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Remnick, Martha Steal Show at Ellies (Folio)
Recently-incarcerated domestic diva Martha Stewart stepped out in front of her publishing industry peers for the first time since her release, while The New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick cleaned up, winning five awards in all. Reuters via Yahoo!: "My deepest appreciation to the ... judges and to all of you in this industry who have honored us today," Stewart said. NYP: Vanity Fair had seven nominations but went home empty-handed. NYDN: Publisher Conde Nast grabbed eight of the 18 awards. NYT: Perhaps the biggest surprise came when the final and most prominent award, for general excellence among magazines with circulations above two million, went to Glamour. WaPo: The New Yorker wins National Magazine Awards like the 1927 Yankees won baseball games, writes Peter Carlson.

Murdoch: Newspapers Must Embrace Web (Newsday)
News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch said print news executives have "sat by and watched" as a new generation of digital consumers has turned away from newspapers, and said he would revamp his company's websites to make them more accessible to young people. Guardian: "Editors too often ask 'do we have the story?' rather than 'does anyone want it?'" said Murdoch.

Miami Herald to Go Tab? (E&P)
Publisher Alberto Ibarguen said that options under consideration include moving the entire paper to tab size, moving just part of the paper, or retaining the broadsheet paper and starting a free tab.

Tabs Rejoice at News of Knocked-Up Britney (WaPo)
"We've never had such a fascination with celebrity, and all their life events become news," said AMI editorial director Bonnie Fuller, who says pregnancy is "a much bigger seller than rehab—unless it's Mary-Kate."

Indecency Exposure? (Salon)
Eric Boehlert: Activists who beat back the Federal Communications Commission on media consolidation are dismayed to find former allies leading an unprecedented effort to restrict radio and TV content. Bloomberg via NYT: FCC denies waiver for Tribune.

Italy PM Trims Stake in Mediaset (IHT)
The move is intended in part to dilute widespread accusations that Silvio Berlusconi's holdings constitute a conflict of interests.

Thriving Ratings for ABC's Anatomy (NYT)
The medical drama Grey's Anatomy, originally scheduled for only a four-week run, will remain in ABC's Sunday-night lineup for the rest of the season.

London to Get Alt-Weekly (Guardian)
London's commuters will have another newspaper vying for their attention on the way home from work today with the launch of a publication aiming to become the equivalent of New York's Village Voice.

Media's Grande Dames Shine at Matrix Awards (WaPo)
Tina Brown: Women in their fifties are finally blowing past the men who didn't hold the door. They've been in the workforce for 30 years—and they're unapologetic about their sense of success.

Albom Notes (USAT)
Publishing experts predict that unless Mitch Albom's Detroit Free Press faux pas turns out to be a pattern of deceit and not an isolated incident as he has said, the development probably will be a blip and not affect his book writing career.

Bill Bradley to Get Sirius (CNN)
Sirius Satellite Radio, the service that is set to bring shock jock Howard Stern to subscribers, has announced a deal with one of the least shocking hosts, Bill Bradley, the former basketball star and senator known for his reserved manner.

TV Critic Gardella Dies (NYDN)
Daily News television critic Kay Gardella, whose blunt opinions and unapologetic love for the golden age of entertainment made her an institution at the paper for almost 60 years, died yesterday at Cabrini Medical Center in Manhattan.

WebMD Starts Print Mag (Mediapost)
The health site is spinning off a bimonthly print publication, WebMD the Magazine. One million copies of the first issue, which is being distributed free to practicing physicians, will start appearing next week in doctors' offices nationwide next week.

'Pulitzer' for Publicist (SF Weekly)
Matt Smith: In an ideal journalistic world, publicists wouldn't exist. Journalists would be resourceful, hardworking, and freethinking, never needing the press releases, story tips, staged interviews, and other "on-message" news that publicists provide.

Media Disingenuous on Pope Death? (Seattle Weekly)
Steve Wiecking: It's curious that TV networks and other media outlets have suddenly embraced Catholicism after spending the rest of the year preaching the glories of the Gap, America's Next Top Model, and Lindsay Lohan's selfless sacrifices.

J-Prof: Chicago's 'Red' Papers Succeeding (E&P)
The first academic study of the free Chicago dailies RedEye and Red Streak suggests they may be succeeding in their goal of building newspaper readership among young adults.

JSF Smackdown (New York Press)
Henry Siegel: Jonathan Safran Foer isn't just a bad author, he's a vile one. How could someone so willfully young be so unambitious?

Gore TV Station to Seek Northern Insights (Wired)
Former Vice President Al Gore's new cable TV channel will go live in August, promising to mix elements of the Internet and TV. But the 24-hour cable channel, called Current TV, will be based in part on a three-year-old experimental TV show from Canada.

LPFM Radio Coming to Beantown? (Boston Phoenix)
Camille Dodero: Micro-radio is still not legal in Boston—even though its been operating lawfully in smaller markets for five years—so those who want to broadcast locally must become pirates. That, however, may be about to change.

—David S. Hirschman