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ABC's Bob Woodruff Released From Hospital (Reuters via Yahoo)
Six weeks after he was gravely wounded by a bomb blast on assignment in Iraq, the ABC News anchor was released from a military hospital outside Washington.

China Withdraws Case Against New York Times Researcher (NYT)
Chinese authorities on Friday unexpectedly withdrew the state secrets case against Zhao Yan, a researcher for the paper. The surprise decision may clear the way for his release and comes a month before President Hu Jintao is scheduled to visit the United States.

The Fate of McClatchy's Orphans (PressThink)
Jay Rosen: Any of the ex-Knight-Ridder newspapers could become active agents in their own future. Exactly what they never were when HQ was in Miami and San Jose. Where is HQ now? And who is there to get orders from? LAT: Employees of the San Jose Mercury News have launched a website asking readers to push for a new owner committed to high-quality journalism. BusinessWeek: The McClatchy narrative is about to become much more familiar since Gary Pruitt, for years newspapers' next great executive, now plays in the majors, writes Jon Fine.

Rehab Strategy for Miller: Blame it on the Bloggers (Slate)
Jack Shafer: In Judy Miller's mind, "bloggers" not only poisoned her relationship with the Times brass but also with her colleagues, who, she says, "believed what they read." Say what you will about New York Times reporters and editors, but nobody would ever call them uncritical guzzlers of blog bilge.

Fashion's 'JT Leroy'? (WWD)
Several New Yorkers quoted by name in the proposal for an upcoming memoir insist they've never met the author, Emily Davies, a former fashion writer for The Times of London. The book, How to Wear Black: Adventures on Fashion's Front Line, recently fetched a reported $900,000 bid at auction.

WaPo Writers Want Money for Blogging (Washington City Paper)
While solo bloggers at the paper get paid because their names give the blogs a sense of franchise; the paper asserts that group blogs don't share this dynamic, and there's less work for each reporter. Thus, the reporters aren't paid for content posted to them. FishbowlDC: Asking (fewer and fewer) workers to do more.

Traditional Media's Net Push (Economist)
Traditional media companies have no choice but to experiment. They are in mature businesses, many of which are endangered by the internet and other technologies. They badly need to persuade the stock market that the digital era brings them opportunities as well as threats. BusinessWeek: Scripps buys uSwitch for $366 million.

U.S. Military Launches War Crimes Probe After Reporter's Tip (AP via E&P)
The Navy has opened a criminal investigation into a November 2005 bombing and subsequent firefight between Marines and insurgents that led to the deaths of 15 Iraqi citizens. The initial allegations of possible violations were brought to the attention of the military by a reporter.

Will CBS, WB Go the Extra Mile for New Network? (LAT)
It didn't take long before employees raised the obvious question: What about the commute? With less than six months to go before the CW's launch, a behind-the-scenes battle has been brewing over where it will be located.

Prominent TV News Doctor Puts Own Name on Pre-Fab Reports (Grade the News)
Dean Edell, the syndicated multimedia medical reporter who calls himself "America's Doctor," has built a thriving business dispensing news and advice. But what followers of his Medical Journal segment may not realize is that the reporting he takes credit for on the air often is not his own.

Mike Wallace's Complicated Legacy (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: I'm really not much of a Mike Wallace fan. I think he got a little carried away with flaunting the "gotcha!" interviewing style that made him a household name and elevated 60 Minutes from an ordinary TV news show to the realm of popular entertainment.

Sympathy for the Voice (NY Press)
Steve Weinstein: Pardon me for not feeling any schaudenfraude for the folks toiling on Cooper Square. But I can't take any pleasure in the Voice's agony. The fact is, very few media outlets — and weekly newspapers perhaps least of all — have the wherewithal to hire phalanxes of fact checkers.

—David S. Hirschman