Koppel Topple? (LAT)
Three years after narrowly surviving the ax, ABC's long-running Nightline is in jeopardy again, as network parent Walt Disney Co. has ordered executives to start devising alternatives.

Patriot Games (Guardian)
Stefano Hatfield: Moving and powerful, or obscene war-mongering? Budweiser's controversial Super Bowl ad waving off "our boys" to battle. NYT: Standout ads from the Super Bowl. Newsday: Ads toned down as marketers play it safe for Super Bowl. WaPo: Minimal offense and lots of safeties in Super Bowl coverage, writes Tom Shales.

'Deep Throat' Ill (LAT)
John Dean: Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of the Post and one of the few people to whom Woodward confided his source's identity, has publicly acknowledged that he has written the obituary of the secret Watergate informant. LAT: If individuals cannot be assured by reporters that their identities will remain confidential, they will not speak out, writes Kelli Sager. Boston Globe: Watergate anniversary sparks new interest in "Deep Throat" identity.

Media Seek Jacko Juror Notes (BBC)
Lawyers for news organizations said it was "really vital" for the responses of 250 potential jurors to be made public "to serve as a check on the process."

Reality TV Goes Medical? (NYT)
ABC Television, which has captured big audiences in recent years with reality programs that chronicle people's physical alterations, will apply that formula to people's health.

New Disney Tome Rough on Iger (LAT)
The portrait of Iger that emerges in James B. Stewart's new book Disney War is of an embattled and sometimes insecure man who hungers for respect and recognition, especially from his boss.

Paper to Continue Probe of Sportswriter's Work (E&P)
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette, which fired sportswriter Ken Powers Thursday for plagiarism, will review "several hundred stories" that Powers wrote during the past football season.

Payola Scandal Further Dents Media Credibility (Guardian)
David Teather: The three cases of Bush administration payoffs to journalists have been presented as further evidence of a government that has done all it can to bend the press to its agenda. New Yorker: Nicolas Lemann: Why is everyone mad at the mainstream media?

J-School for Jerks (The Atlantic)
Joshua Green: How you, too, can learn to behave like Bill O'Reilly. NYT: Botched punt spurred O'Reilly to his career.

Vogue Staffer Breaks Up Design Team? (Page Six)
The magazine's editrix Anna Wintour might be upset to learn that one of her trusted assistants was instrumental in the breakup of her favorite design duo, who are behind red-hot fashion label Proenza Schouler.

A President's Unofficial Reading List (NYT)
President Bush has not only read Tom Wolfe's new beer- and sex-soaked novel, I Am Charlotte Simmons, but has also enthusiastically recommended it to friends.

Tunnel Vision in World of Opinions (WaPo)
Howard Kurtz: Pundits today rarely stray from their assigned spots. The only real motion is when they jump back and forth between politics and journalism, or demonstrate agility by keeping a foot in both camps.

Who's Sticking Around to Cover Bush II? (USAT)
Peter Johnson: Most broadcast and cable networks are sticking with White House correspondents who covered President Bush's first four years, while some newspapers and magazines are realigning their teams.

The Emperor's New Hump (FAIR)
David Lindorff: The New York Times killed a story that could have changed the election because it could have changed the election.

Book Brand (NYT)
HarperCollins president and chief executive Jane Friedman says she envisions a day when a reader in a bookstore will reach for a HarperCollins novel the way some parents of young children now reach for a Disney film in a video store—a result of faith in the producer rather than the specific content.

FCC Battle for Control Not Over (Miami Herald)
Ed Wasserman: Proceeding without administration support, big media companies, newspapers, and the National Association of Broadcasters are planning to appeal the recent ownership rules decision to the Supreme Court.

White Reminiscences (New Yorker)
Roger Angell: Lately I have been missing my stepfather, E. B. White, who died in 1985, twenty years ago, come October.

Journo's Abductors Make Final Execution Threat (AP via Boston Globe)
The kidnappers of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena in Iraq claimed they had given Rome a final warning to withdraw its troops from the country.

Censored Nepal Media Try to Get the Message Out (Voice of America)
Under newly-enacted strict censorship restrictions, Nepal's newspapers are finding creative ways to get their message out.

—David S. Hirschman