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NBC Could Lose $900M for Low Ratings (AP via Yahoo!)
This year, there's no question that the reversal of fortunes among two of the leading networks, ABC and NBC, was as dramatic as anyone had seen in a long time. Mediaweek: Sold-out nets still adding to upfront.

Frontrunner Emerges in Bidding for G+J's Biz Titles (Business Week)
Joe Mansueto, founder and chairman of Chicago-based investment research firm Morningstar, is in late-stage negotiations to purchase business mags Inc. and Fast Company. NYP: The deal was hammered out with lightning speed.

amNew York Editor Quits in Plagiarism Flap (Newsday)
Editor Alex Storozynski has resigned after officials at the free commuter daily found a story he wrote earlier this month contained unattributed passages from the Washington Post's web site. E&P: Editor claims the move is from a desire for greater control over the free paper by Newsday.

AP Gets Ambitious (NYT)
Tom Curley, chief of The Associated Press, is embarking on a strategy to plunge deeper into new media and move more aggressively beyond its saturated territory.

Zucker's Exit Ruins Today Lovefest (LAT)
First paired in 1990 when he produced the segments she did as a national correspondent, Jeff Zucker's brash, hyperkinetic style and Katie Couric's unflappable charm were a winning combination.

WSJ Plans 'Softer' Saturday Edition (NYT)
The business-oriented newspaper will add a new Saturday issue with an emphasis on features like entertainment, travel, sports, arts, books, and real estate.

Runaway Debate Over Interview-Getting (USAT)
Last week, book and movie agent Judith Regan secured rights to the tale of "runaway bride" Jennifer Wilbanks, and arrangements were made for Wilbanks to do an interview with NBC's Katie Couric.

LAT Pulls Wikitorial for 'Inappropriate' Content (LA Observed)
The paper has taken down its first experiemental wikitorial, explaining, "Unfortunately, we have had to remove this feature, at least temporarily, because a few readers were flooding the site with inappropriate material."

Post-Jacko CNN (Newsweek)
For months, Michael Jackson was the network's biggest prime-time star, but president Jonathan Klein says he's taking steps so that CNN doesn't have to go wacko for Jacko, or someone like him, again.

Writer: HBO Stole My Idea (LAT)
Writer Jeff Bergquist, artistic director at the New Playwrights Foundation, is suing the cable giant and the canceled series' creator over alleged plot and character similarities to his 1980s-penned work.

Pulitzer Winner Gene Miller Dies (AP via NYT)
The former reporter and editor for The Miami Herald won Pulitzer Prizes for articles that led to the release of four people who were wrongly convicted of murder.

Watching the Watchers (NYT)
Recently Susan Whiting, Nielsen Media's chief executive, has come under fire from Al Sharpton and Rupert Murdoch for the way the company monitors the viewing habits of individuals and households.

Cablevision Breakup in the Works? (NYP)
The Dolan family, which controls the Long Island-based cable operator, sent a letter to the board of directors yesterday, proposing that the family buy out—and take private—the company's lucrative cable systems.

Conservatives Playing Media for Fools? (Huffington Post)
Cenk Uygur: The question the media should be hammering away at is, "Did the administration sanction the abuses at Guantanamo? And who should be held responsible for those abuses?"

No-Glee TV (Salon)
Heather Havrilesky: What's more depressing than relentlessly critical parents, aging one-hit wonders and starving children? How about those poor people on The Real Gilligan's Island? Guardian: How Britain managed to dumb down American TV even further.

Corporate Synergy in Action (NYT)
HBO is using unusual techniques to promote its new romantic comedy The Girl in the Cafe. CNN will air an hour-long special about the film.

Tucker Carlson Is a Weenie (Slate)
Dana Stevens: According to my anonymous tipster on the finer points of male fashion, "A bow tie says, 'I have no penis.' ... It says, 'I shower more than is really normal or healthy.'"

When Lights (and Profits) Are Bright on Broadway (NYDN)
The many news musicals based on familiar tunes, like Billy Joel's "Movin' Out," are creating a gold rush for music publishers who market songs and collect royalties on behalf of songwriters.

Can Nets Co-Exist With Outside Producers? (NYT)
The four major networks will rely less on scripted programming from production companies residing in their media conglomerates, as half the networks' new shows come from outside sources.

Love for Sale (NYT)
Celebrities' hook-ups have fueled dozens of magazines and televisions shows. Two hearts beating in unison can sound an awful lot like a cash register.

Ted Kop-a Feel (Page Six)
Busty actress Sally Kirkland tattles that curiously-coiffed Nightline anchor Ted Koppel was the first man to lay a hand on her ample bosom—when they were both 17.

Shepard's Flock (WaPo)
Shepard Smith is known as the anti-anchor in the Fox News building; the sometimes-smirking man who presides over a breathless, mile-a-minute, graphics-laden, video-saturated program.

Details Targets Rival Editor (New York)
Every month the mag publishes a charticle titled "Gay or ..." In the June/July issue, the vaguely gay magazine's straight editor, Dan Peres, takes aim at GQ's Jim Nelson, who is actually gay.

DIY News (CSM)
In several communities across the United States, newspapers are encouraging amateur writers to fill their websites with content ranging from diatribes to serious reporting.

Doonesbury Appreciation (NYT)
Kurt Andersen: Garry Trudeau's comic strip has been around forever, so I take it for granted, and get to it more seldom than I'd like, although when I do I am always reminded, in a kind of self-flagellating D'oh! moment, just how splendid it is.

Mags Retool for Women (Mediaweek)
As more women become their families' breadwinners, they are also increasingly becoming the ones to decide how to invest and spend the money they bring in. This summer, publishers are taking another shot at women, albeit with more tempered approaches.

Blender Is Not Rolling Stone (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: In its halcyon days, Rolling Stone was so revered and influential that it was once called the Time magazine of the counter-culture. Blender, on the other hand, has no such lofty ambitions.

FT Media Writer Defects to the Dark Side (Guardian)
The Financial Times' media editor Tim Burt has quit the paper after 16 years to work for the Britain's biggest financial public relations agency, Brunswick.

—David S. Hirschman