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CNN.com's Lapin on the Value of Citizen Journalists (Wired)
Nicole Lapin is not just a pretty face behind a news desk. She speaks five languages, was valedictorian at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, and at 23 is one of the youngest anchors in CNN's history. Plus, as host of CNN.com Live Video, the network's 24-hour online news service, the SoCal native is charged with pioneering the organization's future on the Internet.

Some Buyers Still Bullish on Newspapers (CSM)
Despite sagging revenues and subscription rates, newspaper deals are being done. Such purchases may indicate there is still a significant number of wealthy people willing to buy media properties. But the rationales behind each sale are different, and media experts don't believe the purchases necessarily mean the tide has turned for the industry.

AP Finds Stripped Video Too Hot to Handle (E&P)
An amateur video posted on a Pennsylvania newspaper's Web site, showing strippers performing lap dances at a golf course, was apparently too adult for the Associated Press, which chose not to distribute the images. The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa. reported that AP officials decided the minute-long clip of the X-rated behavior at a Stroud Township, Pa. golf course was too hot to handle.

On YouTube, Candidates Get an Eyeful (NYT)
In bedrooms, dorm rooms, offices and backyards, the presidential candidates are getting a virtual grilling by a motley group who are among the first to submit video questions for consideration on the CNN-YouTube presidential debate next month.

YouTube's Hits Top Rivals' Combined (Reuters)
YouTube, which has had to pull copyrighted videos off its site after legal attacks by some big media franchises, has enjoyed a surge in U.S. audience share that leaves it far larger than the next 64 video-sharing sites combined, a survey found. The U.S. market share of visits to YouTube, which Google bought for $1.65 billion last November, rose 70 percent from January through May.

Edwards Defends Her Call to Coulter (Des Moines Register)
Elizabeth Edwards said Wednesday that she hopes other Americans will do what she was trying to do when she confronted conservative pundit Ann Coulter on national television this week. Edwards, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, said in an interview that it's time to put the brakes on the hateful speech spewed by people like Coulter. "It may take a while, but if we don't start, it'll take forever," she said.

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