Happy Birthday, Internet! This September marks the 40th anniversary of our virtual god, and, as happens with the marching of time, it faces some changes. The scope and impact of those potential changes remains to be seen, but they're scary!

Because everything Roger Federer does deserves press, the NY Times has run an astonishingly long piece on his super-stylish RF monogram. Where did it come from? What does it mean?! It means he's into himself. And you should be, too!

Success has become quite relative in the newspaper industry. Everyone's losing money, yes, but now it's all about degrees. So, when your company's not hemorrhaging like your competitors, there's a reason to gloat. Just like Gavin O'Reilly...

Britain's The Guardian has been forced to raise its weekday price to £1.

Those gabby gals from The View have something to celebrate tonight, for they finally won a Daytime Emmy for their talk show host skills. Meanwhile, for some reason, condescending Tyra Banks won her second award for "informative talk show." [Variety]

Twitter's expansion into the world of television continues! To give repeats new life, Fox has joined forces with the site to bring the world "tweet-peats," during which stars and fans alike can pipe up on shows like Fringe. Geektastic! [THR]

Jon Voight was once known for his acting chops and, later, for fathering Angelina Jolie. These days? Well, he's known for his rabid right-wing politics, which were on full display when he appeared on the increasingly robust Mike Huckabee's show.

Super-special "strike teams" have been put in place to protect broadcast towers from LA's fire.

Once in a great while a mystery will come along and captivate the world. Who shot JFK? Who shot Mr. Burns? And now, who shot it to make Michael Jackson's youngest child, "Blanket?"

It's looking more likely that Warner Bros. Picture Group's president Jeff Robinov's renewing his contract.

There have been many rumors floating around that Sam Zell, the gnomish CEO of the bankrupt Chicago Tribune Co., would soon be sent out to pasture. Unfortunately for everyone involved, especially the employees, that may not be the case.

The pen indeed is mightier than the sword! After a barrage of bad press, the Pentagon has canceled its contract with the dubious Rendon Group, which was screening reporters wanting to embed in Afghanistan. Rendon had become a "distraction." [Politico]

Anna Wintour apparently couldn't get enough of The September Issue, for she was snapped waiting in line to see the fashionable documentary this weekend. How pedestrian! The girl behind Wintour obviously recognizes the Vogue editrix and looks appropriately fearful.

The Kennedy clan reclaimed its place as the nation's premier royal family this week, thanks to Ted Kennedy's death and grand style funeral. But, like all royal crews, there's a rebel lurking within the massive family.

Glenn Beck really has embraced his fear-mongering moniker. His new book, Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government, features the Fox News man all gussied up as appears to be some sort of fascist. Whee! [Amazon]

Like the Costa Rican president before him, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe has the fearsome swine flu. He came down with the symptoms during a meeting with regional leaders. Ha! And they're worried about the American military? [WaPo]

Oxygen. It's a blessed, life-sustaining thing. We all need it. We all love it. And for so many years we were giving kudos to trees, whose photosynthesis takes in yucky carbon dioxide and gives us that life gas. No more!

DJ AM - né Adam Goldstein - was the Kevin Bacon of LA's music-celebrity scene, except he was connected to everyone by two degrees. His death gets more tragic as it unfolds. The outpouring for him out there's large.

The NYT Magazine's cover story about a euthanizing, beleaguered hospital during and after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans dropped today. It's estimated to have cost around $400,000. What kind of reporting does that buy? The expensive, endangered type.

Beware The Ides of August, indeed. An Alabama news station did an entire feature segment on someone's broom that refuses to let gravity defeat it. Is it magic? Ooh! Actually, no, it's August, and I should be having a drink.