It's been five years since Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans and parts of the Gulf Coast, and media outlets have run stories looking back on the destruction as well as the rebuilding. But the latest Frontline is a must watch.

Long before Bill O'Reilly was a blowhard conservative commentator, he was a contributor to the Boston Phoenix, an alternative-weekly newspaper. One of his assignments: A profile of porn director Gerard Damiano, of Deepthroat fame. What would the "culture warriors" think!?

Incredibly popular Internet linkdump Reddit was informed by its corporate parent, Conde Nast, that it could not sell ads supporting Proposition 19, California's marijuana legalization ballot initiative. So Reddit figured out how to preserve its soul and screw Conde, too.

Last week, we discovered that Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski chugs vodka from a mug before noon. This week, she dispels that rumor. She's not drunk, just "extremely hungry, to the point where I feel like I might lose control."

In your finally Friday media column: the search for proper media jargon, a Tina Brown-to-Newsweek rumor, the NYT poaches a WaPo reporter, and Katie Couric's future, hinted at.

This fall, USA Today will lay off 130 employees—9% of its workforce.

Three more notable Newsweek staffers are leaving: Digital GM Geoff Reiss, editorial director Mark Miller, and our own former boss and Newsweek Digital executive editor Gabriel Snyder. Layoffs loom; the magazine's stars leave; After crucifixion—resurrection? [WSJ]

Internet empress Arianna Huffington is in Amalfi, Italy, apparently, mixing it up with Newt and Callista Gingrich, mega-entertainment lawyer Allen Grubman and his wife Deborah, and Barbara Walters. Proof fancy yacht vacations really are out of fashion for the super-rich?

In your villainous Thursday media column: forcing Larry King back into your ear, temporary silence from Jay Mariotti, Jeff Zucker never stops droning on, and early morning TV gets even earlier.

Heeb, the magazine for cool-type Jews, is shuttering its print edition, although its website will continue on. Looks like our deathwatch from last November was accurate, after all! The Great Magazine Die-Off is harder to kill than Steven Seagal.

Bankrupt shell of a once-proud media company Tribune Co. is desperate. Desperate enough to try TV news without anchors. Desperate enough to give a seemingly-high jester an important management job. But are they really desperate enough to hire Michael Eisner?

Vogue assistant fashion editor Ethel Park is now fashion editor at the NYT's T Magazine.

In your backwards Wednesday media column: Major Garrett leaves Fox News, Sharon Waxman waxes on about her competitor, a VQR editor's suicide considered further, and a man from the future speaks out.

Rich man Sidney Harman bought Newsweek a few weeks ago, and everyone's been wondering when the real changes would come down. Several editorial stars have already left the magazine; now, a tipster tells us, significant layoffs are on the way.

CBS has reportedly paid a female former executive a roughly $1 million settlement in exchange for her not bringing a suit against Viacom boss Sumner Redstone for "verbal abuse and violent outbursts such as throwing dishes." Whoa, fella. [Daily Beast]

The Washington Times, which laid off a huge portion of its staff and fired its meddling publisher earlier this year, has now reached a deal to be sold—back to Rev. Sun Myung Moon! Hello again!

In your nubilous Tuesday media column: the WaPoCo's nervous about Kaplan, Seth Godin to reap more revenue from his followers, AARP Magazine is the king of all magazines, and a newspaper is bringing back a formerly scrapped section. Unheard of!

Yesterday's tour bus hostage fiasco in the Philippines that ended in eight deaths was big news. Luckily, we have reporters like CNN's Rick Sanchez and his crew to make it relatable: "It really does look like Speed."

According to media hardman Michael Wolff, the anti-"Ground Zero Mosque" push from the News Corp-owned New York Post and Fox News is a reflection of the company's internal power struggles. And also, CEO Rupert Murdoch's "primitive, weird, reactionary" racism.

In your fearmongering Monday media column: vicious rumors of bedbugs at Elle, a mass exodus from the New York Observer, Sidney Harman has some ideas for Newsweek, media job moves afoot, and Philly wants to tax bloggers.