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In Shrinking Newsrooms, Slightly More Minority Journos (E&P)
The number of full-time journalists working on daily newspapers declined by more than 2,200 last year, but the percentage of journalists of color crept up less than half a percentage point to 13.42 percent, according to a study by the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Major LexisNexis Security Breach (NYT)
Social Security numbers and the addresses of 310,000 people may have been stolen from the LexisNexis databases, 10 times more than originally reported. LAT: The Secret Service is investigating.

Wenner May Be Sizing Up Brit Editor (NYP)
Speculation is that the mag publisher is sizing up Jane Ennis, the editor-in-chief of Now, for the top slot at Us Weekly, just in case things don't work out with incumbent, award-winning editor-in-chief Janice Min, whose contract expires July 3.

Regan Media, Porn Star Sue Over TV Show (NYDN)
Porn star Jenna Jameson and her book publisher are suing each other over whether the publisher has a right to any of the proceeds of a planned reality television show starring her.

ASME Award Nominees Spreading the News (NYT)
Since the National Magazine Awards finalists were announced, publishers of nominated magazines have mounted campaigns to get the word out about their good fortune.

Reuters Staffers Call for Head of Managing Editor (Guardian)
The wire service's journalists called the group global managing editor's position "untenable" after he said the company had "terrible quality problems" in a leaked memo.

Advertising Dip Hits Gannett's Profits (WaPo)
The company partially blamed a revenue dip on a 2.9 percent decrease in advertising revenue at its 21 television stations, which is typical after elections.

On Blaming the Media (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: Billionaire Warren Buffett is starting to sound a lot like a charter member of the Don't Blame Me Club. Comprised of the rich and famous people who profess their ignorance to the media when they're caught in the spotlight, the club's ranks are swelling all the time.

Borderless Blogs and Media Bans (CSM)
Rondi Adamson: Where a publication ban used to be fairly simple to understand, if not necessarily approve, new questions are now being asked after a Canadian publication ban and an American blogger clashed last week. OJR: Advertising, editorial lines blur as bloggers' salaries are tied to traffic, writes Mark Glaser. BBC: Eight newspapers and the Associated Press have thrown their support behind three bloggers sued by Apple.

Sinclair Critic Denied Unemployment Pay (B&C)
Maryland has denied a claim for unemployment benefits filed by former Sinclair Broadcast Group political reporter Jon Leiberman, who was fired last fall after he spoke out against Sinclair's plans to air a documentary featuring Swift Boat Veterans allegations against Sen. John Kerry.

Can HBO Save the Sitcom? (NYO)
Joe Hagan: Louis C.K., the 37-year-old stand-up comic, seems to have faith that the it's-not-TV-it's-HBO ethos can redeem even TVs most flagging, formula-choked genre.

Bad Call at the Times (VV)
Sydney Schanberg: The New York Times bent one of its ethical rules recently, agreeing with Columbia University's request that reporters not to talk to other sources in exchange for a one-day advance of a report on student charges of anti-Israel bias at the university.

Timesman's Narrow War Tale (NYO)
Tom Scocca: Alan Feuer's new book Over There: From the Bronx to Baghdad: Two Months in the Life of a Reluctant Reporter is an account of his brief career as a war correspondent. But the two-month figure is misleading; Mr. Feuer spent less than three weeks in the war zone proper.

Must-Repent TV (Salon)
Heather Havrilesky: Aimed at the Bible Belt and piggybacking on Schiavo and the pope, NBC's creepy, pandering Revelations miniseries paints nuns as heroes and rationalists as the bad guys. WaPo: The least we can ask of the end of the world is that it be entertaining, writes Tom Shales.

Journalism Group to Honor Taricani (ProJo)
Providence TV reporter Jim Taricani, who was criminally convicted of contempt for protecting his source, will be honored next week by the Radio-Television News Directors Association.

Fox Back in Family Way (LAT)
DVD sales showed that the public wasn't ready to let go of the canceled animated show Family Guy. This time around, the network sees it as a marketing base.

Time's Tiresome List (Boston Globe)
Renee Graham: Whether they're ranking America's greatest presidents, best big-screen love stories, or all-time baseball teams, lists exist to get on people's nerves.

Editor: Janet Jackson Almost Killed Onion (The Capital Times)
The satirical newspaper's editor-in-chief Robert Siegel said the singer nearly took the publication to court after a story that ran with the headline "Dying Boy Gets Wish: To Pork Janet Jackson."

—David S. Hirschman