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Elle's TV Time (WWD)
Elle editor-in-chief Robbie Myers and creative director Joe Zee will appear on Ugly Betty, just like their former fashion director Nina Garcia. Myers and Zee will appear on the season finale of the show, which depicts a charity softball game between Elle and Mode. Elle, however, will have a designated hitter in Naomi Campbell, who will also be guest-starring on the show.

Chris Matthews Running for Senate? (NY Sun)
Seth Gitell: The possibility of the host of MSNBC's Hardball Christopher Matthews, running against Senator Specter of Pennsylvania, a Republican, for Mr. Specter's senate seat in Pennsylvania is intensifying. Matthews, who is from the Philadelphia area, broadcast his show from Philadelphia during the week of the Pennsylvania primary.

ABC Stations Oppose Pre-Screening Mandate (B&C)
ABC affiliates said they don't want the government forcing networks to provide screeners of their shows to stations before they air. The Federal Communications Commission pondered as part of a localism proposal to help wrap up review of media-ownership rules whether it should require networks to send stations previews of their programming before air.

Mass Resignations Cripple Cygnus Title (Folio:)
Cygnus Business Media's Aircraft Maintenance Technology took a major hit Friday as four of its six full-time staffers resigned. The four to depart the magazine: group publisher Greg Napert, publisher Danny Faupel, editor-in-chief Joe Escobar and salesperson Bob Graf.

Why So Hostile? Next Steps In Microsoft-Yahoo Saga (Reuters)
Daisuke Wakabayashi: Microsoft's weekend deadline to Yahoo to negotiate a friendly deal has come and gone. So, now what? Microsoft has its options. It could raise its bid, walk away, go hostile at a lower price or go hostile at the current price. Most Wall Street analysts think the last option is the most likely.

Q&A With Paste's Editor (Folio:)
Josh Jackson: I'm pretty bullish on magazines. It seems like magazine companies should only be increasing market share as magazines themselves hold steady and magazine Web sites and other outlets gain. Of course, we launched a magazine when both the magazine and record industries were supposed to be dying.

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