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MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat
David Gregory will be the sole anchor of MSNBC’s coverage of the presidential debates and election night.


Times Will Shut Down Its Distribution Subsidiary
The New York Times Company in January will shut down a subsidiary that distributes newspapers and magazines in the metropolitan area, eliminating the equivalent of 550 full-time jobs.


MySpace China Says Its Chief Will Resign
The departure of Luo Chan is a setback for the News Corporation, which had licensed the MySpace brand name in China in an effort to expand its media and Internet presence.


Bits: Tech Blogger Om Malik Becomes Venture Partner
Om Malik, the longtime journalist who founded the technology blog GigaOm, has become a partner in True Ventures, the venture capital firm that backed his company.


‘Harry Potter’ Author Wins Copyright Ruling
J.K. Rowling has won her claim that a fan violated her copyright with his plans to publish a Potter encyclopedia.


Readers See Bias in Us Weekly’s Take on Sarah Palin
When Us Weekly featured a cover story about Sarah Palin titled “Babies, Lies & Scandal,” it accomplished its mission of attracting attention at the supermarket checkout, but it came with a backlash.


‘Biggest Loser’ Is Winner for a Magazine
The collaboration between Prevention magazine and NBC’s hit weight-loss show has grown beyond mutual promotion to best-selling books, specialty magazines and an online club.


Ice-Breaker at Starbucks: The Good Sheet
Starbucks will begin offering a free paper from the magazine Good that will tackle one election topic a week, like carbon emissions, health care and education.


Advertising: Magazines Assert Their Power to Sell
As advertising spending in magazines continues to decline, publishers are intensifying their search for revenue from marketers.


Archie and Jughead? No, Javascript
When Google decided to create its Web browser, it hired an expert in comic books, Scott McCloud, to introduce it, translating technical content for nontechnical people.


Tofu Noodles Get a Lift From Hungry-Girl.com
Demand for Tofu Shirataki noodles has been growing after Lisa Lillian praised the product on her Hungry Girl Web site and gave it her seal of approval.


Microsoft Works to Perfect Windows Vista
Faced with Windows Vista’s image problem, Microsoft has been working for more than a year to change the experience of buying and using computers that run its software.


Facing Colbert’s Satire, Paterson Holds His Own
In his debut on the late-night talk-show circuit, Gov. Paterson proved himself more than able to hold his own against his faux-smarmy interlocutor, Stephen Colbert.


Times Plans to Combine Sections of the Paper
The New York Times will reduce the number of sections printed in the New York metropolitan area, in a move to save money on production.


At ESPN, Play-by-Play Goes Virtual
ESPN is debuting new technology with Electronic Arts that would allow sports commentators to interact with three-dimensional virtual players.


Advertising: A Serial Killer on Television, Now a Serial ‘Cover Boy’
Madison Avenue is taking notice of the attraction magazine covers attract, creating advertisements that are designed to look like them.


Robert Giroux, Editor, Publisher and Nurturer of Literary Giants, Is Dead at 94
Mr. Giroux introduced and nurtured some of the major authors of the 20th century and ultimately added his name to one of the nation’s most distinguished publishing houses.


Michael Hammer, Business Writer, Dies at 60
Mr. Hammer was the co-author of a best-selling book, “Reengineering the Corporation,” that some say influenced the way many corporations reorganized their workplaces.


Liberty Media to Make Its DirecTV Stake Publicly Traded
Liberty’s 50 percent stake in DirecTV will account for more than 80 percent of the value of a new company that will also include other Liberty assets.


Old Friends in the Media See a New Side of McCain
The Republican convention has included some of the most intense attacks against journalists by a campaign in memory.


Advertising: A Magazine for the Rich (and Lucrative Ads)
The first issue of WSJ., the new magazine from The Wall Street Journal, has 51 advertisers, mostly luxury brands.


Front Row: Magazine or Artsy Accessory?
Even the purest of messages can be corrupted by the power of a bag.


New York Sun May Close if Millions Aren’t Found
The New York Sun will shut down at the end of September unless it can find new investors to pump millions of dollars into it, the newspaper announced on Wednesday.


Small Book Publishers Offered New Technology
Hundreds of small, independent publishers will have easier access to digital book technology under a new service offered by Perseus Books Group.


Advertising: To Pry Open Tight Wallets, Two Retailers Stress Innovation
Bloomingdale’s and Saks have come up with campaigns to differentiate themselves from other retailers, even as discretionary spending is down, including among of the more affluent.


Abu Dhabi Puts More Cash on the Line in Hollywood
Abu Dhabi Media, flush with oil cash, is adding to the $1 billion deal it announced with Warner Brothers last year, and is putting another billion in a new movie business.


The Media Equation: Drawing a Bead on the Press
Gov. Sarah Palin probably had no idea of the media onslaught that was about to hit her. By the time she was done speaking on Wednesday, it was clear the reverse was true as well.