CNN.com Wins Two EPpy Awards
The EPpy award winners were announced today. CNN.com won for the "Best Overall Network TV/Cable-affiliated Internet Service" and their War in Iraq coverage won "Best Special Feature in an Internet Service." MSNBC.com was a finalist in three categories, but didn't win any awards. Here's the full list.
UPDATE: Earlier I wrote that FOXNews.com didn't place in any categories. As explained on the site during a previous awards story, they don't participate in awards events.

"I'm still a little teary-eyed," Bartiromo Says
The AP has a report on Maria's move, and a quote about her emotions: "I'm still a little teary-eyed over it," she said. "I really don't want to leave, but I want to put more energy into doing some of these other things." Alexis Glick will replace her...

Murdoch: Journalists' Patriotism Is Okay
FOX's 'War Stories' profiles the correspondents on the front lines, and talks to Rupert Murdoch about patriotism on camera:

NORTH: Should a greater effort be made to report about the other side? MURDOCH: I don't think so. I think this is a new school of journalism, which says you must be totally objective and dispassionate about everything, including your own country's interests. And I think that's taking it too far. NORTH: Is it wrong for a reporter to feel an affection for the troops? MURDOCH: Of course it's not wrong. I mean, if you're an American covering a war, and America's fighting and America's future is at stake, of course you're on that side. Now, you've got to tell the truth...

The new episode will air this weekend.

Lots of Construction in FOX's DC Bureau, Greta Says
Greta offers some photos of Studio 4 in FOX's North Capitol Street building. She calls it "the most hated [studio] among those of us who work there." She says it will soon undergo renovations. "I am not sure exactly what is being done but there is a great deal of construction that is going on in our D.C. bureau." I wonder what else is changing?...

As Bush Speaks, MSNBC Airs Interview With Its Own Boss
Several site visitors noticed MSNBC's decision to talk about company politics rather than air a presidential statement this afternoon. One person writes that "while FOX and CNN took the Presdient live with his comments about Nick Berg at 1:05pm, MSNBC was with Bob Wright tallking about the NBC and Universal deal." "Way to go, Rick Kaplan!," a second e-mailer says...

Beheading: "Something we should not sanitize when we describe it"
MSNBC VP Phil Griffin describes talking to his talent about the beheading video: "I talked to every one of my anchors. "I said, 'You're going to have to describe it in a way that captures just how horrible it is. Look at it, or have somebody on the staff look at it. It doesn't do it justice to just say 'decapitated.' This is something we should not sanitize when we describe it.'" Griffin's summary of the video: "Horrific. Barbarian. Unbelievable." The Miami Herald has more...

FOX: Olbermann A "Tortured Soul;" Career Is A "Train Wreck"
FOX's response to Keith Olbermann's comments about Bill O'Reilly are classic: "Since he stopped reading sports scores, Keith has attracted fewer viewers than a test pattern and his career has been nothing short of a train wreck. We pity his tortured soul and wish him all the best," a spokesman tells the WP...

Maria Bartiromo: Goodbye NYSE, Hello 'Today'?
Maria Bartiromo will report from the floor of the NYSE for the last time on Friday, the NY Daily News reports. She is moving on: "I want to try my hand in other areas," she says. "I'll have a broader platform on NBC." Quoting Phyllis Furman: "Expect to see the CNBC anchor more frequently on NBC News programs where she appeared Saturday anchoring the "Today" newsdesk. NBC also has agreed to fund a production company led by Bartiromo that will create programing on business and other topics."