Indecency Exposure (Guardian)
Congress is expected to pass today measures dramatically increasing fines for on-air indecency to a maximum of $500,000. WaPo: FCC aims to speed evaluation of indecency complaints. Denver Post Editorial: Powell's legacy at the FCC.

Nighty-Nightline? (WaPo)
ABC News is weighing several proposals on what to do with the award-winning news program, while parent Disney is also considering the option of bagging the show in favor of entertainment or sports programming. WaPo: The program that has brought more distinction to ABC News than any other continues in its resourceful and innovative ways, writes Tom Shales.

Mouse Votes to be Withheld (NYT)
Two former directors of the Walt Disney Company, Roy E. Disney and Stanley P. Gold, said that they would withhold votes for the board's members in the coming shareholder election. LAT: All has been fairly quiet ahead of the company's annual meeting, last year's scene of rebellion.

Anarchy Over Aniston (NYP)
Life & Style Weekly agreed to pay $15,000 for what it thought were exclusive rights to the first photos of Aniston making out with Swingers star Vince Vaughn, but late yesterday found out that Us Weekly is also using the photos.

Kidnapped Italian Journo Seen Alive (Agenzia Giornalistica Italia)
The newspaper Il Manifesto reports that a person has been permitted to see journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who was kidnapped last week in Iraq, both on Monday and yesterday morning, and refers that she is well.

Throatstakes: Rehnquist Takes Lead (E&P)
In E&P's "Deep Throat" poll, the clear frontrunner is (ailing) Chief Justice Willam Rehnquist. Other interesting picks: Ben Stein, Henry Kissinger, G. Gordon Liddy, and Richard M. Nixon himself ("he was so self-destructive").

Gravitas and Grace at CBS (CSM)
Editorial: Bob Schieffer brings 36 years of network reporting experience, in-depth knowledge of the world and Washington, an ego that is remarkably well controlled, and a gentle, whimsical sense of humor to CBS's anchor seat.

Brooks Bothered (Salon)
Theda Skocpo: Right-wing columnist David Brooks used my work to bash Dean and MoveOn as elitists—conveniently ignoring the big-money interests that pull the GOP's strings.

CBS Correspondent George Herman Dies (NYT)
Herman worked at CBS for 43 years and was the moderator of the network's Face the Nation program for nearly 15 years.

Media Seek End to Jacko Case Secrecy (AP via San Jose Mercury News)
News organizations covering the Michael Jackson trial are due in court today to argue for an end to the secrecy surrounding key aspects of the case, including the grand jury indictment describing Jackson's alleged crimes.

AMI Wants Kobe Subpoena Thrown Out (AP via Bradenton Herald)
Tabloid publisher American Media Inc. has asked a federal judge to throw out a subpoena demanding the company turn over documents and testify in the lawsuit filed by the woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape.

Wintour Lite (NYDN)
Michael Daly: A memory of a moment some years ago when I descended a stoop from a murder scene and chanced to encounter Vogue editor and supposed ice queen Anna Wintour.

Mags' Xanadu (NYO)
Gabriel Sherman: The first thing you see as you step through the door of the old International Magazine Building is what's missing: the International Magazine Building.

WaPo Writer's Book Raps Colleague (NYO)
Tom Scocca: Washington Post writer Michael Leahy's book about Michael Jordan is a scathing work of media criticism that calls out his fellow Postie Michael Wilbon by name.

Murder, Ink (VV)
Jarrett Murphy: The circumstances of aspiring actress Nicole duFresne's murder had a plethora of hooks that made the story near-perfect for New York's tabloids.

Clean Slate (CBSMW)
Jon Friedman: Slate's staffers can't disguise how happy they are that Microsoft sold the online magazine to the Washington Post Co.

WaPo Writers Spar With Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame (Reuters)
The Cleveland-based museum has asked a federal judge to stop two journalists and a radio company executive from putting up a website called the Jewish Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, saying the site will infringe on the original's trademark name and that the public would confuse the two.

Savoy Stomps Back (Chicago Sun-Times)
Upscale African-American magazine Savoy is back with a brassy flourish, stylish rhythm, and new arrangements.

—David S. Hirschman