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The Press and JonBenet (Slate)
Jack Shafer: The riotous coverage of the endless murder investigation won't be recorded as journalism's finest hour, but the story deserved the punishing scrutiny the press gave it. E&P: Is the press going overboard in its coverage of the latest twist in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case? CJR Daily: We're all for media outlets examining their coverage — but shouldn't that at least wait for the coverage itself to happen? LAT: Cable news shows are again quick to judge — and to roll the child beauty pageant tapes that made the JonBenet case such a sensation.

AOL Adds Another $584 Million to Restatements of Ad Sales (NYT)
Time Warner yesterday restated another $584 million related to revenue booked by its AOL division shortly after the two companies' 2000 merger, bringing to more than $1.26 billion the total sales that AOL booked improperly over several years.

Time's Friday Shift Takes a Page From People (NYT)
Time's sister publication, People magazine, also used to come out on Mondays, but found it was missing those homemakers who were standing in line at the supermarket checkout counters on Fridays as they did their shopping for the weekend. The mag changed to Fridays in 1997 and newsstand sales rose sharply.

CW: Top Model Episodes Not Unfinished (B&C)
The CW network denied claims made nearly a month ago by Writers Guild of America that most episodes of America's Next Top Model remain unfinished because of a strike by writers. The network sought to reassure affiliates the labor action won't affect the launch of the new netlet Sept. 20. USAT: New CW will build on old favorites.

Next Season's Hit Shows Are Talk of the Web (NYT)
Discussions among viewers about what to watch begin earlier than ever. That becomes an opportunity for media agencies, which help marketers select the series on which to buy commercial time. They can begin to gather consumer intelligence in the spring and summer, rather than waiting until fall.

WaPo Editor Rebukes His Reporter for Television Comments on Israel (NY Sun)
Leonard Downie Jr. has rebuked one of his Pulitzer Prize winning reporters for suggesting on television that Israel was purposely leaving Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon "because as long as they're being rocketed, they can continue to have a sort of moral equivalency in their operations."

The Week Grows Circulation, Ad Revenue In Spite of Initial Criticism (Folio:)
Many were skeptical about the validity of the magazine hitting an overcrowded market, but The Week has increased its circulation each year since its launch. The initial rate base of 100,000 has increased dramatically: the latest ABC FAS FAX reports the Dennis mag's paid circ to be 429,401.

How to Get to Amazon 2.0 (Economist)
Having established the Internet as somewhere to buy things, Amazon is again spending heavily on development in anticipation of consumers wanting to download music, video and books instead of having them delivered in the mail.

Jill Carroll's Story: Part 5 (CSM)
"While I sat there watching them, I felt the insurgents were sending me a message: They hate Americans so much, they're proud of these attacks. It's normal to them. Surely they were going to kill me. How could they not?"

Politicos Beware: You Live in YouTube's World (CSM)
For several years, political advisers have been instructing their clients to Google themselves and check their Wikipedia entries. "Now the third station of the cross is you've got to YouTube yourself," says J. Michael Cornfield, an expert on the Internet and politics who teaches at George Washington University. AP via San Jose Mercury News: Candidates seeking to attract young people on YouTube and MySpace.

How Google Has Changed Since Going Public (Marketwatch)
Two years ago, Google had 2,292 employees and raised $1.6 billion in its IPO. Today that amount raised is, oh, just a little less than 20% of the roughly $9.8 billion the search giant has in the bank. Google now has 7,900 employees.

Desperate Housewives in the Checkout Line (AdAge)
Don't be surprised if you're greeted by Bree Van De Kamp the next time you're in the checkout line. ABC has signed an exclusive advertising deal with Salt Lake City-based In-store Broadcasting Network and Cincinnati-based Kroger Stores that shuts the other major broadcast networks out.

CNN Reminds Friedman of the Democratic Party (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: Like the Democrats, CNN can sometimes sound more idealistic than realistic. It comes up with good ideas, boasts many stars and competes ferociously on the national stage. But ultimately, CNN is to Fox News as the Democrats are to Republicans: ensconced unhappily in second place.

Scientists: TV an Effective Painkiller for Children (AP)
Researchers have confirmed the distracting power of television — something parents have long known — when they found that children watching cartoons suffered less pain from a hypodermic needle than kids not watching TV.

Interior Designer Dumps Wintour (Page Six)
Condé insiders say the Vogue editrix's celebrated interior-designer-cum-party-planner, David Monn, who took over the design of the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art two years ago, told Wintour he was dumping her as a client earlier this week.