Regan Signs Bin Laden Niece for Reality Series (The Book Standard)
ReganMedia has signed Osama bin Laden's niece, Wafah Dufour, for a reality-TV show based on Dufour's life as a singer. Company head Judith Regan has previously been involved with the shows Growing Up Gotti and Jenna Jameson's Confessions. GalleyCat: There's no line Judith Regan won't cross.

Univision May Have New Suitor (NYT)
A consortium of companies and investors that includes the Mexican television giant Grupo Televisa has emerged as a potential bidder for Univision, the largest Spanish-language television and radio company in the United States.

Staff Liaison Sets Tongues Wagging at 30 Rock (NYDN)
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and top execs are grappling with an awkward personnel issue at the top-rated network news broadcast. Namely, what should be done about two married-with-children senior producers who've been having an extramarital affair.

Mailers Mix It Up (Nerve)
The concept for Norman Mailer's latest book, The Big Empty, was spearheaded by his son John. It's a series of transcripts from conversations they've had over the past few years, putting the perspectives of two generations side by side on topics ranging from sex to politics to boxing.

Time for Anchor Elections? (National Journal)
William Powers: If the network news is indeed a public trust, deserving of the special place it occupies in our culture, then surely the American public should have a say about who is in charge of its premier product.

Outreach and Outrage (Economist)
Few mainstream journalists would deny that the blogosphere keeps them on their toes. Make a mistake, and a swarm of furious pajama-clad scribes will pounce. Make a grotesque partisan error while masquerading as "objective," and the ensuing storm may cost you your job.

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