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Post-Lach, Rupe's Post (NYO)
The restoration of Rupert Murdoch as publisher of the New York Post comes after a week of public family turmoil and power Parcheesi that exacted an emotional cost from his son. AP via Yahoo!: Myspace.com members skittish about News Corp. takeover of site. NYDN: The younger Murdoch had been publisher of the tabloid for the last five years, but failed to stop it from hemorrhaging a reported $70 million a year. Slate: Lachlan Murdoch quit his father's company. "Wouldn't you?," asks Daniel Gross. Guardian: Rupert reportedly relishing his return to the Post. NYP: Official PR-ticle.

Russia Blacklists ABC-TV (AP via Yahoo!)
Russia's Foreign Ministry said it would not renew permission for ABC-TV to operate in the country after the network broadcast an interview with a notorious Chechen warlord. NYT: Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov had already called the network an "outlaw" and ordered the military to cease any contact with it after the interview.

American Journalist Slain in Iraq (Reuters via FT)
Steven Vincent was found shot dead in Basra four days after he wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times criticizing the spread of Shi'ite Islamist fundamentalism in the southern Iraqi city. National Review: Another article by Vincent published yesterday.

Inc., FC Publishers Resign (Folio)
The departures of Lee Jones and Matt Barba come on the heels of the departure of Fast Company's editor, John Byrne, and the naming of Inc. editor John Koten as CEO of both publications. NYP: Jones had tried to team up with G+J CEO Russell Denson to buy the magazines but lost out to Mansueto.

NYT Will Merge Print, Web Newsrooms (WSJ)
Staffers from the print side and from NYTimes.com will start collaborating on coverage much more frequently than they do now, said executives at the paper. WaPo: The move erases a dividing line the Times created a decade ago, when it first embraced the Internet.

All I See Is Martha, Martha, Martha (AP via Chicago Sun-Times)
Producers of the syndicated daytime show Martha, which premieres Sept. 12, are hoping to fill a studio audience with 150 Martha Stewarts.

Big Newspaper Deals Revving Up in Motor City? (E&P)
Rumors are rampant at The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press of a change in the two papers' joint operating agreement—or even one or both papers coming under new ownership.

Iranian Judge Who Sentenced Journalist Murdered (NYT)
An Iranian judge who presided over the high-profile trial and conviction of journalist Akbar Ganji five years ago was assassinated by a gunman on a motorcycle in central Tehran. Guardian: Ganji reportedly in critical condition from hunger strike.

Katie: Maybe (AP via NBC)
Today host Katie Couric said she would decide this fall whether to continue her long-running morning television partnership with Matt Lauer when her contract expires next May.

Rove Aides Testify in Leak Probe (NYT)
Susan B. Ralston and Israel Hernandez, were asked about grand jury testimony given on July 13 by Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper, according to a person who was briefed. VV: Reporters could fill us in on the Plame saga by describing their own roles, writes Syd Schanberg.

Yahoo! Begins Testing of Ads on Blogs (NYT)
Yahoo is testing a system that will let it place ads on Web sites of bloggers and other small- and medium-size publishers. WSJ: Yahoo! stepping up push for selling text ads linked to search terms.

Nightline Staff Meets New Producer (NYO)
James Goldston could actually be cause for hope in the ongoing struggle to keep Nightline a serious news show—and to keep that serious news show on the air.

GM Ads Return to LAT (NYT)
An advertisement in the Monday edition of the paper represented the return of General Motors to the newspaper after more than three months of refusing to advertise in its pages.

Fear and Launching in New York (Folio:)
Dylan Stableford: Start-ups are filled with hope and doubt; their launch parties, no matter how confident their constituents are in the magazine's success, have an undercurrent of doubt and dread.

Multi-Media Assault (WSJ)
Brit publishers are tucking millions of free music compact discs and movie DVDs inside their newspapers, which has proved successful in attracting readers, at least in the short term.

Appreciation for Chronicler of Rock's Heyday (WaPo)
David Segal: Al Aronowitz was never one to understate his own significance. "The '60s," he once wrote, with no irony, "wouldn't have been the same without me." The Times: Aronowitz's life fell apart in 1972 when his wife, Ann, died of cancer and he was sacked by the New York Post.

Sirius Gains (Marketwatch)
Sirius' revenue rose to $52.2 million, while it upped its subscriber forecast for the end of the year to 3 million from a previous view of 2.7 million.

More Bad News for Big Media (Newsday)
Advertising revenue at broadcast television networks is slipping as ratings drop. And the growing popularity of digital video recorders has advertising and television executives worried.

—David S. Hirschman

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:

Russia Calls ABC "Persona Non Grata" [TVNewser]
Russia's defense chief Sergei Ivanov has declared "that not one serviceman of the defence ministry should have contact with the American television channel ABC," following Nightline's broadcast of an interview with the mastermind of the Beslan school massacre.

GM and LAT Back 2Getha [FishbowlLA]
General Motors has ended its no-corporate-advertising-in-the-LAT policy after what Martha Goldstein LAT calls "productive conversations between the two troubled entities.

Hottest Media Types: Reader Reax [FishbowlDC]
Yesterday's announcement of the finalists for D.C. hottest media types launched a firestorm of emails and reader reaction. There were numerous complaints about people who didn't make the list ("Chad Lorenz of Washingtonian magazine would win over almost all of those guys") and ones like this: "I'm a perfectly straight male, but I'm surprised John Harwood didn't make the list..."

Mundane, Prepare to Meet Thine Enemy [FishbowlNY]
While ink 'round the world was furiously spilled over succession at News Corp., the reins of power were quietly handed over within another dynasty: the New York Times. Departing Arts & Leisure editor Jodi Kantor, who officially left her post last week, has been replaced by Kantor's deputy, Ariel Kaminer, in a not-very-surprising move.

Minute (Wo)man [mbToolbox]
You've finally tracked down the expert you need for the article you're working on. But bad news: they only have fifteen minutes for you. I wanted to see if there was a way to get the most out of a brief interview with somebody, so I spoke with journalist Greg Lindsay, who had a few thoughts.

If Lovin' Michael Bierut Is Wrong, We Don't Want To Be Right [UnBeige]
Now that we've been informed we're not on the verge of instant dismissal, we're shaking things up over here. Our more teutonic side craves structure, authority, limits. With that, we bring you our first regular feature: the Proustberg Questionnaire. First up, Pentagram partner Michael Bierut.