Al-Arabiya Says 3 TV Crew Members Killed in Iraq (Reuters)
The network's Baghdad correspondent Ahmed al-Saleh said police found the bodies of reporter Atwar Bahjat (left), her cameraman and her soundman on the outskirts of Samarra, a city north of the capital that was racked by sectarian violence yesterday.

Ex-Editor Caruso Sues Wenner, Claims Unlawful Termination (Gawker)
According to state court filings, former Men's Journal editor Michael Caruso is suing Wenner Media for $5 million, claiming execs at his former company said they wanted to replace him with "someone younger."

Viacom's Profit Drops (Marketwatch)
The company said that, excluding results from the CBS Corp. spinoff it completed in December, its fourth-quarter profit declined on an unusual severance expense and the writedown of abandoned film projects. AP: CBS records $9B loss on TV, radio charges.

NBC Debuts New Drama on iTunes (CBC)
NBC will offer the hour-long pilot episode of Conviction for free on the iTunes website until the Dick Wolf-produced show's TV debut on March 3.

Leading 'Citizen Journalism' Site Gets $11M in Funding (Red Herring)
Six-year-old OhmyNews, which has previously said it is profitable, will use the investment to launch a Japanese news site, the first "stepping stone" of the soon-to-be-formed OhmyNews International. It also plans to develop its video journalism arm and improve its English-language edition.

CBS News Correspondent Christopher Glenn Retires (CBS News)
Most recently the anchor of CBS Radio's flagship newscast, The World News Round-Up, Glenn has "done just about everything there is to do, from producing to writing to reporting in the field and anchoring and writing inside."

Analysts Speculate Knight May Fetch as Much as $6.8B (Fortune)
Devin Leonard: The sale promises to be nothing less than a referendum on the newspaper industry: What is the value of a newspaper company in the Digital Age? And does it make sense for Knight Ridder or any of its competitors to remain public?

Falling for JT Leroy (Boston Phoenix)
Kay Hanley: I'm not suggesting I didn't believe him. I loved the idea of him so much that it didn't occur to me that the whole thing was a fabrication. I'm also Irish Catholic, so lying on this scale would just never be a conclusion I would arrive at.

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