Do you know "a Female Journalist who stands out from the crowd and not in a good way!" Meaning she's unattractive? Why not ambush her with a visit from What Not to Wear? She'll love you for it! Details below.

The New York Times Co. says it will post a loss in the third quarter. Print ad revenue's slowing, growth of online ad revenue's slowing, and there's no paywall (yet). More alarming: NYT stars are leaving—for the internet!

Steve Parr is the new CEO of Elle publisher Hachette Filipacchi, succeeding Alain Lemarchand.

In your foreboding Tuesday media column: Newsweek adds and subtracts, CBS does not win the ratings war, the WSJ's new weekend edition is ready to go, a conservative blogger seeks love from Meghan McCain, and Conde goes to the dogs.

The Washington Post hasn't had much luck with its own crappy Op-Ed columnists, so the paper's launching another contest to find "America's Next Great Pundit." As a public service, we've assembled this surefire guide to scoring this low-paid, part-time gig.

The Portland (Maine) Press Herald practically pissed on Old Glory on Sept. 11, when it ran a story about Muslin Ramadan on the front page—but no 9/11 anniversary boilerplate. This prompted an apology. Which itself prompted another controversy.

Douglas Britt (pictured) is the "Society/ visual arts writer" at the Houston Chronicle. And he's extremely busy! So he sent out the following 15-point email to "every gallerist/cultural group in Houston," our tipster says. Print out a copy, and memorize!

In your massive Monday media column: Bon Appetit's editor is leaving, Martha Stewart's TV shows are failing, Vulture's going out on its own, TV Guide is trying hard, and Robert Thomson is just talking shit, as always.

Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed that dog-loving New York Post columnist Cindy Adams has been absent from the paper for months. She was sick! Now she's back! With a deeply disturbing column of hospital erotica.

If you're ever feeling depressed about the decline of newspapers in America, just be thankful you're not in Mexico—where a newspaper's been reduced to politely asking drug cartels for editorial guidance, in exchange for not being murdered.

Newsweek's Howard Fineman is joining the Huffington Post. Says Fineman: "The digital world is where the action is in my line of work." Aw, he thinks he's bloggers. Newsweek now has around three staffers left, according to our calculations.

In your rumormongering Friday media column: rumors of Newsweek's bleak near future, another Rupert Murdoch paywall, buzzy broadcasters revealed, Dennis Kneale reportedly leaving CNBC, and Doug McKelway gets canned.

Barry Diller reportedly dropped close to $20 million on Tina Brown's Daily Beast, so earlier rumors that Tina was eyeballing the Newsweek editor's job seemed too ungrateful to be true. But...what if she could do both?

Lee Abrams is the absurd spaceman that Tribune Co., in its infinite wisdom, has allowed to run its "innovation efforts" into the ground and write insane memos for the past two years. Today: a Tribune insider rants about Lee! Fun!

As CNN's John Roberts was preparing to interview David Axelrod last week, he turned to co-anchor Kiran Chetry and said, bitchily, "'Scuse me. Would you mind not doing that while I'm talking? Thank you. Appreciate that. If you don't mind."

In your hope-infested Thursday media column: the Right Nation is not media-friendly, layoffs at the Miami Herald, the NYT PR department is getting poach-y, and an offer of help for stiffed Paste freelancers.

In your educational Tuesday media column: Al Sharpton launches a TV show about schooling; the Washington Post pimps space on its front page; and magazines bleed even more rich readers.

"One good tactic for speeding up a deal is to show lack of interest in it," writes Donald Trump in Trump: How to Get Rich. Trump ignored our offer Friday to buy his silence. The appropriate response? Press ahead, clearly.

In your crowdsourced Monday media column: The Huffington Post covers the hell out of Arianna Huffington; Janice Min refuses to be spoon fed; and the New York Times lets NYU students loose on its blog.

New Republic editor-in-chief Marty Peretz, who does not care for Muslims, Arabs, Persians, etc., has apologized for questioning whether Muslims "deserve" First Amendment rights. Good show! Do you have any more apologies on the way, Marty?