Two more magazines will be trying to carve out a slice of the celebrity market in mid-April. Inside TV, which is being spawned from TV Guide, just tapped its first publisher, Christine Petrillo, a former Glamour magazine executive, and named Debra Birnbaum to be executive editor. Its first issue hits on April 21.

CBS News won a Peabody Award on Thursday for its report on abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, a story anchored by Dan Rather and produced by Mary Mapes, who was later fired by CBS for her role in the story about President Bush's military service.

Our industry-wide discomfort with the short-comings of the Nielsen ratings has made us angry, but attempting to replace Nielsen won't solve the TV measurement problem.

Peter Jennings, the sole anchor of ABC's evening newscast for the past 22 years, announced yesterday that he was suffering from lung cancer and had begun treatment.

Cablevision Systems turned the bidding for Adelphia Communications into a heated battle yesterday by offering $16.5 billion in cash for the company, executives involved in the process said.

Cell phone carriers are looking to give satellite radio operators a run for their money. Sprint PCS Group, the nation's third-largest mobile phone operator and a unit of Sprint Corporation (Research), has just launched a new Internet radio service that lets them listen not just to music but also to news and talk radio.

It might not be a kinder and gentler FCC under chairman Kevin Martin, but it's likely to be a more deliberate one if his first public address as head of the commission is any indication. Speaking Tuesday at the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. convention in San Francisco, Martin was more notable for what he didn't say. The new chairman, on the job for only two weeks, avoiding roiling the waters with any of the quips and shoot-from-the-hip banter that marked his predecessor, Michael Powell. Unlike Powell, Martin seemed more concerned with avoiding any political landmines than altering the regulatory …

The footwear retailer Steven Madden has decided not to shy away from the imminent release of its namesake founder from prison. The company is promoting the return of its creative leader in a series of eye-catching posters and print advertisements, and is having some fun with it in the process.

Just a blink after the newly emergent titans of radio - Clear Channel Communications, Infinity Broadcasting and the like - were being accused of scrubbing diversity from radio and drowning listeners in wall-to-wall commercials, the new medium of satellite radio is fast emerging as an alternative. And broadcasters are fighting back.

TiVo Inc., a provider of subscriber-based digital video recording services, said Tuesday it signed a new advertising services agreement with DirecTV Group Inc., extending the companies' prior services contract.