HBO Plans Daniel Pearl Documentary (B&C)
HBO has commissioned a documentary tracking the parallel lives of the slain Wall Street Journal reporter and the jihadist convicted of killing him, Omar Sheikh. The film will note that both men grew up with privileged backgrounds but had starkly different views of the world.

Bush Cheers Decline of MSM (Drudge Report)
President Bush, for the first time, is hailing the rise of the alternative media and the decline of the mainstream media, which he now says "conspired" to harm him with forged documents.

SEC to Review Journo Subpoenas (LAT)
Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox distanced himself from the decision of SEC enforcement officials to subpoena two journalists and said the agency would review the matter as early as this week.

Ethics Cop Calame Carrying Tweezers Instead of a Gun (Slate)
Jack Shafer: New York Times Public Editor Byron Calame conformed to this profile by using his column to give the paper's eyebrows a vigorous plucking in his exploration of whether its news staffers can accept companywide discounts for goods "without creating the appearance of partiality."

Mixing, Matching and Multimedia (E&P)
While newspapers have been reporting via the Web for more than a decade, the extent to which online newspaper reports have expanded to include more video and audio elements, constant breaking news, and the exploding world of blogs, online columns, and reader feedback is nearly limitless.

Apple Buys Disney? Don't Bet on It (The Motley Fool)
Could Steve Jobs really be on the threshold of becoming the most powerful name in family entertainment? Over the weekend, Barron's ran an article stipulating that Apple Computer will make a play to acquire Disney, something that would have seemed outlandish a few years ago, when former Disney CEO Michael Eisner was battling Apple's charismatic chieftain over Apple's "Rip, Mix, Burn" marketing campaign.

More Print Reporters Moving to PR (PR Strategist)
Alison Stateman: It seems the trend has accelerated because of recent marketplace pressures on newspapers, creating a possible boon to the PR profession in terms of enhanced media relations capabilities and a lessening of PR practitioners being identified as nothing more than flacks.

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