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White House Pressures Newsweek (NYT)
The administration said that the magazine should "help repair the damage" to the image of the United States in the Muslim world. CJR: If viewers realize that the riots aren't necessarily the magazine's fault, and that the desecration might actually have happened, it's harder for them to become fired up about the story, writes Brian Montopoli. WaPo: Not since Newsweek had to admit that it was duped into running phony Hitler diaries in 1983 has the magazine been at the center of a storm of this intensity, writes Howard Kurtz. WSJ: Newsweek is guilty not only of bad reporting but of self-absorption, writes Claudia Rosett. AP via Daily Breeze: White House blames media practices for Koran article flap. NYP: Administration mops up mag's big mess. Salon: The Bush administration and its media allies are trying to use one inadequately sourced story to make the torture and abuse scandal go away, writes Joan Walsh. Drudge Report: Isikoff told a resignation would not be accepted. Marketwatch: The retraction is only the beginning, writes Jon Friedman.

CBS to Broaden New Programming (NYT)
The network is expected to tell advertisers that it hopes to broaden its appeal by adding at least five new dramas and three comedies to its schedule. NYO: At upfronts, this time it's personal.

TV's Creeping Web Defeat (LAT)
After years of siphoning ad dollars from newspapers and magazines, the web is starting to chip away at the biggest and most powerful medium of all: television.

Radar Love? (NYO)
After producing a pair of sample issues in 2003, Maer Roshan kept Radar hovering in the public consciousness for nearly two full years without actually printing any more magazines. NY Sun: For the first issue, the magazine is guaranteeing a modest circulation of 150,000 and includes a modest 37 pages of advertising.

Big Circ Decline at Merc News (E&P)
A filing of spring cirulation numbers shows that the Knight Ridder paper experienced one of the biggest circ drops in the industry. Washington Times: Circ up 3 percent at Washington Times.

Graydon Wedding Cans Cannes Bash (Radar)
The mag's in-house event planner, Sara Marks was too busy organizing editor Graydon Carter's wedding to work on Vanity Fair's annual Cannes Film Festival bash. FishbowlNY: Graydon Carter's Bergdorf wedding registry.

'Pull-Ad' Policy (Ad Age)
Embattled financial giant Morgan Stanley has informed key publications of new guidelines that require its ads to be pulled after negative stories about the company are published.

Brits Queue Up to Cross Pond for OK! (Guardian)
Richard Desmond is hoping to send more a bevy of British hacks across the Atlantic to work on his new U.S. version of OK! magazine. Independent: Hello! wins appeal against OK! over Zeta-Jones, Douglas wedding photos.

Times: No Plans for Further Web Charges (AP via BusinessWeek)
The paper's decision to charge for online access to columns should not be seen as a first step toward placing even more articles behind a subscription wall, a Times executive said. AdAge: Martin Nisenholtz, senior vp of digital operations at the New York Times Co., defended his website's decision to place its columnists behind a "paid only" barrier at a conference on Tuesday and said the Times may also offer columns to bloggers in a revenue-sharing arrangement.

I Want My God-TV (LAT)
Editorial: After years of dominance, NBC finds itself in fourth place in a four-way race for young adult viewers. As lost souls often do, it's putting its trust in God.

Post Snipes at News 'Sc-oops' (NYP)
Keith Kelly: In yesterday's edition a story trumpeted what it claimed were exclusive findings, but which The New York Times reported three weeks ago.

The Times and the Holocaust (NYO)
Editorial: The paper's review of Buried, a book by detailing how The Times skirted the issue of the Holocaust during the early 1940s, carries an unmistakable tone of condescension.

Freep Reforms Try to Defuse Albom Explosion (AP via E&P)
The Detroit Free Press will begin random post-publication fact-checking to look for inaccuracies that slip through its editors, one of several steps the newspaper plans.

Not a Pretty Picture (VV)
Sydney Schanberg: Why does the government ask us to respect those who died by not describing and depicting how they died? And why have papers grown timid about showing photos of the killing and maiming?

Speeding, Soused Sportswriter Subdued With Stun-Gun (Indianapolis Star)
Bruce Martin, who writes for National Speed Sport News and ESPN's website, was involved in a hit-and-run accident while driving an Indianapolis Motor Speedway courtesy vehicle.

Beeb Losing Appeal? (Guardian)
Three decades after TV sets became as common as hot water in the U.K., the notion of the BBC as a universal service, watched by every home in the nation, is no longer true.

Lit Liars and the Imaginary 'Scandal' (New Criterion)
Theodore Dalrymple: If a prisoner has gold teeth, he's a drug dealer, if he's reading Wittgenstein, he's in for fraud. Now literary fraud is rather different...

Bahrain's Blogs Pour (OJR)
Mark Glaser: The small Persian Gulf nation has been moving toward democratic reform, but a registration drive for websites and the arrest of a popular online forum owner have sparked outrage.

Students Banned From Prom After Newspaper Interview (AP via Wired)
Two Maryland high school seniors who told a newspaper they planned to drink alcohol following their prom have been barred by the principal from attending the event.

—David S. Hirschman