the longtime battle cries of magazine publishers trying to adapt to a 24/7 news cycle, and those of advertisers who are running to the Web to market to a digital audience.

Code.TV To Launch LA Version [FishbowlLA]
Code Networks is launching the Los Angeles version of Code.TV, "the first television network for wealthy 25-49 year old urbanites ... who want and can afford a red-carpet style lifestyle."

Hotties of Publishing: Voting Enters Day Two! [GalleyCat]
The women and men in our Hotties of Publishing polls still need your vote! The competition in both polls is quite close, and a surge of support could lift just about any candidate between now and midnight Sunday. So if you haven't made your selection, get in there and do it — and if you have, make sure your friends have, too!

Gibson: 'If Sawyer Wants World News, She Should Have It!' [TVNewser]
Charles Gibson talked to Charlie Rose about the inner-workings at ABC surrounding his shift from Good Morning America to the World News desk: "[Diane Sawyer] said to me, 'I'm burned out. I'm really burned out at Good Morning America.' And I said to her, go do World News. Do it. And she said no, you want to do it! And I was comfortable either way. I'd been through the negotiations."

Reporters Reprimanded During WH Press Briefing [FishbowlDC]
During today's press briefing, Tony Snow reprimanded some techies and cameramen in the back of the room who were being a bit too noisy.

An Urban Forest in the Asphalt Jungle [UnBeige]
If you'll be in Times Square anytime between September 1st and October 31st, you'll likely see 185 new banners flapping around in the wind. They've been put there as part of Design Times Square: The Urban Forest Project.