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Slain Oakland Editor Bailey Among George Polk Award Winners (E&P)
Murdered editor Chauncey Bailey is among the winners of the George Polk Awards for 2007, according to Long Island University, which presents the honors. Other winners announced Tuesday include Leila Fadel of McClatchy Newspapers' Baghdad bureau and journalists from The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, among others.

People to Pay as Much as $6M for JLo Baby Pix (AdAge)
People magazine is poised to pay Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony between $4 million and $6 million for exclusive U.S. rights to the first photos of their expected twins. At the high end, the payout would not only match box-office receipts for J.Lo's Gigli, but also set a stratospheric standard in the market for celebrity baby photos. Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, after all, only generated $4 million — if that.

LA Times Features Editor to Leave (LAT)
John Montorio, Los Angeles Times managing editor for features, said Monday that he was stepping down at the request of the newspaper's new editor in the latest shake-up of top management. Montorio, who was promoted to managing editor for features in July, said in a memo that Editor Russ Stanton wants to take coverage in a "different direction, with a new leader." Deadline Hollywood Daily: Mortorio is "wildly unpopular inside the paper because of his penchant for secrecy, closed doors, rarely talking to the reporters who work for him, and overall arrogance," writes Nikki Finke.

For Publisher in Los Angeles, Cuts and Worse (NYT)
LA Times Publisher David Hiller faces the daunting task of showing his new bosses that he can turn around a paper hit by an industrywide contraction, a California real estate slump and internal dissension. Within The Times, however, many employees dismiss Mr. Hiller, 53, as a star-struck outsider, a meddler in the newsroom who does not understand journalism or Los Angeles.

Autism Group Demands Apology From CBS for Offensive Remark (AP via USAT)
John Gilmore, executive director of Autism United, said Monday that his group has been trying to speak with CBS executives since last week's broadcast of Big Brother, on which a contestant named Adam, who claims to work for an autism foundation, said he would spend his winnings on a hair salon for people with developmental disabilities "so retards can get it together and get their hair done."

Observer Owner's Plan to Offer 50 Sites on Politics in 50 States (NYT)
In a media-saturated political season, Jared Kushner, publisher of The New York Observer, is planning to pull together 50 Web sites, one for each state, into a political hub called Politicker.com. Each site will serve as an intensely local source for political articles, speculation and scandal, Kushner said. Ten sites are online already, and the 11th, covering Kentucky, is scheduled to go up this week.

College Newspaper, Again, Is First on Scene at Shootings (NYT)
When news breaks on college campuses — as it did when a gunman killed five students at Northern Illinois University last week — reporters from the college paper are often the first journalists on the scene. For reporters at The Northern Star, the student newspaper, the incident became far more personal when they learned that one of their own staff members was among those killed. Inside Higher Ed: What plays into coverage of violence, both on campus and elsewhere?

ESPN The Magazine Launches Own Web Site (Folio:)
After 10 years in print, ESPN The Magazine is finally getting its own Web site. Yesterday, the company launched ESPNthemag.com, the first site dedicated exclusively to the magazine. "It was time," says Robbyn Footlick, the magazine's executive editor of multimedia, who says the site has a focus on what she calls "lunchtime programming" and updates throughout the day through blogs.

Sirius/XM Deal Still Up in the Air (NYP)
Sirius and XM Satellite Radio shareholders are betting the companies' merger will be approved imminently; then again, that has been the case since November. The spread between Sirius and XM shares is at its tightest since the merger was announced precisely one year ago today, meaning investors are buying into last week's market chatter that the Department of Justice is set to approve the deal.

Ad Buyers Scramble to Place Spots in Post-Strike Network Schedules (TV Week)
As original scripted series return to the broadcast networks, media buyers will be watching closely to make sure their clients get spots in the programming they bought in last year's upfront. "Before, after and during the strike, we really look to keep the integrity intact on what was bought in the upfront. That hasn't really changed," said Ed Gentner, senior VP and group director at MediaVest.

Advertisers Challenge Big Three on Network Fees (B&C)
Major advertiser and ad-agency associations are banding together to push ABC, CBS and NBC to reconsider $125 million per year in fees the networks charge them just for the privilege of buying time on their TV shows. The groups represent at least hundreds of millions of dollars in network-TV spending and include such big names as Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart, Ford Motor and Kraft.

French Vogue Editor Is 'the Anti-Anna' (New York Mag)
Carine Roitfeld's French Vogue is the polar opposite of most American fashion magazines. It is unconcerned with making fashion wearable or accessible. It is not inclusive: There is no advice on how to dress if you're shaped like a pear or about to turn 50. In Roitfeld's world, models are never too skinny, diamonds are never too expensive. French Vogue assumes membership in a club that treats fashion unapologetically.

Political Pundits, Overpopulating the News Networks (WaPo)
Paul Farhi: It's a great time for face time if you want to be a pundit on TV. With the cable news networks ramping up wall-to-wall political coverage, the demand for people to analyze, comment upon and speculate wildly about the presidential race has expanded accordingly. The nation's economy might be coughing and wheezing, but there is no shortage of employment opportunities in Punditland.

Students Fight Back Against Campus Gossip Site (AP)
JuicyCampus.com's endless threads of anonymous innuendo have been a popular Web destination on the seven college campuses where the site launched last fall, including Duke, UCLA and Loyola Marymount. It recently expanded to 50 more, and many of the postings show they've been viewed hundreds and even thousands of times. But JuicyCampus has proved so poisonous there are signs of a backlash. CNet: The Web site's sole reason for existence is to serve as a portal for anonymous gossip, spreading rumor, sexual defamation, homophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism at colleges across the country.

Mag Sites Enjoy A Fourth-Quarter Spike (MIN)
Steve Smith: After years of struggling for user recognition against the endemic Web brands, magazine publishers finally have something solid to crow about after all of their digital efforts. Audiences going to branded magazine sites were up 8.1% fourth-quarter 2007-versus-2006. According to MPA president/CEO Nina Link, this growth reflects the new aggressiveness of magazines online.