Former media mogul Conrad Black — who was recently released on bond from his six-plus year prison sentence for stealing millions of dollars from his businesses — has penned a column for Toronto's National Post. Hint: prison is unfair!

The Most Important Event of the Summer is finally here! Our beloved Chelsea Clinton is marrying some dude up in picturesque Rhinebeck, New York, and the media is frothing with excitement: Celebrities! Guest lists! Bubba! Rich people! Wedding! [USAT, TVNewser]

"I love funny writing, but I'm sick of snark," says Nick Catucci, the new editor of RollingStone.com. Christ, first The New Yorker, then Rolling Stone...soon this virtually meaningless catch-all phrase capable of describing anything will have no friends left! [NYO]

In your ardent Friday media column: Christiane Amanpour has a sit-down job, the NYT wedding listings are now searchable, The Big Money folds, and Tribune Co.'s peerless execs would like lots of money, please.

Newsweek—though financially ruined—had quite a few suitors for her attention. But her father, Donald Graham, won't let her just run off with any old fast fella with cash and flash. He's finding her a nice, old, upstanding buyer.

A&E will run an interview with DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tonight, in which Malvo claims that he had co-conspirators who haven't been caught. Who got this scoop? William Shatner, who just called Malvo and asked. Journalism, motherfucker. [NYT]

At the end of the month, True/Slant will be no more. Good while it lasted.

In your wicked Thursday media column: Time gets graphic, the New York Post doesn't know how to apologize, reporters kidnapped in Mexico, even more sex-related troubles for Sumner Redstone, and a PR service is advertising with Fox News' reputation.

Spotted outside Conde Nast headquarters this morning: a young man whose sign included his resumé and the slogan, "The first rule of improv is say yes." Nice suit, nice cardboard hobo penmanship. Sign him up, Si! [Click to enlarge]

How did these stay under wraps so long? This week Star magazine unveils "eight never-before-seen graphic photos" taken by an old Angelina Jolie drug buddy. She wears tape on her nipples, a dog leash, and smokes heroin. Updated with pics!

In your tendentious Wednesday media column: The Awl vs. the NYO, the Village Voice vs. the Austin Chronicle, Sam Sifton vs. Dan Abrams, dumb people vs. David Remnick, and the NYT vs. the WSJ, magazine-style.

Sumner Redstone, you cad! Already in hot water over trying to bribe a reporter to out a source and giving $100K in stock to a sexxxy girl band member, Sumner's now reportedly put another sexxxy young woman on the payroll.

Oooo, it's a racial-cultural-media controversy of the most delicious sort! Essence magazine has hired a white lady as its new fashion director. Is that bad? Or, perhaps, not bad? We'll tell you what we think below—then, everyone argue!

Dave Weigel, the smart young blogger canned by the Washington Post for saying mean things about Matt Drudge in personal emails, is joining Slate as a political reporter. Fun fact: Slate is owned by the Washington Post Company. [The Upshot]

The Mississippi Public Broadcasting programming director who canceled Fresh Air explains: "the language [Terry Gross] uses - a lot of people of Mississippi are not accustomed to hearing. They're not accustomed to hearing word ‘orgasm' on the air." [Current/ Romenesko]

In your head-scratching Tuesday media column: African-Americans simply can't appreciate Bill O'Reilly, more evidence of Tribune Co. hopelessness, GQ censors itself in China, and WSJ. magazine names a new editor.

Last week, a family of five in Staten Island died in a house fire. After initially blaming 14 year-old C.J. for killing his family, police backtracked yesterday, saying the mother did it. To whom does the media owe an apology?

The media backlash against Wikileaks' "War Logs" is well underway. Serious Political Media Types don't want be shown up by online amateurs. The establishment's spokesman: the World's Worst Writer Richard Cohen—the Andrea Peyser of the Washington Post.

Wall Street director Oliver Stone placed his foot directly in his mouth over the weekend while talking with the "Any Given" Sunday Times of London, complaining that "Jewish domination of the media" meant that people ignored German atrocities against Russia.

Alvin Greene, joke Senate candidate, has gotten more media coverage than all other 2010 candidates.