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Inconvenient Power? Group Slams Gore Home's Electricity Use (AP)
Al Gore, a leading voice against global warming, is being criticized by a conservative group that claims his Nashville mansion uses too much electricity. A Gore spokeswoman said the former vice president invests in enough renewable energy to make up for the home's power consumption. On Sunday, Gore's documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, which chronicled his campaign against global warming, won an Academy Award.

Editor Regrets 'Why I Hate Blacks' Column (SFChron)
AsianWeek editor-at-large Ted Fang said Tuesday he regrets publishing a controversial column titled "Why I Hate Blacks" in this week's edition but has not decided whether to keep its author, Kenneth Eng, on his staff. "Whether he will continue is under review," Fang said. "I can say his views are not the newspaper's views. It is very unfortunate that the column got in the paper. It should not have been published."

Media Job-Seekers' Digital Future (WWD)
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's president and chief executive officer Susan Lyne and Dennis Publishing's president and CEO Stephen Colvin said they were adding salespeople, marketers and programmers for their new multimedia products, while Time Inc.'s new in-house digital media and video production division will likely add more staffers over time. FBNY: Susan Lyne's Internet Experiment.

James Cameron Finds Jesus, Controversy (E!)
The Oscar winner's latest project, the upcoming Discovery Channel documentary The Last Tomb of Jesus, has been called an attack on Christianity by some who are none too pleased with the film's so-called revelatory findings. Last Tomb, produced by Cameron and written and directed by Simcha Jacobovi, chronicles the 1980 discovery of a 2,000-year-old tomb in Jerusalem's East Talpiot neighborhood that, the film argues, was the final resting place of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Mary Magdalene and a boy who could have been her and Jesus' son. "It's time the Discovery Channel discovered ethics and stopped with the sensationalism," Catholic League president Bill Donohue told Variety.

CBS Reports Fourth-Quarter Profit of $335 Million (AdAge)
CBS Corp. ended its first year as a stand-alone company reporting an improved revenue performance in its outdoor, publishing and TV units but a decline in radio revenue. Profits rose in the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, to $335 million, or up 44% to $464 million when adjusted for continued operations. Full-year profit was $1.4 billion.

Gibson Leads News Sweeps (Variety)
ABC's World News Tonight, anchored by Charles Gibson, took another week from NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and appears on track to win February sweeps.

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