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ABC's Blow Against TiVo: Locking in Viewers to Watch the Commercials (NYT)
Looking to strike a blow against the proliferation of digital video recorders, the ABC network, its affiliated broadcast stations, and Cox Communications' cable systems are establishing an on-demand video service that would allow viewers to watch ABC shows like Lost and Desperate Housewives any time they choose. The catch: It uses a new technology that disables the viewers' ability to fast-forward through commercials. WSJ: Will television become Internet roadkill?

Deutsche Bank Cuts New York Times to 'Sell' (AP)
A Deutsche Bank analyst cut his rating on shares of newspaper publisher The New York Times Co., as the industry continues to battle soft U.S. advertising trends. Deutsche Bank's Paul Ginocchio cut his rating on the stock to "Sell" from "Hold" and lowered his price target to $15 from $17.

Country Music Mag No Depression Folds (Folio:)
No Depression is folding after its May-June issue — its 75th. Seattle-based alternative country music magazine founders attribute the demise to declining advertising revenues. Those revenues, generated mostly by ads from indie country music labels, are down 30 to 40 percent, they say.

Wired's Chris Anderson on 'Freeconomics' (AdAge)
"'Free' shifts the economy from a focus on only that which can be quantified in dollars and cents to a more realistic accounting of all the things we truly value today," Anderson writes in a forthcoming Wired cover story previewing the topic. It suggests that media companies and their advertising clients might rethink their strategies amid growing competition from the sector called "free."

Patti Adcroft Finds More to Her Life In Discover (MIN)
Adcroft's getting feelers for More editor-in-chief last November after Peggy Northrop's switch to Reader's Digest was not a surprise. But even though the over-40-year-old-women-targeted More is "hot" and Discover is not, Adcroft says she is happier with Albert Einstein (a Discover cover from last year) than Vanessa Williams (More's February 2008 cover).

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