So I haven't done a round-up in awhile, so...
Some of these are left over from last week, but they are all interesting...
From the Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire... "Verbatim: Rep. Miller's staff alerts reporters, 'Due to rainy conditions, the Get Outdoors Act press conference has been moved indoors.'"
NBC's New Cartoon: Lions And Siegfried and Roy. Oh My! [WSJ]
NBC is taking one of the bigger gambles in recent memory as it tries to fill the prime-time hole left by "Friends" and "Frasier" -- a Shrek-style cartoon about talking lions who perform with animated versions of Siegfried & Roy
PRODUCT MISPLACEMENT? [AdAge]
Both the FCC and the FTC are involved in the rising debate about product-placement practices.
SCANDAL! CELEBRITY! GLOSSY! [SFChron]
Bonnie Fuller completes the 30-year-old Star magazine's transformation from supermarket tabloid to mainstream magazine.
This as mentioned by Slate.com's Today's Papers...
Following yesterday's killings in Fallujah, the WP browsed the Coalition Provisional Authority's Web site and didn't spot mention of the killings nor any other violence. The site's fourth headline: "IRAQI POLICE EQUAL TO TASK OF PUBLIC SAFETY, KIMMITT SAYS."
Re: last week's horrible events in Iraq...
When News Is Gruesome, What's Too Graphic? [WSJ]
U.S. news channels were unusually cautious about putting the gruesome footage of four civilian contractors burned and hanged by gleeful Iraqis on TV.
Hey, You! How About Lunch? [WSJ]
Marketers and military planners alike are keenly interested in revolutionary sound technology that uses laserlike beams to send messages.
This Is SportsCenter? [Slate.com]
The decline and fall of ESPN's franchise.
And finally...
This Is Broken
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