Ebert's Recovery Slow (RogerEbert.com)
Roger Ebert: When I announced that I had a recurrence of salivary cancer that required surgery, I had no idea when I went into the hospital on June 16 that I would still be here on August 16. I don't have a crystal ball, so I can't tell you when, but I sure look forward to being back on the movie beat.

MSNBC.com Adds Dedman to Reporting Team (NBC Release)
MSNBC.com has announced the addition of Bill Dedman to its investigative projects reporting team. Dedman, who will be based in Boston, joins a team of editors and writers committed to original, multimedia reporting. He received the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting in 1989.

New Yorker Reception Area Gets New Look (Page Six)
The formerly funky "reception area" of The New Yorker is undergoing a makeover. The space on the 20th floor of Condé headquarters was long used as an art gallery and party pad by veteran staffer C.S. Ledbetter III, whose duties range from answering phones to reading unsolicited manuscripts.

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