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Sopranos Wins Emmy for Best Drama (AP)
The Sopranos claimed its final Emmy as best dramatic series. Winners in other top categories were scattered across the prime time landscape. A stunned James Spader felt like he just "stole a pile of money from the mob" in winning best drama series actor as a lawyer on Boston Legal. And Sally Field was winner of best actress in a drama for her matriarchal role in Brothers & Sisters. Variety: Complete list of winners. Variety: Emmy honored a collection of fresh faces Sunday night, bringing new blood to a kudosfest frequently criticized for sticking with the old guard. Variety: Backstage notes. TV Week: Sally Field censored. WaPo: If Fox censored Field for political reason, it would be an ugly first in the history of the Emmys.

Overhaul at Time Warner? (WSJ)
Time Warner is expected to confirm Jeffrey Bewkes as the next CEO before the end of the year. He is expected to take the reins as early as Jan. 1, five months before current CEO Dick Parsons' contract expires. Time Warner's board has yet to vote on Bewkes' appointment, but that could happen in the coming weeks, these people say. The announcement will be cheered by investors.

Page Six Magazine to Debut Next Week (NYT)
Hoping to increase Sunday circulation and high-end advertising, the New York Post is introducing the magazine starting this Sunday. The magazine will be broader than its namesake. In addition to celebrities, "there's lots of fashion, some profiles, food, wine, restaurants, stuff like that," said Col Allan, editor of the Post.

Wall Street Journal Magazine En Route (NYT)
Next year, The Wall Street Journal will introduce Pursuits, a glossy monthly magazine about the lifestyles of the rich, in hopes of drawing more ads for expensive consumer goods. The paper and its parent, Dow Jones & Company, will announce the decision today.

Critics Aren't Watching Kid Nation... Yet (Hollywood Reporter)
One of the most talked-about new series, CBS' Kid Nation, will not be reviewed by critics before it premieres Wednesday. The network has opted not to send out screeners for the controversial reality series, in which 40 children spend 40 days in a formerly deserted New Mexico mining town. While this practice is common in the film industry, it's comparatively rare in television.

ABC Statements Show Us Weekly, OK! Relied on Verified Circ as Newsstand Wavered (Mediaweek)
In first-half 2007, Us Weekly's paid and verified circ rose 4.8 percent to 1.9 million, beating its 1.85 million rate base by 1.6 percent. But verified copies were critical to delivering the guaranteed circ, and the weekly still missed rate base on nine of 26 issues, per its Audit Bureau of Circulations publisher's statement. Also missing rate base: Northern & Shell's OK!

Russia Arrests Chechen in Probe Into Murder of Journalist Politkovskaya (Reuters)
Russian police investigating the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya have detained a former government official from the Chechnya region, Russian media reported on Saturday. Shamil Burayev, former head of the administration of the Achkhoi-Martan region in Chechnya, was detained while driving his car in Moscow on Sept. 13, Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper said.

Yahoo Buys Blog Content Tracking Firm (Bloomberg via San Jose Mercury News)
Looking to attract visitors and advertisers to its online news pages, Yahoo has purchased BuzzTracker, a site that ranks stories based on their popularity among bloggers. BuzzTracker ranks more than 1,000 topics on more than 90,000 blogs, displaying the most-read and discussed stories of the day, according to its Web site.

Why the WSJ Exodus Is Good for Murdoch (Slate)
Jack Shafer: The modus operandi when Murdoch takes over a publication is to make the right noises about retaining staff while scheming to get rid of them so he can move his people in. When he took control of the New York Post, Murdoch assured everybody that the paper would remain "serious" and that its "political policies," which where liberal, would remain unchanged. Instead, he turned the paper into a freak show and transformed it into a conservative newspaper. New York Mag: Denizens of The Wall Street Journal's genteel newsroom were in need of smelling salts last Wednesday after reports surfaced that the paper's new owner, Rupert Murdoch, brought Col Allan to a kick-the-tires meeting with their bosses. AP via E&P: Dow Jones reports a deal with The Wall Street Journal's union.

Hearst to Buy Consumer Health Site (NYT)
Magazines and newspapers across the country are building up their Web offerings in health and fitness as their specialized advertising dollars and readers migrate online at a particularly rapid pace. Hearst Magazines has decided to buy as well as build internally with the purchase of RealAge Inc., a consumer health Web site.

Showtime Takes Aim at HBO (NYP)
The premium cable channel, having already narrowed the gap in terms of programming buzz, is making an aggressive pitch to do the same with subscriber numbers as well. The CBS-owned pay television network will offer a "free preview" weekend running from Sept. 28 through Oct. 1 that will make Showtime available in 54 million homes — its largest audience ever.

How Alexis Debat Managed to Cheat Everyone in Washington (Rue 89)
There was no shortage of warning signs over the last years, but, at 35, Alexis Debat was pretty successful. He had a respectable position in a well-regarded think tank, he was a regular face on television, he was quoted in newspapers... why did he need to keep fabricating interviews in a French journal with a limited circulation?

NYT Has Seen Future: It's All the Blogging That's Fit to Print (AdAge)
Simon Dumenco: It's thrilling when smart reporters get to tell it like it really is. And what a pleasure it is to see that the Times is beginning to regard the realm of blogs as more than just a trendy sandbox for its most restless, enterprising writers — such as David Carr, whose raucous, nutty Oscar-season Carpetbagger blog paved the way for the Times to loosen its starched collar online.

Economist Leaves News Fluff to Others (Chicago Tribune)
"We have sadly undercovered Britney Spears," said John Micklethwait, the mag's editor-in-chief. "You turn on your television anywhere now, you get so much pap that what I think people want is substance. We're going to make them think... It is a part of the market that not everybody is in. But we've found the top of the market is bigger than other people thought."

President Reaches Out to a Friendly Circle in New Media (WaPo)
The day after his prime-time speech on Iraq, President Bush sat down for a round-table interview not with traditional White House reporters but with bloggers who focus on military issues, including two participating by video link from Baghdad. Judging from some of the accounts of the Friday meeting, the president offered up little news.

Daily Candy Launches Kids' Editions (Paid Content)
Five years after it started a national edition focused on kids, DailyCandy.com is expanding the concept to five markets — and increasing its overall number of editions to 21. The localized weekly DailyCandy Kids launch Monday in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston with info on events, products, and services aimed at the young-moms-with-money set.

NBC'S Silverman Doesn't Inhale (Page Six)
NBC Entertainment chief Ben Silverman says the rumor he delayed starting his job because of GE's corporate drug testing policy is full of hot air. "No, no, no. I did not quit smoking pot to take this job. I'm still single, and I go out with my friends, but it was a non issue for me," the boyish TV whiz says.

Tribune May Throw MLB a Curveball, Sell Chicago Cubs in Pieces (LAT)
Estimates of the value of the team, its historic home at Wrigley Field and Tribune's 25 percent share of Comcast SportsNet, a regional cable TV network, have rocketed to $1 billion and beyond. Tribune is now pondering whether it might get more money by selling the pieces separately. Among other things, that would limit baseball commissioner Bud Selig's influence over the deal.