Stories Retracted at Technology Review (E&P)
As if the media, after the past two years, needed a reminder of what can happen when stories go awry, more evidence has emerged with the respected Technology Review magazine posting on its website a prominent, if brief, retraction.

All Things Considered in NPR Move? (LAT)
Tim Rutten: National Public Radio's decision to sever its 21-year connection to one of its most experienced arts reporters has stirred a sharp controversy among some of the networks' longtime supporters.

Has Paulson Improved USA Today? (WaPo)
Howard Kurtz: Many staffers say they find Ken Paulson pleasant and approachable, but they question whether he has improved the editorial product and contend that belt-tightening is hurting the paper.

WaPo Gossip Leaving the Beat (Washingtonian)
Harry Jaffe: "Reliable Source" columnist Richard Leiby was never comfortable writing the Post's version of a gossip column and now he will have another assignment as soon as the paper can find a replacement—if not sooner.

AOL Reinvents Itself (LAT)
The media giant is planning to move many services once reserved for paying members—including music, a search engine, video clips and shopping sites—onto the open Web to attract more visitors and advertisers.

Media Losing PR Monopoly? (Globe and Mail)
Blogs and other online tools that enable companies to speak directly to consumers are pushing the news media out of their central role in public relations, according to the head of the world's largest independent PR firm.

Liberal Mags Benefit After Bush Re-election (NYT)
Sheepish though they may be about profiting from George Bush's re-election, some liberal magazines have seen subscriptions rise during the recent political season.

CNN's Primetime for Blogs (USAT)
Inside the Blogs, which kicked off Feb. 14, is the first daily segment on cable or network TV dedicated to people whose reporting and opinions appear on the Internet.

Media Decentralization Ahead? (Slate)
Jack Shafer: What's troubling the media giants' balance sheet is competition, and the benefits of "synergy" were never all they were cracked up to be. Guardian: The big media break-ups are a matter of pure economics: share prices are languishing and the media conglomerate is a concept that might have had its day. NYT: Assessing the houses that Viacom built. Marketwatch: Redstone could exit before '07.

Going Tab (NYT)
The Jersey Journal is following the strategy of many English papers, moving from broadsheet to tabloid. Will other papers follow suit?

Time to 'Get Mad' (Miami Herald)
Ed Wasserman: The Bush Administration's creation of faked-up pseudo-news segments on the public dime is an outrage. It is time for media watchdogs to start barking, and perhaps biting.

Timesman's Revenge (New York)
Before Joe Lelyveld had even retired from The New York Times, his successor was already trashing his legacy. Lelyveld went home and started a memoir that helped him finally understand himself, then went back to the paper and got his vindication.

The Decency Police (Time)
James Poniewozik: A year after Janet Jackson, activists and Congress are revving up their drive to clean up the airwaves. Now cable may be next. Has TV gone too far—or have its critics?

What Out-of-Touch Media? (National Journal)
William Powers: Maybe I'm just another out-of-touch journalist, but I have a hard time sharing the public's sense of disappointment in the media. I wake up each day and read two excellent national newspapers in hard copy, plus several very good papers online.

Return of the Sitcom-mercial (NYT)
Marketers seeking to stand out are crowding their campaigns with ensemble casts that continue from one commercial to another, just as if they were the regular cast of a television series.

Enquiring Mind (New York)
Can Fleet Street overachiever Paul Field bring the decrepit National Enquirer back from its long slide into kitschy irrelevance? He's got his checkbook ready.

Advertising for Sale (New Yorker)
Ken Auletta: As old-time ad agencies fade away, some wonder whether Madison Avenue can make it in the 21st Century.

Blogged Down (NYT)
"Jeff Gannon" talks about his specious White House credentials, the scandal that took him out of the press room, and his sideline as a gay escort.

Why Doctors Get Privilege and Journos Don't (Slate)
Rod Smolla: The problem is that privileges are by their nature in tension with other legal values such as transparency and the search for truth.

Bill and Rupert's Big Adventure (Guardian)
Gates and Murdoch are going head to head for mastery of the next generation of TV and telecom devices.

—David S. Hirschman