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Conlin Out as Primedia Considers Split (Folio:)
The magazine publisher is exploring a breakup into two publicly traded separate companies. Primedia also announced that CEO Kelly Conlin has decided to leave the company, effective immediately. NYP: Mercurial Kravis cans $1.35 million CEO.

Miller Raises Stakes, Slams Calame Critique, Keller (E&P)
In an email to the Times public editor, Judith Miller terms Bill Keller's memo to staff on Friday "ugly," and names Jill Abramson as the editor she talked to about supposedly writing an article about the Plame outing. Slate: How does a Times reporter get fired?

Working for Wenner 'Like Working for Steinbrenner' (WWD)
The search is on for a new editor in chief of Men's Journal, and, so far, there seems to be little interest in the job. Whoever ends up taking it will become the mag's fifth new editor in six years.

Iraq Terrorists Target Journalists' Hotel in Baghdad (AP via Yahoo!)
Three enormous bombs, including a cement-mixing truck packed with explosives, blew up yesterday near an Iraqi police post outside the Palestine Hotel—home to many foreign journalists.

Krucoff Fired From Condé for Gawker 'Leak' (NYT)
Leakers beware. Blogger and freelance research analyst Andrew Krucoff was fired by the glossy publisher for leaking an internal memo about the magazine company's server being down.

Reaction to Voice/New Times Deal (Boston Phoenix)
Alexander Cockburn, former Voice staffer: "It's sort of contrary to everything the Voice first stood for when it was founded in the 50's....It's a mega-media conglomerate."

Some Bloggers Would Be Protected Under Shield Law (E&P)
Bloggers who actually gather news would be protected under the proposed federal shield law, the legislation's first author, U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., said.

Sawyer Stays on the Day Shift (AP via USAT)
ABC News hasn't named a permanent replacement for the late Peter Jennings at World News Tonight, but did say Monday who it won't be—Diane Sawyer.

Redstone Will Still Run Viacom Companies After Split (NYDN)
"I never said I would take my hands off the wheel," Redstone said. "I said I would share the wheel" with the two companies' chief executive officers, Tom Freston and Leslie Moonves.

New Publisher at Encounter Books (NY Sun)
Encounter Books has named the New Criterion's Roger Kimball, as its new publisher. He will succeed Peter Collier, who recently retired after leading the San Francisco publishing entity since it began in 1998.

NBC, Rewound (USAT)
NBC Universal agreed to let Time Warner use popular programs on a cable service called Start Over, which allows cable customers to rewind and go back to the start of shows already in progress.

Court TV Rebrands With John Waters' Corpse Brides (AdAge)
Simon Dumenco: "This is basically an acting job where I get to wear a lot of black—and, you know, I'm glad I never got a facelift, because I never would have gotten the part," Waters says.

Infinity to Toss Stern Off More Stations (FMQB)
Another round of Jack-FM stations could be installed by Infinity Broadcasting this morning at 8 a.m., according to a statement made by Howard Stern on his syndicated morning program.

Paging Jayson Blair, We Need Some Made-Up News... (NYT)
Mayor Sharpe James and the Newark (N.J.) City Council have devised a new way to get their message across: paying a weekly paper $100,000 to print "good news" about themselves and their city.

All Bruce, All the Time (NYP)
Sirius Satellite Radio plans to announce today the launch of an around-the-clock Bruce Springsteen channel, to be called E Street Radio, which will debut November 1.

Anti-Dentites Blog On (Page Six)
New York dentists have begun buying up negative-sounding domain names because disgruntled patients have gone from picketing outside their offices to detailing their grievances on Web logs.

Parental Advisory: Gangsta Content (WaPo)
Don Diva is a magazine a bout gangsters that is published for gangsters—and for wannabe gangsters, imprisoned gangsters and folks who just want to experience the excitement of gangster life.

Can You Trust a Wiki? (Guardian)
The founder of the online encyclopedia written and edited by its users has admitted some of its entries are 'a horrific embarrassment'. But what did a panel of experts think of the entries for their fields?

—David S. Hirschman

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:

CNN "Severe Weather Expert" Chad Myers: 14 Hours & 1 BLT Break [TVNewser]
Viewers could fall asleep to Myers, and wake up to him, too: He was scheduled to be on from 8pm Sunday to 10am Monday, for a total of 14 straight hours.

Sunday Night Massacre at SAG [FishbowlLA]
Good, sweet, baby Jesus: If you needed any additional indication that two of Hollywood's three top creative guilds have gone totally, wild-eyed radical, look at any paper this morning gaze upon the mayhem at the Screen Actors Guild.

Mr. Stewart Comes to Washington [FishbowlDC]
Although Jon Stewart is a NYC media personality, perhaps no other city loves him more than Washington, D.C., if for no other reason than the fact that, well, it's largely us that he ridicules the most. So it's always a grand affair when Stewart comes into town.

William Safire's NYT Erotica [FishbowlNY]
Fishtern Maureen Miller alerted us to this gem in William Safire's column yesterday. Usually we like to protect our innocent Fishterns from the lewd realities of a scary, scary world, but we are helpless in the face of a hot n' bothered NYT. We'll show you "entangled," Judy Miller!

Terry McAuliffe Campaigns His Way To A Book Deal [Galleycat]
And if Publishers Marketplace is to be believed, it's a doozy, selling for "about seven figures" to Sean Desmond at Thomas Dunne Books by Bret Saxon of TMP.

All's Fair in Love and...Hey! Wait a Minute! That's Mine! [MBToolbox]
Neil Wilkonson at Writers Weekly presents a very helpful rundown of what Fair Use is...