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Mags Start Studios to Get Into Online Video Craze (USAT)
Add Time Inc. and TV Guide to the ranks of major magazine publishers looking to take advantage of the public's fast-growing fascination with online videos. Time Inc. is launching an in-house studio to help its 130 magazines develop videos for the Web. Gemstar-TV Guide International's TV Guide Broadband, the online programming arm of the magazine, announced that it will syndicate celebrity gossip, interviews with Joan and Melissa Rivers, and other video fare.

Senators Renew Call to Televise Supreme Court (WaPo)
With Supreme Court justices becoming increasingly comfortable in the spotlight, Sen. Arlen Specter says it might finally be time for their close-ups. Spector has refiled his legislation to require the court to televise its proceedings. Congress members agree it still seems very much a long shot, but Specter said there is a big difference between now and last year, when the bill did not reach the Senate floor.

TV Ratings Firm Sets Deadline For Backers, Vows New Action Over Nielsen Move (MediaPost)
The TV ratings firm erinMedia has set a deadline of the end of this week for strategic partners to join a coalition that would help the start-up become a serious competitor to Nielsen. If those backers fail to commit, founder Frank Maggio says he will turn to another potential ally to combat Nielsen's monopolistic control of the U.S. TV ratings business: the United States government.

In Travel Writing, Even Vacation Is Work (NYT)
Peter Frank: How does 11 days in the Florida Keys sound to you? Pretty good, right? Not if you're staying in 10 different hotels, as I did on a recent assignment. I can't bring myself to describe my routine — checking in, taking voluminous notes about everything from the linens to poolside amenities, eating at the restaurant and then checking out again — as grueling. But it isn't a vacation.

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