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The Power of Anna (WWD)
Anna Nicole Smith's death broke on Feb. 8 after the closing dates for most of the celebrity weeklies, but the category still saw strong sales for their recaps of the tragedy in their Feb. 26 issues.

Getty Images Eyeing Rival (NYP)
Getty Images, the giant purveyor of stock photos, is in advanced talks to acquire smaller rival Jupitermedia Corp. in a move to expand its suite of offerings to Web site designers and online marketers, according to sources with knowledge of the negotiations. It's unclear how much Getty is willing to pay for Jupitermedia, but sources close to the deal said the image company could fetch more than $11 a share, or nearly $450 million including debt.

Condé Nast Gobbles Up Fashion Photo-blographer Scott Schuman (New York Observer)
Now under contract to Style.com, he jets from collection to collection — on Saturday, Feb. 17, it was back to Milan — documenting the comings and goings of the fashion flock. Like his biggest influence, gray eminence Bill Cunningham of the New York Times, Mr. Schuman rarely captions his subjects' identities: It's primarily about how clothes are worn, not by whom.

A Very Altmanesque Tribute to Altman (NYT)
Robert Altman, the pirate king of American filmmaking, was honored yesterday in Manhattan by friends and colleagues including Lily Tomlin, E. L. Doctorow, Harry Belafonte, Julianne Moore, Kevin Kline and Tim Robbins. As a director Mr. Altman did not so much work outside the system as make the system seem a little beside the point.

Even Oscar-Nominated Writers Need Publicists (LAT)
If a screenwriter turns out a brilliant screenplay and there's no publicist to flog it, does it still make a sound at awards time? Of course, we'd like to think that artistic excellence always rises to the top but it certainly doesn't hurt to have someone reminding people that, as the writer, you actually contributed something of note to the film.

Magazines Vs. Avatars (MIN)
Steve Smith: Online video and TV as we know it will begin blending in unforeseen ways, with each one feeling more like the other. Virtualized TV is already here. You can slip into an avatar persona and occupy fully realized 3-D spaces for Showtime's L Word and MTV's Laguna Beach. Audience members become content participants in these worlds, where they talk to cast members, attend advance screenings of upcoming episodes with other avatars/fans, and sometimes create their own alternative lives within the space. In other words, magazine brands have a lot to contend with.

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