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Lara Logan Named Foreign Affairs Chief for CBS (TVNewser)
CBS News has released details of Lara Logan's new assignment which includes the title of chief foreign affairs correspondent: "Logan will expand her international reporting responsibilities to include foreign affairs and international security issues, as well as U.S. policy as it is made across government departments and agencies. She will continue to travel internationally to cover major stories." B&C: "Lara is among the most talented and respected journalists in our industry," CBS News president Sean McManus said. HuffPo: National Enquirer report says Logan is in center of Baghdad divorce drama.

Tribune Tower, LA Times Building on the Block (Chicago Tribune)
Tribune Tower, the neo-Gothic landmark that adorns Michigan Avenue near the Chicago River, is on the market. Tribune Co. chairman and chief executive Sam Zell said Wednesday that he is exploring options for maximizing the value of the headquarters building, which houses the Chicago Tribune, as well as the Los Angeles Times' home, Times Mirror Square. LAT: The company said in a press release that it intended "to maintain an ongoing ownership position in the Tower and in Times Mirror Square." FishbowlLA: Sam Zell's memo to staffers.

Jim Lehrer Returns to Newshour Today (TVNewser)
PBS' Jim Lehrer will be back on-air at The NewsHour today for the first time since his heart valve procedure in late April. "Lehrer plans to anchor the broadcast two or three days a week for awhile as he moves toward a full time schedule," according to a press release.

NBC Resolves Suit Over To Catch a Predator Suicide (LAT/Show Tracker)
NBC Universal has "amicably resolved" a $105-million lawsuit filed by a woman whose brother committed suicide during a taping of its controversial Dateline NBC series To Catch a Predator, both parties said yesterday. Bruce Baron, an attorney for Patricia Conradt, said "the matter has been amicably resolved to the satisfaction of both parties." NYT: NBC has broadcast only two new Predator investigations in the last 12 months, and it appears the televised sex predator stings will not be repeated anytime soon.

BBC Director: 'Too Many Black and Asian Faces on TV' (Guardian)
British broadcasters have overcompensated for their lack of executives from ethnic minorities by putting too many black and Asian faces on screen, Samir Shah, a member of the BBC's board of directors, said last night. He said this had led to a "world of deracinated colored people flickering across our screens — to the irritation of many viewers and the embarrassment of the very people such actions are meant to appease."

Advertisers Still Hesitant When It Comes to Imus (AdAge)
Don Imus is once again under scrutiny for making racially charged remarks on his Imus in the Morning program, but it doesn't appear it will make a difference to advertisers this time around. The last media storm the shock jock created prompted advertisers to pull their ad spending form his show. But his new gig at ABC Radio Networks has yet to attract major advertisers who left the first time around.

On the Web, Supporters of McCain Wage An Uphill Battle (WaPo)
There's one place where Barack Obama unequivocally trumps John McCain: the Web. And what's most telling about the online drubbing is its spontaneous, grass-roots nature — the way Obama's Internet portrait is drawn and refreshed every day by enthusiastic supporters, whose blogging, YouTubing, and networking aren't controlled or limited by any campaign. CSM: News media ignoring Cindy McCain?

Internet Ad Spending to Overtake Radio in 2008 (Bloomberg)
Internet advertising spending will surpass radio this year, with about 9.5 percent of ad budgets worldwide allocated to online media, said Steve King, head of Publicis Groupe SA's ZenithOptimedia unit. "This year it will overtake radio. In a couple of years it's going to overtake magazines as an advertising media," said King.

BoGlo on the Block? (Boston Phoenix/Don't Quote Me)
At the Monday "town meeting" at the paper's Morrissey Boulevard headquarters, a question of the possible sale of the Globe by the NYT Co. came up. Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson's answer: "Our focus has to be strengthening our business," she reportedly said. "We must do so in a way that's right for the Globe."

Bloggers: Big Media Is Watching (BusinessWeek)
The dustup between the AP and bloggers was just an early skirmish in what's likely to become a protracted war over how and where media content is published online. One reason: For the first time, content owners are able to track exactly where and how their words and images show up, thanks to an emerging class of technology called content recognition systems.

Obama Does Not Support Return of Fairness Doctrine (B&C)
There may be some Democrats talking about reimposing the Fairness Doctrine, but one very important one does not: presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama. The Illinois senator's top aide said the issue continues to be used as a distraction from more pressing media business.

Tribe of Jewish Mags Shrinks: American Jewish Life Folds (FishbowlNY)
Atlanta-based American Jewish Life is shutting down due to financial reasons after seven years of publication. Editor Benyamin Cohen confirms: "Unfortunately, this is just not the right economy for a print publication. Newspapers and magazines all across America are struggling to bring in ad revenue and turn a profit."

Will WaPo Want Brauchli's Baggage? (CJR)
Dean Starkman: Difficult decisions come with the job of Washington Post executive editor. This is worth thinking about now that Marcus Brauchli is reported to be one of two finalists to take over for Len Downie, an editor who showed that the old school was the right school after all. When confronted with a difficult choice as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, Brauchli took the easy way.

Associated Press Begins Member Choice Pricing Rollout (AP Release)
The Associated Press will begin rolling out details of its new pricing to members this week, a plan that will return up to $21 million to its U.S. member newspapers. The reductions are part of the most important overhaul in pricing and structure of AP content in the history of the cooperative, and will greatly expand the content that newspapers receive, as well as simplify the process by which they are assessed.

NBC Partners With Nielsen to Release Web Show Metric (Mediaweek)
NBC says it will give media buyers a long-awaited peek at just which of its prime-time shows are popular among the Web streaming crowd. Through a partnership with Nielsen, the broadcaster plans to make public streaming data from NBC.com via Nielsen's Online's VideoCensus product.