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Feds Call for Ban on Photos of New Orleans Dead (E&P)
The move by the Federal Emergency Management Agency is in line with the Bush administration's ban on images of flag-draped U.S. military coffins returning from the Iraq war. CJR Daily: Sensitivity for the dead and their family members is paramount, no question. But the press also needs to be careful that the administration doesn't take political advantage of this sensitivity in order to shroud from the public the most tangible outcome of governmental ineptitude, writes Gal Beckerman. Philly Inky: Networks won't be dictated to by FEMA, writes Gail Shister. WaPo: Prime-time news shows devoted to Katrina drew big audiences in last week's Nielsen ratings race. Salon: Why has it taken thousands of hurricane fatalities to finally wake up reporters, asks Eric Boehlert. Seattle Weekly: Following the media trail of Dubya's Katrina blunders. LA Weekly: TV journalists were let off their leashes by their mogul owners, writes Nikki Finke. Seattle P-I: Media must kick tires, take names, find heroes, be our watchdog, writes Colleen Patrick. Chicago Trib: Defining the people of New Orleans has become a linguistic challenge, writes Don Wycliff.

Gooch to Buy Discover (NYT)
The Walt Disney Company is to announce today that it plans to sell Discover magazine to Bob Guccione Jr., who plans to add a humor column and increase the mag's advertising staff.

News Corp. To Acquire Videogame Company IGN (WSJ)
The Murdoch-owned media company will spend $650 million for IGN, whose websites include GameSpy.com and TeamXbox.com, frequented mostly by young males seeking tips and chatting about videogames. Guardian: ITV, BBC take on Murdoch.

Missed by the Media (SFBG)
Camille Taiara: Here are 10 of the biggest stories the mainstream news media ignored, blacked out, or underreported over the past year, according to Project Censored, a media watchdog group. SFBG: Project Censored runners-up. SFBG: Censored... or bogus?

Web Buying Spree for Big Media (WaPo)
While Internet ads claim a small slice of the overall ad pie, the online dollars grew more than 30 percent last year. In response, traditional media companies have been making some startling moves.

SF Chron Auto Writer Dropped for Panning Subaru? (E&P)
A freelance auto writer whose work regularly appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle claims the paper discontinued his column as punishment for writing a negative review of a new Subaru model.

Fox Affiliate Rejects 'Naked' Bush Ad (Reuters)
The ad, produced by a candidate for Manhattan borough president, lampoons the President, superimposing his head on a naked body, with a voice-over saying, "New Yorkers know the emperor has no clothes."

But Doesn't a Certain CNNer Hold That Title? (Orlando Sentinel)
"I want to be the gay Dan Rather," says Josh Fountain, who has taken over the anchor's chair for a new national news show on the Q Television Network.

Thomas Friedman, Rock Star? (Fortune)
Justin Fox: The last columnist of comparable ambition and influence was Walter Lippmann, who from World War I through Vietnam guided Americans through their transformation from isolationist island to global superpower.

Some Newsweeklies Buck Downward Trend (Mediapost)
The Economist's North American print edition saw a subscription increase of 14.2 percent over the first half of 2005, while Dennis Publishing's The Week saw its subscriptions climb 43 percent.

ABC To Expand Reach of 'Jack' Radio (WSJ)
ABC Radio is adding Jack FM, which has drawn fans with its variety and its unlikely combinations of songs, to its menu of 24-hour radio programming that is subscribed to by almost 800 stations.

Nets Stumbled Through Summer (USAT)
Final numbers for the stretch between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends show the six broadcast networks down 13% in viewership from last summer.

More on Yahoo and the Chinese Reporter (NYT)
The company provided records showing that Shi Tao used a specific computer to send an anonymous post to a Chinese-language site in New York. Authorities said the post contained state secrets.

Journos Scared Into 'Crouching Inactivity' (Guardian)
Jackie Ashley: What really unites several very different threats (natural disasters, terrorism, avian flu) is the underlying media impression that nothing can be done about them. There is a new fatalism buried behind the headlines.

Do Corrections Build Public Trust? (Regret the Error)
"The Times has gotten much better about not viewing every correction as an embarrassment," says Seth Mnookin. "In a pre-Jayson Blair world, journalists for the most part had the feeling that if you could talk someone out of asking for/demanding a correction, that was a good thing."

Journalist Stanley Jennings Dies (WaPo)
The graphic designer, photographer, cartoonist and journalist, died of congestive heart failure. He was active in the National Press Club for decades and drew a version of the club's seal that is in use today.

Yankee Magazine Turns 70 (Nashua Telegraph)
A willingness to adapt and evolve has helped the magazine remain a viable publication for 70 years.

Jann Demands Katrina Contributions From Employees (NYDN)
"I would like to see everyone, particularly the highly compensated employees, step up to the plate and give as generously as possible, and I will match the contribution dollar for dollar," wrote Wenner in a memo to staff. [3rd item.]

Multicast Laws Could Spur Litigation (TV Week)
Legislation forcing cable TV operators to carry all of the free programming services that broadcasters multicast on digital TV channels could be met by cable TV industry lawsuits that would cost the federal government billions of dollars.

—David S. Hirschman

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:

Aftermath Scoreboard: Monday, Sept. 5 [TVNewser]
One week after the storm, ratings are still way above average. FNC had over three millon viewers in primetime on Monday, and CNN had 2.6
million. CNN edged FNC in the 25-54 demo in Monday primetime for the first time since last Tuesday.

Woodstein: How It Felt [FishbowlDC]
We've secured an advance copy of Carl Bernstein's account of the denouement following Mark Felt's outing (the piece appears in the
October Vanity Fair). The piece is part timeline of the decision to confirm the Vanity Fair's article on Felt, part rebuttal of revisionist Nixon history (as espoused by Buchanan, Liddy, et al), and part statement on the Bush administration's own treatment of the press.

Journalists have principals, dammit [FishbowlNY]
The eagle-eyed and meticulously nitpicking blog Regret the Error may hail from the isolated wilds of Montreal but through the wonders of web technology it scans the world of print journalism, ready to catch errors egregious and unegregious, like for example if someone used the word unegregious.

Shooting and Shmoozing [FishbowlLA]
Two cute little newspaper stories about Hollywood people today. The NYT profiles screenwriter Tom Benedek (writer of 'Cocoon' and, yes, brother of The Other Benedek) who likes to riddle his own scripts with bullets.

How to Handle a Book Embargo, Paris-Style [GalleyCat]
In "an intense campaign of secrecy," reports the Observer, French publisher Fayard only sent out 15 review copies of Michel Houellebecq's new novel, La Possibilité d'Une Île, and those only to reviewers who might be expected to like it.

Hot Live Design [UnBeige]
A helpful friend from high up the ringer told us about Design Times Square, a competition to find the best design in, you guessed it, Times Square.

Freelancing with Kids, Part 2 [mbToolbox]
Jennifer Salopek is based outside Washington, D.C. After years of working on staff, she now performs freelance writing and editing assignments for a wide variety of clients, from a Methodist seminary to a professional association to a large facilities management company...Jennifer also has two kids. That's them in the picture. Notice that one is very little. I asked Jennifer about how freelancers can manage family leave successfully.