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Tortured 24 Turns Tables on Censorship Debate (LAT)
Jonah Goldberg: The critics complaining that Hollywood is dangerously influencing behavior are from the left. And folks like Rush Limbaugh are saying "it's just a television show! Get a grip." Needless to say, this is not the typical conservative position when Hollywood mocks Jesus or promotes the "gay lifestyle." Meanwhile, 24 gets lavished with Emmys and praise. Why?

Will Boomers Give New Life to Obits? (Boston Globe)
Alex Beam: Will people pay just to read obituaries? Following up on a mini-boom in newspaper obits — both the New York Sun and the Wall Street Journal have added them — a husband-and-wife team from Princeton, N.J., plans to start publishing a glossy magazine, Obit. "We truly believe that we are starting a 'movement,'" co-founder Barbara Hillier said in a prepared statement.

Ad-Supported Online Video Losing Ground? (FT via MSNBC)
The market for film and television internet downloads is expected to grow dramatically over the next five years, with revenues from paid downloads far exceeding earnings from advertising placed on free programming, according to a new industry study. By 2011, the commercial-free digital video distribution model will be the most lucrative, Adams Media Research said in its report.

CBS/YouTube Deal Goes Sour (Reuters)
A deal between Google Inc. and CBS Corp. that would let YouTube users watch clips from CBS shows such as The Late Show with David Letterman, has unraveled, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The two companies had been closing in on a multi-year deal, the paper said.

Olbermann Slams Cooper, Beck & Grace (Rolling Stone via TVNewser)
Keith Olbermann on Anderson Cooper: "He is the only person who has not been informed that he is a marketing experiment." On Glenn Beck: "A wolf in sheep's clothing. A very dangerously bigoted guy who's selling himself as a pragmatic philosopher. I don't think he sees his own bigotry." On Nancy Grace: "Anybody who would embellish the story of their own fiance's murder should spend that hour a day not on television but in a psychiatrist's chair."

Book Accuses AJC Of Trying To Undermine Race Series (Journal-isms)
The reporter who uncovered a 60-year pattern of expelling African Americans from communities around the country and wrote a series about it last year says the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the flagship of the newspaper company he works for, tried to undermine what he produced. In an upcoming book, Elliot Jaspin quotes his boss, Cox Newspapers Washington bureau chief Andy Alexander, saying, "'They are afraid of angering white people.'"

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