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Beaufort Preps 125,000 First Run for O.J.'s If I Did It (Galleycat)
"I went to press today," Eric Kampmann reported during a Monday evening phone call, informing GalleyCat that he had prepared a 125,000-copy first printing of the Goldman-enhanced edition of O.J. Simpson's If I Did It. It's a drop from the 400,000 copies ReganBooks had begun shipping before HarperCollins pulled the plug on the project last fall, but it's still the largest project in Beaufort's history. AP via FoxNews: Barnes & Noble online pre-orders surge for O.J. Simpson book.

CBS News Translator Killed in Iraq (B&C)
An Iraqi translator working for CBS News was abducted from his home in Baghdad and murdered. Anwar Abbas Lafta becomes the third CBS News employee killed in Iraq and underscores the continuing costs to news organizations that cover the war.

With Consistent Low Ratings, Washington Post Radio Venture to End Next Month (WaPo)
Washington Post Radio, which brought the newspaper's journalists to the local airwaves, will go off the air next month after failing to attract enough listeners and losing money during its 17-month existence. Post Radio, which is broadcast regionwide on 107.7 FM and 1500 AM, was not able to draw even 1 percent of listeners during its first year.

Conrad Black Wants New Trial (AP via IHT)
Conrad Black, who was convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice in July, is asking a Chicago judge for a new trial or an acquittal, saying he remains optimistic about his chances since it "would be a miscarriage of justice to let the verdict stand." In an email response to The Canadian Press on Monday night, Black said he had confidence in the motions' chances for success.

Global Focus at NBCU (NYP)
NBC Universal is close to a deal to acquire U.K.-based Sparrowhawk Media for $350 million in a bid to expand its international TV presence. Sparrowhawk controls the international distribution rights to the Hallmark Channel as well as a library of almost 600 made-for-TV movies, including classics like Moby Dick and Gulliver's Travels, and other video titles.

Yahoo Defends Obeying Chinese Law (LAT)
Yahoo Inc. on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against the Internet company by civil rights advocates, arguing that it had become unfairly ensnared in a political debate over free speech in China. The company is fighting efforts to hold it accountable for the imprisonment and alleged torture of two Chinese citizens after it disclosed their identities to government officials.

Playboy Editorial Director on George Bush, the State of Porn, and Why Hef's Mag is Still Hot (NYT/Freakonomics)
"Today, magazines exist in a universe of expanded entertainment choices for men," writes Chris Napolitano. "Even in the magazine universe alone, the competition is intense — there are a lot of magazines out there! And now we're competing with free and pirated material online. It's a transitional period, and we're certainly one company with the resources and product to ride it out." AP via LAT: Playboy is set to launch a sexy social networking site dedicated solely to college students, its latest online venture as it tries to reinvigorate its stagnant finances.

E! Launches 'News Now' Web, Mobile Series (Mediaweek)
E! has launched an original news series produced specifically for broadband and mobile platforms. The new E! News Now, which debuted on Aug. 27, features at least 12 original, short-form news clips each day covering the latest in celebrity and entertainment news.

Chip Reid Joins CBS News (Variety)
NBC News congressional correspondent Chip Reid has jumped to CBS News, as the net looks to strengthen its D.C. bureau. Reid, who has covered Congress for NBC since 2004, joins as the Eye's Capitol Hill correspondent, replacing Sharyl Attkisson, who will become an investigative correspondent for CBS' "Eye on Your Money" segments.

New Ad Agency Promises Results Clients Can Gauge (NYT)
Engauge — spelled that way to underline its intent to provide marketers with tangible results from campaigns — plans to grow by acquiring agencies in fields like data analytics, behavioral targeting and direct marketing, then rolling them into a single agency.

New York Times Co. Outlook Now Negative Says Moody's (Reuters)
Moody's Investors Service on Monday changed its outlook on the New York Times Company to negative, from stable, citing increased pressure on the publisher's advertising from other media as well as from a downturn in the housing market. A negative outlook indicates the company's debt is likely to be downgraded over the next 12 to 18 months.

Blaming the Times for Your Bad Reputation (Slate)
Jack Shafer: Of all the disruptions caused by the Web, the chance that an old New York Times story featuring incomplete or outdated bad news about you might nix your chance of getting a job must rank near the bottom. Yet that's what Clark Hoyt, the newspaper's public editor, spends his Sunday, Aug. 26, column on. One of the flaws in Hoyt's thinking is his belief that one's reputation is a possession, when one's reputation actually resides in the minds of others.

To Better Connect With America's Youth, Media Guy Column Rebrands ... as a Musical? (AdAge)
Simon Dumenco: I'm pleased to announce that High School Media 1: Media Guy the Musical is already well under way. We've quietly been working with a composer and lyricist on songs like "I'm Feeling Viral Tonight," the YouTube-executive song. Not to mention "A Bloggy Kind of Love," a duet between Gawker Media czar Nick Denton and Huffington Post honcho Arianna Huffington.

Open Season on Times Fashion Blog (WWD)
The New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn's mid-August review of the September Vogue on her blog was full of unenthused praise followed by a criticism that the issue lacked "the offbeat and young." But that was nothing compared to the thousands of words of heated comments by readers that followed, many excoriating the magazine for being stale, out of touch, racist and elitist.

Condé Gears Up for 'Fashion Rocks' (MIN)
CN Media Group president Richard Beckman is following the playbook of Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter's Academy Awards after-party, which, since starting modestly in 1994, has grown into an institution. Entourage star Jeremy Piven is hosting the September 6th event, and scheduled performers include Fergie, Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, Jennifer Lopez, Martina McBride, Santana, Usher, past American Idol Carrie Underwood and AI finalist/Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson.