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Felt It Was Time (NYT)
In the wake of Vanity Fair's "Deep Throat" disclosure, it became clear that Bob Woodward had been facing months, and even years, of competitive pressure from an unlikely source, the Felt family. WaPo: As our friendship—and the Watergate story—developed, Mark Felt's motives remained a mystery to me, writes Bob Woodward. AP: Felt violated FBI and Justice Department policies by sharing information with reporters, but it's not clear whether he broke any laws, say several former federal prosecutors. Huffington Post: For many years, I have lived with the secret of Felt's identity, even though my ex-husband, Carl Bernstein, never told me, writes Nora Ephron. E&P: WaPo's Downie found out about the identity of "Deep Throat" months ago. AP: Many knew the identity of "Deep Throat." NYT: Reporters credit Felt with keeping Watergate story alive. NYT: "Deep Throat" praised as a hero and condemned as a traitor. NYT: How did so many people guess so wildly wrong for such a long time? WaPo: Leaks came against backdrop of post-Hoover power struggle. WaPo: The Post's 33-year-old pledge was kept at the price of a lost scoop, writes Howard Kurtz. WaPo: FBI agents reflect on Felt and loyalty. WaPo: Publishers and producers eager for secret source's story. LAT: If the "Deep Throat" guessing game was diverting—as in fun—it also diverted discussion from more significant aspects of Watergate, writes David Greenberg. WSJ: How did John O'Connor come to orchestrate Mr. Felt's coming-out party? He knew Felt's grandson, Nick Jones, a classmate of his daughter's at Stanford University. NYP: Nixon knew Felt was leaking info to reporters because he had his own spy in the FBI. Guardian: Vanity Fair prepares for "Deep Throat" sales boost.

Turner: CNN Is Now 'Pervert of the Day' Network (AP via Yahoo!)
Ted Turner, who started the cable network in 1980, said he had envisioned CNN as a place where rapes and murders wouldn't be emphasized, but he's now seeing too much of that "trivial news" on the network.

Nielsen to Delay Changes (Bloomberg via Chicago Tribune)
The media research company, whose ratings help determine prices for U.S. television advertising, delayed a rollout of devices designed to track viewing habits after opposition from broadcasters.

Navasky Playing Key Role at CJR (E&P)
Victor Navasky, publisher and former editor of The Nation, has been working behind the scenes in a key, if uncredited, role at the magazine, executive editor Michael Hoyt said. NY Sun: Navasky is credited with increasing The Nation's circulation nine-fold since taking it over in 1978.

Opposition Journo Slain in Beirut (AP via IHT)
A prominent Lebanese journalist known for his anti-Syrian writings was killed after a bomb placed in his car exploded Thursday, according to police.

Washington Sex Blogger Booked (Wired)
Jessica Cutler's roman à clef chronicles the sexploits of a young woman who humps her way around Capitol Hill, only to have her anonymous blog bring her life crashing down around her.

Regan Heads West (LA Weekly)
Brendan Bernhard: Judith Regan, the woman reputed to be the world's most successful publisher, talks about why she is moving her HarperCollins imprint, ReganBooks, to Los Angeles.

NBC's Ebersol Haunted by Crash (NYT)
Dick Ebersol returned to his job as chairman of NBC Universal Sports on March 29 after a jet crash in November killed his son Teddy, left him bedridden for nearly 10 weeks, and injured his son Charlie.

Memoirs and Reality (WaPo)
Tina Brown: There's no such thing as a perfectly truthful memoir. Much of the interest in reading personal history is decoding what's real about a remembered life from the author's baggage of partial understanding or simmering resentment or wishful thinking.

Weinsteins Are Characters in New Book (NYDN)
The "growling, prowling pair, reviled for grubbing Oscars and chasing starlets," resurface in The Twins of Tribeca, a novel by ex-Miramax publicist Rachel Pine.

Fox Coasts to Ratings Wins on Idol (Reuters)
The big finish of the program, which clinched Fox's first-ever season win among the coveted adults 18-49 demographic, also helped the network secure a landslide victory for the week ending May 23. Mediaweek: NASCAR telecasts drive Fox ratings.

Regulators to Designate Web Porn With 'Dot-XXX' (AP via Yahoo!)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers approved a plan Wednesday to create a virtual red-light district, with pornographic sites to using new addresses ending in "xxx." CSM: An Illinois library requires a fingerprint for web access, worrying some that online privacy is endangered. OJR: Companies subverting search results to squelch criticism, writes Mark Glaser. Wired: Enforcing the Can-Spam Act isn't exactly at the top of the FTC's to-do list, so individuals are taking up the fight, writes Adam Penenberg.

Detroit Mayor Locked in War With TV Reporter (NYT)
Steve Wilson, chief investigative reporter for ABC's local television affiliate, has been called a liar by Detroit's beleaguered mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, and pushed into a wall by one of his bodyguards.

Journos 'Sycophants' to Blog Power? (SF Weekly)
Matt Smith: Web journalism and commentary is emerging as an alternative news source—and thus preoccupying traditional media—because the most popular such sites are anti-Establishment.

Failed TV Show Ressurected as Webcast (NYT)
Yahoo! today plans to introduce a section of its site housing a redesigned version of Pepsi Smash, which, as a program on the WB network, attracted an average of just 1.3 million viewers last summer.

Indie Presses Fighting the Good Fight (LA Weekly)
A case-by-case rundown of some of Los Angeles' best independent publishing houses, and how they are marketing themselves to stay afloat.

Awards for Best Audiobooks (CSM)
Besides applauding the best pairings of voice and word, the "Audies" celebrate the rise of audiobooks as an art form and a means of delivering content to a society that likes to read but often can't sit still.

Journalism Drowning? (AlterNet)
Rory O'Connor: Why did Vartan Gregorian round up funds to help educate journalists? "When you're in the middle of the ocean, you start swimming," he explained. "Either that, or you drown."

—David S. Hirschman