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Triple Bypass for Mike Wallace (NYP)
Mike Wallace underwent triple-bypass heart surgery over the weekend. He took his first steps yesterday, just two days after undergoing the procedure in Manhattan, reportedly at Lenox Hill Hospital. "Mike is recovering nicely," a CBS News spokesman said yesterday. He quoted Wallace's doctors as describing the surgery as "a great success."

AP Entertainment Editor on Britney Obit, Celebrity Coverage (On the Media)
Jesse Worthington: The obit desk really exists all throughout the whole world at the AP and every editor, such as myself, is responsible for being prepared in their area. So we don't have some morbid group of individuals sitting around looking at folks who are ready to keel over. It's more us exercising our news judgment.

New Media Icon Grapples With Newer Media Rivals (WSJ)
The investor battle raging over iconic Internet media company CNET offers an object lesson in how high-tech Web firms that miss a beat can be vulnerable to succeeding waves of Internet technology. With the Web in its second decade as a popular consumer medium, some well-known companies that arose in its first decade, like CNET and Yahoo Inc., now face heightened competition.

Emap Shows Revenue Decline (Folio:)
After a general meeting late last week, British publishing company Emap released its third quarter financial figures, showing a 9 percent decline in its consumer magazine business revenue compared to the same period in 2006. Advertising revenue was down 12 percent, the company said, and circulation dropped off by 12 percent.

Craig Ferguson Passes Citizenship Test (AP)
No need for any more honorary citizenships for talk-show host Craig Ferguson. He's going to be the real deal. The Late Late Show host announced Monday that he got a perfect score on his citizenship test, taken Friday in Los Angeles. The Scottish-born Ferguson will officially be sworn in a few weeks from now.

FCC Sends YouTubers Searching For Butt Scene (WebProNews)
The news of the FCC's indecency fine against ABC for a scene in NYPD Blue has spurred millions to check it out on YouTube. If YouTube deletes it for fear of copyright infringement, likely it'll pop up again from other users. If not, the Parents Television Council, who made the initial complaint and who hates any type of raunchiness on TV, has a clip of the raunchiness on their Web site.

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