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Ex-Spin Editor Joins NYT (Gawker)
Unceremoniously dumped (or self-dumped!) during the sale of Spin a year ago, glamourpuss Sia Michel, once the first woman to edit an American rock mag, has finally made her berth at the Times permanent. She'll now be the pop music editor, in charge of all the Arcade Fire needs of the young generation of newspaper semi-readers.

Bono, Murdoch Could Buy Grand Theft Auto Maker (CNN Money)
Bracing for a shareholder revolt, the maker of the Grand Theft Auto video game, says it is considering new corporate strategies, including the sale of the company. Take Two Interactive Software also postponed its shareholder meeting by six days, moving it to March 29. Twelve days ago, investors owning some 46 percent of the company's shares announced plans to stage a take over the board and oust current CEO Paul Eibeler. The move comes after years of scandals and allegations ranging from backdated options to overstated revenue to hidden sexual content in its most popular game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

On 4th Anniversary, Editors Say Iraq War is Taking Toll — But Vow to Keep Covering (E&P)
As the Iraq War enters its fifth year this week, newspapers that have been covering the conflict closely say the pool of reporters willing and able to report on the war is shrinking, budget constraints remain an issue, and the dangers continue to mount. Still, top news outfits, from the New York Times to Associated Press, remain committed to covering the war, with no immediate plans for cutbacks.

Four Years, Still No Handle on Iraq War (LAT)
Paul Brownfield: Broadcast news, slavish to its own metabolism, packages the war more than covers it. Some of this, certainly, is a logistics issue — journalists in Iraq are part of the battlefield and/or subject to bad-guy kidnappings, preventing freedom of movement, their Iraqi staffers risking their lives in places journalists can't easily tread.

Brightcove and Rodale Partner to Launch Internet Video Channels (Folio:)
Health magazine publisher Rodale is launching Internet channels for its publications, featuring original health and wellness video programming. Men's Health's Web site will be the first Rodale property to launch a video channel. Rodale is one of several publishers that have opted to launch video channels via Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Brightcove. FBNY: Hearst, Hachette and the dollars.

At the CW: Audience Treads Water, Network's Holes Loom (WSJ)
When CBS and Warner Bros. the CW broadcast network, they described it as a venture that would be "profitable from day one." But six months after it launched, the upstart network has yet to turn a profit, while heavily hyped shows such as Chris Rock's "Everybody Hates Chris" are struggling in the ratings.

Gruesome Movie Poster Pulled From Billboards And Taxis (Hollywood Reporter)
In the wake of a public outcry against Los Angeles billboards and New York taxicab tops advertising the upcoming movie Captivity with images of the abduction, torture and death of a young woman, After Dark Films said it will take down the offending ads by 2 p.m. today. After Dark, its theatrical distribution partner Lionsgate Films and the MPAA received a barrage of phone calls objecting to the gratuitous depiction of the film's star Elisha Cuthbert being tortured and killed.

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