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Times 'Reviewing Accuracy' of Page One Story (Salon)
The paper said it would review the accuracy of a story that claimed to identify the hooded detainee shown in one of the most iconic photos of abuse from Abu Ghraib after Salon presented evidence suggesting that the paper had identified the wrong man. NYT: Susan Chira, foreign editor of the paper, said: "We take questions about our reporting very seriously, and we will carefully investigate Salon's findings."

Newspaper Execs Score Big in Knight Sale (SF Chron)
Knight Ridder executives, led by CEO and Chairman Tony Ridder, stand to gain millions of dollars from the $4.5 billion sale of the newspaper chain to the McClatchy Co. Ridder could receive more than $100 million from the transaction. E&P: Gary Pruitt, The McClatchy Co.'s chairman, president and CEO, told analysts there would be no "draconian" job cuts coming at KR papers. NYT: Was the death of newspapers greatly exaggerated, or is verdict still out? WSJ: Pruitt said the company is already marketing the 12 KR papers on the block and he would seek to sell them "with alacrity." LAT: McClatchy hopes to bring in more than $2 billion for the 12 papers up for sale. LAT: San Jose Mercury News rejection drives home the damage done by the Internet revolution it narrated. AJR: McClatchy's victory is the best-case scenario for Knight Ridder, but some of its best papers have little reason to celebrate, writes Rem Rieder. FBDC: McClatchy, KR bureaus to merge.

Village Voice Axes Editor in Wake of Sylvester Fiasco (NYP)
The paper has booted Managing Editor Doug Simmons one week after the cover story "Do You Want to Kiss Me" exploded in his face because the writer, Nick Sylvester, confessed he had fabricated the ending. Gawker: Ward Harkavy, a senior editor at the paper, will become acting editor-in-chief. And Sylvester will remain on staff.

Google, Feds Face Off Over Search Records (CNet)
Google's attempts to fend off the government's request for millions of search terms will move to court today. In a closely watched case pitting prosecutors' demands against privacy, a federal judge will hear arguments about whether the U.S. Justice Department's request is too broad. PC Mag: Google to offer book downloads. WaPo: Google expands online mapping services, takes Web users to Mars.

VF: Bradlee Knows Woodward's Plame Source (WaPo)
Vanity Fair is reporting that former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee says it is reasonable to assume former State Department official Richard Armitage is likely the source who revealed CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward. HuffPo: The VF article is nothing more than a massive attempt to rehab disgraced reporter Judith Miller, writes Arianna Huffington.

User Spending on Web Content Soared in '05 (Mediaweek)
Consumer spending on online content hit an all-time high last year with a 15 percent increase, says the latest Online Paid Content U.S. Market Spending Report. And that's with just 12 percent of the population willing thus far to input their credit-card numbers to receive Web-based content.

Arbitron Launches 'People Meters' (WSJ)
Hoping to offer radio advertisers a more accurate way to measure their audience, the company is unveiling technology that automatically notes everything its wearer listens to. It uses encoding technology to recognize which radio station, or even which retailer's in-store music, a listener hears. Mediaweek: Industry support for the PPM has been mixed, but predictable, reminiscient of the TV industry's transition to people meters.

Murdoch: Newspapers Must Adapt or Die (AFP via Yahoo)
"Societies or companies that expect a glorious past to shield them from the forces of change driven by advancing technology will fail and fall," media tycoon Rupert Murdoch said in a London speech. Guardian: Murdoch sounds death knell for "media barons era." Independent: Listen to Murdoch's speech.

Times Will Stop Printing Daily Stock Listings (NYT)
In announcing the change, the Times joins other newspapers that have cut stock listings to reduce newsprint costs as more readers monitor investments using the Internet.

NBC's Gregory Emerging as 'Sam Donaldson of the Bush Years' (WaPo)
Howard Kurtz: NBC's White House correspondent David Gregory, while mindful of the cameras, insists he's not putting on a show, whether he's telling off spokesman Scott McClellan or challenging President Bush with questions that are often replayed on the nightly news or cable shows.

Isaac Hayes Quits South Park Over 'Bigotry' (AP via AOL)
"There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," the soul singer and outspoken Scientologist said. He has has been the voice of the school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997.

Stern Blasts Les Moonves... on CBS (Newsday)
Howard Stern's appearance last night on the Late Show with David Letterman — scheduled before CBS recently filed a lawsuit against him — turned into a diatribe against the CBS boss.

—David S. Hirschman