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CBS Cancels Wednesday 60 Minutes (NYT)
Dan Rather, the newsmagazine's lead correspondent, will contribute stories to the Sunday edition of 60 Minutes, said CBS Chairman Les Moonves. NYT: CBS promotes fall lineup and takes shots at rivals. WaPo: "Turn of the skew" at CBS, writes Lisa de Moraes. LAT: Network jettisons a strategy that embraced viewers of all ages. AP via Chicago Sun-Times: CBS also cancels Judging Amy and Joan of Arcadia.

Muslims Skeptical of Newsweek Retraction (LAT)
The now-retracted report that American interrogators flushed a Quran down a toilet added another layer of bitterness among many Arabs who see the United States as anti-Muslim. Slate: Unlike the Newsweek story, the administration's WMD screw-up was not a good-faith error, writes Jacob Weisberg. Salon: Newsweek clearly erred in its sourcing, but the White House is committing a far greater sin in ignoring the overwhelming evidence of U.S. abuse of Muslim detainees, writes Sidney Blumenthal. LAT: It's Bush's policies, not a magazine article, that fuel Arab anger, writes Margaret Carlson. WaPo: The Newsweek imbroglio is another sharp sciatica pain in the media psyche, but for once our feelings seem to be unrelieved by schadenfreude.

Forever Young (NYT)
Fox's fall lineup appears to be intended to raise the network's standing among its target audience—young viewers. LAT: At upfronts, a final, piteous plea for ad dollars. USAT: Fox eases up on unscripted fare.

Binn Done Wrong? (Boston Herald)
Boston magazine is readying a lawsuit against Jason Binn's Niche Media LLC, alleging the publisher swiped information from one of the magazine's databases and used it to target advertisers.

Denton, Roshan, Pie-Throwing (Jossip)
Nick Denton was having a word with Maer Roshan at the Radar launch party when a pie went flying through the air toward Denton's head, giving Nick reason enough to douse Maer with his glass of wine.

Ousted Paris Review Ed to Start New Mag (CBC)
Brigid Hughes plans to start a new literary magazine called A Public Space which will feature poetry and fiction, both art forms that get little play in mainstream magazines.

'Reporters' Without Scruples? (Guardian)
The international journalists' organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been accused of receiving money from the U.S. state department and Cuban exile groups and of pursuing a political agenda.

USAT Drastically Reduces Anonymice (E&P)
One year after instituting tighter controls on confidential sourcing, USA Today has reduced the use of anonymous sources in its pages by 75 percent, according to editor Ken Paulson.

Weinsteins Start Wheeling, Dealing (NYT)
Seven weeks after negotiating their exit from the Walt Disney Company, the brothers who founded Miramax Films have made their first strategic deal.

'.200 Hitter' Wolff Benched at VF? (New York Press)
Russ Smith: It's a struggle to come up with a fitting analogy for the career path of Michael Wolff, an engaging writer who, after maybe five years of near-ubiquity at New York, now ruminates in obscurity.

News Bias as a Selling Point? (NYT)
Virginia Postrel: There is a widespread belief that the media are biased. But if bias is a product flaw, why does it not behave like auto repair rates, declining under competitive pressure?

When The Daily Show Replaces News (Grade the News)
John McManus: Turning away from real news makes no sense. Not for those interested in democracy's promise of self-government, or even for those seeking more entertaining alternatives to news.

He Riddled Us This, Riddled Us That (New York Sun)
Actor Frank Gorshin, who died Tuesday at age 71, was most famous for his Emmy-nominated role as the Riddler, one of Batman's archenemies in the camp 1960s television series.

Kasch on Charge (Newsday)
He plays a troubled teen on ABC's Desperate Housewives. Now, Cody Kasch has some real life troubles of his own—he got nabbed by police Tuesday night smoking marijuana in NYC's East Village.

Awards Announced for City, Regional Mags (CRMA)
Chicago magazine wins the highest honors for general excellence among magazines with over 60,000 in circulation. Justin Heckert of Atlanta magazine is named "Writer of the Year."

Nieman Fellows Announced (Nieman Foundation)
Twelve U.S. journalists have been selected for the 68th class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University, the oldest midcareer fellowship for journalists in the world.

No Shortage of TV Gurus (NYT)
A host of new television and radio shows, and even an Internet television network, are tracking the ups and downs of America's entrepreneurs.

Museum as Muse (WaPo)
Bob Thompson: You've got to love museums to spend nine years writing a book about one. And sure enough, Mary Kay Zuravleff makes her affection blisteringly clear.

Media Actvists Gather for Confab on Reform (Utne)
More than 2,000 media activists converged in St. Louis last weekend for the second National Conference on Media Reform. Organized by Free Press, a non-partisan organization for media engagement.

Keillor With Syndicate (E&P)
On July 3, Garrison Keillor, the host of radio's A Prairie Home Companion will start writing a weekly feature column for TMS. Strib: The 800-word column will be called The Old Scout, a reference to Keillor's less-than-stellar experience in the Boy Scouts.

—David S. Hirschman