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Oprah Inks Deal with XM (AP via Globe and Mail)
Oprah Winfrey has signed a three-year, $55 million deal with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. to launch a new radio channel beginning in September.

Mag Macher (Forbes)
New MPA chair Jack Kliger is trying to get the magazine biz to adopt new audience measurement metrics, arguing that the guaranteed rate base based on paid circulation is outdated. Advertising rates should be based on readership, he says, not the number of copies sold.

War Supporters' Yen for Yon (LAT)
Michael Yon's emergence from obscurity is emblematic of Internet-age journalism, in which a lone writer with little experience can build a significant following by deeply mining a specialized niche. In the blogosphere, unconventional characters thrive who would make the mainstream media blanch.

HBO Polygamy Drama Riles Up Mormons (Page Six)
The Tom Hanks-produced series Big Love stars Bill Paxton as a Viagra-popping Mormon with three wives, three houses and more problems than Tony Soprano. Although Paxton's character isn't affiliated with mainstream Mormonism, viewers could be forgiven for assuming so.

Free Mason (Public Eye)
Hillary Profita: During his tenure at CBS News, correspondent Anthony Mason has worked out of London and Moscow and has reported from more than 30 countries. Here he talks about his life prior to CBS, reporting from New Jersey cemeteries and founding Green Hornet Broadcasting.

NYP Launches Page Six Mag Today (E&P)
The paper went whole hog this morning, producing its first Page Six: The Magazine, a 76-page slick publication inserted in the regular edition. The question, of course, is how many new readers it can inspire, since so many already buy the 25 cent tabloid for its gossip.

Tom Ford Went to Bat for Angelina Jolie's 'Butt Crack' (Post Chronicle)
The former Gucci and Yves St. Laurent designer reportedly fought with Vanity Fair editors over Angelina Jolie's naked rear-end — after persuading the actress to disrobe for an Annie Liebovitz Hollywood stars layout. Vanity Fair: "I should have known that inviting Tom Ford to oversee this year's Hollywood Issue would create a chorus of office lore many octaves higher than the shrill solos that form the usual monthly soundtrack," writes Graydon Carter, alluding to the "butt crack" post-it note.

—David S. Hirschman