Yesterday's New York Times crossword puzzle was littered with references to Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and their upcoming rally—seven of them! On last night's Report, Colbert took the opportunity to gloat, gloat, and gloat some more. Watch inside.

The New York Times Co. is ending its Employee Stock Purchase Plan, where employees could buy company stock at a discount. Nobody wanted to buy that crappy stock, apparently! And with good reason. The email that just went out to staffers is below.

Award-winning New York Times photographer Joao Silva was badly injured after stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan today.

Have you ever heard of a micropayment site called Kachingle? Now you have, because the New York Times is suing them for copyright infringement over Kachingle's harmless little NYT-themed publicity stunt. Successful publicity stunt, we should say. [Techdirt]

The New York Times Co.'s revenues dropped about 3% in the third quarter, as rising digital ad revenue (+15%) failed to offset declining print ad revenue (-6%). Analysts are disappointed. This is the new normal, FYI.

Attention, men: "The twink thing seems over," declares GQ editor Jim Nelson in a New York Times article this weekend. That's right, it's time to ditch that slender, waif-like frame and pick up some biceps at the muscle store.

New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera's column last weekend excoriated H.P. and SAP, and presented Oracle in a positive light. One problem: Nocera's fiancee is the PR person for Oracle's lead attorney in its lawsuit against SAP. Woops.

New York Times columnist David Brooks is a softy for many things, but especially ex-White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. Brooks doesn't get why people think Emanuel's so mean! He was always so nice on the telephone, after all.

So we finally read the long New York Times Magazine profile of babbling television person Glenn Beck. At this point, it's hard to remember what crazy shit about the guy we already knew. Here's a quick look at it.

It's cute that Lorenzo Martone thinks there's life after Marc Jacobs (there isn't), but what we really took away from today's gushing NY Times profile is that Martone changed in front of the reporter. He always gets naked for press.

Verlyn Klinkenborg writes for the New York Times editorial page and is absolutely unbearable. He writes twee musings about his farm. In the world's greatest newspaper. Two years ago, I asked him to stop. Instead, he's gotten worse than ever.

Yesterday a blogger accused House Minority Leader John Boehner of having an affair with a lobbyist. Today, Page Six reports the Times is working on a Boehner affair exposé. Will this turn into a speculative free-for-all a la David Paterson?

In your scaremongering Thursday media column: Nat Geo sells out to the Muslims, Hearst's outside-the-box new program gives employees "money," the NYT Co. expects people to pay to read the Boston Globe, and Bill Keller is a put-down artist.

We asked readers to redesign the classic I ♥ NY logo—and outdo readers of the New York Times in the process—and naturally you rose to the challenge! Here are your creative submissions and the winner of Tuesday's contest.

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!

JetBlue has appropriated the iconic "I ♥ NY" logo in its new ad campaign, so the Times invited readers to create similar mash-ups. The entries so far have been pretty lame, though. And we know you can do better.

Not sure why the New York Times decided to run an A14 story with the headline "Random Fact About Bill Clinton," but they should do this more often. This random fact: Clinton's favorite TV commercial is an ESPN spot.

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 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.

Hey, everyone's favorite Republican fameball, Meghan McCain, is in the "very, very baby stages of some television stuff." Which means, yes, there is definitely going to be a television show featuring the daughter of John McCain. But no reality TV!