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Whoopi to View (FishbowlNY)
Whoopi Goldberg will be named the new co-host of The View, FishbowlNY has learned. Sources close to the decision say the announcement could come in a matter of days. The move has been rumored since Rosie's departure in May, while boldfaced names from Paris to Perez have been tossed around as possible replacements. LAT: Final negotiations with Goldberg and performer Sherri Shepherd are underway.

Imus and CBS Close to Settlement (NYP)
Disowned shock jock Don Imus is close to a settlement that would have former employer CBS buy out his contract as a way to avoid costly and ugly litigation, according to multiple sources close to the situation. These sources said the two sides have agreed in principle to a buyout and are currently exploring the price tag for such a deal.

Army Private Discloses He Is New Republic's Baghdad Diarist (WaPo)
The magazine's anonymous "Baghdad Diarist" identified himself yesterday as Scott Thomas Beauchamp, an Army private in Iraq, and disputed as "maddening" the accusations that he had invented his accounts of cruelty by American soldiers. TNR's editor, Franklin Foer, disclosed in an interview that Beauchamp is married to a New Republic staffer, and that is "part of the reason why we found him to be a credible writer."

ABC News Staffers Return to DC Bureau After Evacuation (B&C)
ABC News staffers have just gotten the all clear to return to the bureau after they had been evacuated, with sources confirming the move was triggered by the discovery of a "white powdery substance." According to subsequent tests, says ABC, the powder was an aspirin-based substance."

Fickle Burkle Returns for Second AMI Dance (NYP)
Supermarket magnate Ron Burkle is still in the hunt for a deal with American Media Inc. Accountants from Ernst & Young were said to be looking over AMI's books on behalf of Burkle and Source Interlink Cos., which Burkle controls, in anticipation of wrapping up a deal sometime next month, according to a well-placed source. AMI publishes The National Enquirer, Star and Men's Fitness.

Why Campbell Brown Left NBC for CNN (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: The 39-year-old Brown says her program "is not going to be an opinion-oriented talk show. That's not who I am." So how does she see herself competing against O'Reilly and the red-meat gang? "I can't worry about the competition," Brown said. "Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly are two of the most talented people on television — no question. We have to do something different, and it's going to take time for us to find our footing."

Bush Praises Woodruff's 'Will to Recover' (TVNewser)
For the first time in more than two years, ABC's Bob Woodruff found himself back in the Oval Office reporting on the Bush administration. What he didn't expect was to be singled out by Bush for his "will to recover." Woodruff blogged about the experience: "I was there this morning to ask the President the questions that are raised each time I meet injured soldiers and their families who have had difficulty getting the care they need — namely, is the government working fast enough to help these families?"

Can the Washington Post Survive? (Fortune)
What lies ahead for the paper seems to be a long and painful transition from print — so important to local advertisers that the newspaper could raise prices almost at will — to the Internet, where competition for readers and advertisers is brutal. To CEO Donald Graham, this is more than business; it's personal.

Ground Zero Photojournalists Confront Health Concerns (PDN Online)
The New York Press Photographers Association is asking members of the media to come forward if they are suffering from long-term health effects of covering the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. David Handschuh, the NYPPA intergovernmental affairs chair and a photographer for the New York Daily News, says he has heard from about a dozen 9/11 media workers who are experiencing health problems.

Guarding the Gray Lady (BusinessWeek)
Memo from Jon Fine to Arthur Sulzberger: Understand that no matter which road you take, the next few years will be awful. They will expose you, your family and your paper to scrutiny and criticism as never before. ... You can stay today's course, toughing out investor dissent and market disgust and, eventually, land the Times on some currently unknown safer terrain. (That's the best-case scenario, by the way.) Or swallow hard, sell a bunch of properties, find a billionaire angel or two, make an offer for the 81 percent of the common shares your family does not own, and go private.

Money Honey Agitated Over Upstart Erin (Page Six)
An inside source says CNBC's Maria Bartiromo has been fuming that curvy Erin Burnett, in addition to her duties as anchor of Street Signs and co-anchor of Squawk on the Street, is getting substantial airtime on the Today show, which gives her a much bigger audience. "Maria is like, 'Hey, why isn't it me on the Today show?' She's very jealous of all the attention Erin is getting."

Why the Dow Jones Vote Matters (CJR)
Dean Starkman: Listen, Rupert Murdoch is a great deal-maker, innovator, crockery-breaker. I'll even throw in heart-breaker and love-taker. Is he a great story himself? Yes. Has he on balance helped media more than he's hurt it? I have no idea, but I'm willing to concede the possibility. He should live to be a hundred and thirty. But, really, is Murdoch a great newspaperman?

Misuses of Technology Threatens Photojournalism's Credibility (AJR)
Sherry Ricchiardi: With new technology, faking or doctoring photographs has never been simpler, faster or more difficult to detect. With readily accessible, relatively inexpensive imaging tools and a low learning curve, the axiom "seeing is believing" never has been more at risk. That has led to doomsday predictions about documentary photojournalism in this country.

HBO Comedy Site Shut Down (Variety)
This Just In, the comedy site HBO envisioned as both a brand extension and a potential development pipeline, is being shut down just six months after launching. Time Warner will unwind the venture over the next few weeks, with the site expected to be fully closed sometime in August.

With Tools on Web, Amateurs Reshape Mapmaking (NYT)
With the help of simple tools introduced by Internet companies recently, millions of people are trying their hand at cartography, drawing on digital maps and annotating them with text, images, sound and videos. In the process, they are reshaping the world of mapmaking and collectively creating a new kind of atlas that is likely to be both richer and messier than any other.

— David S. Hirschman