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Investigating Murdoch's China Moves (NYT)
Many big companies have sought to break into the Chinese market over the past two decades, but few of them have been as ardent and unrelenting as Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. But as he seeks to buy Dow Jones, his track record in China has attracted attention less because of profits and losses than for what it shows about his management style. Reuters: News Corp. and Dow Jones near editorial pact. FT: Murdoch makes progress. Marketwatch: A deal in principle may be reached as early as today.

AOL Takes Page From Blogs, Relaunches News (Reuters)
Time Warner Inc. plans to launch a test of its overhauled news portal today, drawing influences from the uncluttered design of popular blogs. The online division of the world's largest media company said it aimed to keep readers returning and to introduce a new generation of media consumers to the site by offering more interactive features and user-created news on one page.

Rosie O'Donnell Leaves, So Do View-ers (Fox411)
Roger Friedman: Since O'Donnell left the show, the ABC talk-fest has lost over 400,000 viewers. Yes, I know: the New York Times said last week that the numbers were up from a year ago, and that without Rosie the show was still popular. Not exactly. According to figures obtained from Nielsen/Soundscan, The View sank like a stone during the first two weeks of June, right after Rosie left.

Slate Debuts Online Video Mag (Slate)
Andy Bowers and Bill Smee: Our goal with Slate V is to create a Web-video magazine — an ordered universe of video, in which all the content has the irreverent wit, sharp intelligence, and counterintuitive insights that have been the hallmarks of Slate the magazine for the past 11 years. We want Slate V to occupy that sweet spot between CNN and YouTube.

Pearlstine's Plame Book Blames Everyone (Radar)
Former Time poobah Norman Pearlstine's new book about his role in the Valerie Plame scandal is titled Off the Record, but don't be misled: he devotes most of his time to naming names, mouthing off about his enemies, and firing back at those who criticized his cooperation with federal prosecutors.

Fox's Liguori, About to Step Into the Senate's Line of Fire (WaPo)
Fox entertainment division President Peter Liguori has flown to Washington this week to help the Senate Commerce Committee celebrate the Impact of Violence on Children Day of Bloviation. It will be Liguori's debut performance at a congressional hearing.

The Forces of Neatness Hope to Fill a Niche (NYT)
A new magazine called Organize, which makes its debut today, wants to prove that independent magazines are alive and well. Developed by Joyce Dorny, a former homemaker in Northborough, Mass., with an investment of a little over $100,000, the magazine is designed to help readers organize their home, work, time and leisure.

Time Inc. Dives Into Digi-Mags (AdAge)
Time Inc.'s digital extensions come under a lot of scrutiny, partly because many employees were laid off to free the resources required to fund digital efforts — and partly because Time Inc. has one failed experiment under its belt already: the ill-fated Office Pirates site. On top of that, no one at People has any idea how well the new digi-mag will perform, and understandably is keeping expectations low.

TechCrunch Blogger Michael Arrington Can Generate Buzz ... and Cash (Wired)
To the world outside Silicon Valley's tight-knit community of startups, venture capitalists, and angel investors, TechCrunch is just another mouthy blog. But to entrepreneurs in the white-hot consumer Internet boom, Arrington has become a power broker. A positive 400-word write-up on TechCrunch usually means a sudden bump in traffic and a major uptick in credibility among potential investors. TheStreet.com: Did blogger Eric Jackson help bring down Yahoo's Terry Semel?

Salman Rushdie Declines Comment on Knighthood (AP via USAT)
Salman Rushdie, whose British knighthood has led to worldwide protests from Muslims angered by his 1989 novel, The Satanic Verses, is not commenting on the uproar, for now. "The British authorities have not asked me to do or not do anything," Rushdie wrote to the Associated Press. "I have simply chosen to remain out of this storm for the moment. And nobody is turning anything down."

Internet Radio Stations to Silently Protest Royalty Hikes (LAT)
Thousands of webcasters will replace their music streams today with periods of silence and occasional messages about the dispute, urging people to press Congress to reverse the royalty rate and fee increase set by a federal board. But despite growing support, Congress is unlikely to act before July 15, when the new rates take effect.

Former PiPress Publisher Ridder Admits Taking Confidential Material (AP via E&P)
Former St. Paul Pioneer Press publisher Par Ridder has acknowledged taking confidential information from his old employer to his new job as publisher of the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. In videotaped testimony played Monday in court, Ridder acknowledged copying confidential financial documents from his Pioneer Press computer onto a portable computer drive and taking them to the Star Tribune.

News You Can Abuse (Salon)
Farhad Manjoo: Among the many daily pleasures of working on the Internet is the chance to feast upon fresh cuts from the abattoir of the strange, the unfortunate, the tragic, the uncanny, the unintentionally hilarious and often the very unpleasant. If there is a national steward of this culture, it is Drew Curtis, a young Internet entrepreneur, who runs Fark.com, a daily compendium of strange news.

Hollywood Seeks Ways to Fit Its Content Into the Realm of the iPhone (NYT)
Mobile phone makers are scurrying to offer new products to compete with the iPhone's touch screen. Wireless carriers also seem more willing to listen to their partners' advice. And in Hollywood, where Steve Jobs' convention-defying tactics are all too familiar, media executives are eagerly preparing for a new era as they hope to position more content where consumers want it: in their hands.

In Media, Prostitution Is Legal (Forbes)
Atoosa Rubenstein: Though there's plenty of prostitution in the online world, I don't want to play that game. I don't want to over-promise on my numbers to compete with the traditional world and their inflated numbers and end up working the streets again. I want to organically build a brand by being true to my Alpha Kitties.