Talk Show Next for Aaron Brown? (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: Even though the TV news profession tends to have more downs than ups for its practitioners, it continues to have a magnetic pull for Brown. His agent is talking to prospective employers about everything from radio and TV news to, of all things, a gig as a game-show host.

Radio Host Fired After On-Air Slip-Up (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
KTRS morning radio host Dave Lenihan was fired in his second week on the air, less than 25 minutes after using the word "coon" while talking about U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Lenihan said it was a slip of the tongue and that he had never used the word before.

Cronkite Blasts Network News (Texas Monthly Talks)
Cronkite castigated producers of the network nightly newscasts for including stories about "your health and mine and your backyard and mine and all that kind of thing" at the expense of more substantive reports. "It doesn't belong in the evening news," Cronkite said.

60 Minutes Moves to Yahoo! (Ad Age)
CBS has committed to making its legendary news magazine available on Yahoo for the online masses. The partnership launches this fall, but Yahoo will offer a preview of what's to come this Sunday with a rare interview with golf superstar Tiger Woods.

Is the Iraq War Getting Stale for the Media? (National Journal)
William Powers: The problem is not the resources and energy that American media outlets are devoting to Iraq. The gap is emotional, and it's at the Washington end of things. When Washington reporters are truly hot on a story, nothing can stop them from playing it large. Huffington Post: Is the media only showing the bad news in Iraq, asks Paul Rieckhoff.

Vermont Editors Want Answers Over AP Chief's Firing (Valley News)
Several editors and publishers in Vermont yesterday called for The Associated Press to explain publicly why the not-for-profit news cooperative has fired Chris Graff, its chief correspondent in Montpelier.

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