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SI Eying TV Deal (NYP)
More than three years after Sports Illustrated's TV venture with CNN failed, the mag is now eyeing a partnership with Comcast's Outdoor Life Network.

Sirius Will Devote Two Channels to Howard Stern (WaPo)
The satellite radio broadcaster will devote two round-the-clock channels to the shock jock's show and other material he'll develop, confirming comments Stern made on his syndicated program this week. Newsday: Sirius pioneering satellite podcasting.

Martha Shows a Little Ankle... Bracelet (NYT)
Martha Stewart is promoting not one but two new television shows: her syndicated daytime show Martha and her NBC prime-time series The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. USAT: Martha comes back with a bang. CNN: Will the coming press blitz restore fortunes of Stewart's company?

Condé Shuffle in Wake of Biz Announcement (NYT)
Louis Cona, the publisher of Vanity Fair, will leave his post to be the new publisher of The New Yorker. Alan Katz, the publisher of Cargo, will take over at Vanity Fair.

New FAQ Answers Questions About AP Iraq Policies (E&P)
In an apparent attempt to respond to recent criticism that it does not report enough "positive" news from Iraq, the news agency has published a new FAQ on its About AP/What's New site.

MTV Does Teen Vogue (WWD)
Camera crews have just begun shooting a reality show based on Teen Vogue. The premise? One of the characters from MTV's docudrama, Laguna Beach, is interning for the magazine

Armstrong Blasts 'Slimy' French Journalism (CNN)
Lance Armstrong remained steadfast that he has never used performance-enhancing drugs, and called a French newspaper's allegations that he used a banned substance in 1999 "preposterous."

Quincy Jones Looking to Reacquire Vibe and Spin (TheDeal.com)
Jones is reportedly partnering with hedge fund BayStar Capital to offer $100 million dollars to part-owner Freeman Spogli & Company to buy the music titles.

Embattled Former Air America Chair on the Lam (New York Sun)
The former chairman of Air America Radio, Evan Montvel Cohen—who allegedly engineered transfers of more than $800K to the liberal radio network from a boys and girls club—is missing.

Editor's Red Penn (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: Working with Sean Penn posed unique challenges for David Wiegand and his boss, San Francisco Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Phil Bronstein.

News Corp. Snipes Back at CNN's Klein (Page Six)
The Murdoch owned Post notes that the day before Jonathan Klein was quoted in the Times, CNN's Larry King interviewed busty Pamela Anderson, asking her 13 questions about her breasts.

Advertisers Look Beyond TV to Woo Y outh (WSJ)
Advertisers are increasingly aware that young people are getting entertainment in diverse ways, so some marketers buying TV ad time during the VMAs will also use MTV's website to broaden the reach of their message.

BBC Puts Shows Online (Guardian)
The broadcaster is accelerating plans to broadcast programs and entire channels on the Internet and mobile phones, using popular shows and a series of pilots designed to assess public demand.

Baseball Columnist Switches Genders, Keeps Career (Washington City Paper)
Chris McKenna: Baseball Prospectus founding columnist Christina Kahrl has been living as a woman since 2003. But a recent story was in many ways her professional coming out.

Mags' Summer of Scientology Wasn't Endless (Folio:)
Dylan Stableford: For mags, it would've seemed the perfect summer, given the bizarre antics of Tom Cruise, to refocus the spotlight on the Church of Scientology's controversial operations.

Times Goes Red-State? (The Nation)
Eric Alterman: So much of the media—including America's most influential newspaper and alleged headquarters of the liberal media conspiracy—bend over backward to coddle conservatives. Center for American Progress: K Street isn't devoid of Democrats, but it is an increasingly Republican neighborhood, and the Times does readers a disservice to portray it otherwise, writes Alterman.

The New Press: Defender of the Huddled Masses (NY Press)
"Manifesto": It is not enough merely to give space to interesting ideas and good writing. A newspaper must serve an ideal of justice.

Media Bigs' Anglophilia (Chicago Sun-Times)
Andrew Greeley: The editorial boards of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times recently wrongly condemned the IRA on the grounds that there was no justice in their claims.

—David S. Hirschman

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:

Aruban Judge Orders NBC News Not To Broadcast Jail Cell Video [TVNewser]
An Aruban judge ordered NBC News not to broadcast footage from a tour of an Aruban jail that shows Natalee Holloway disappearance suspect Joran van der Sloot. The judge issued the order at the request of van der Sloot's attorney following a hearing Wednesday night.

Yet More Change' at Roll Call [FishbowlDC]
In an email entitled "Yet more change," Roll Call's Managing Editor David Meyers reported today that yet another member of the paper's staff is leaving--bringing the total to five over the summer and the second departure this week.

Jon Stewart: Jon Klein, You Ask For It, Every Freakin' Time [FishbowlNY]
Oy, Jon Klein. When will you learn to keep your mouth shut? Last night on the Daily Show Jon Stewart (see post below) rrrrrripped into Klein and CNN based on his remarks on the Bob-Costas-Doesn't-Care-To-
Discuss-Natalee-Holloway debacle, holding up this article from the New York Times (based on the story our very own TVNewser broke, by the way) in which Jon Klein is quoted dissing Fox News thusly...

Get that cassette player a Pulitzer! [FishbowlLA]
L.A. Observed (I know, twice in one day, but Hewitt is right) has the inside scoop on how the LAT got the transcript to the Scarlett Johansson 911 call.

We've Been To Heller And Back And We Liked What We Got So Much We're Going To Have To Go Ahead And Share [UnBeige]
After bringing you the design stylings of Michael Bierut and Gregg Pasquarelli, we're bringing you the next Unbeige Interview of The Every Week Or So, Although It Depends on Everyone's Schedules And People Can Be Hard To Track Down. Steven Heller, graphic design enthusiast, chair of the SVA's MFA program, editor of AIGA Voice, contributing editor to publications from Print to ID to Mother Jones, author of over 90 books on graphic design, and art director of the local paper's book review, rocked one of our worlds when he took us to graphic design school for an hour, then rocked the other one even harder when he answered these questions.

The Only Beat That Matters [mbToolbox]
Do you find yourself obsessively reading the Revolving Door? Do you care nothing about the socialite parties in your town but wish desperately that you had been invited to the latest fancy blog launch? Oh yes, and are you a good writer with a keen eye for what's new? You just might be cut out to be a media reporter. Writer Greg Lindsay discusses what exactly the beat entails, and how you can get on it.