It's time for the folks behind the Emmys to mend some fences. In response to pressure from the creative community and a lack of public support from other Big Four networks, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and CBS did an about-face on their plan to "time-shift" the presentation of eight kudos during the Emmy Awards telecast. The Academy voted to pre-tape eight award presentations in the hour leading up to the live three-hour telecast Sept. 20. Clips of those presentations would run throughout the ceremony. Two weeks of complaining ensued, and yesterday the Academy said the …

Interviews with Condé Nast editors, executives, editorial and ad sales staffers suggest that the enchanting, mystical era of Condé Nast is over. Small perks-the mani-pedis for clients, the flower deliveries, the sodas in the fridge-disappeared a while ago. Newer changes, such as seeing Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter in the company cafeteria, are worrisome on a psychological level. A culture of paranoia has taken over. Recessionary belt-tightening seems to have changed the look and feel of Condé Nast even more than that of other publishers. "That whole feeling of working here and it being cushy and other people …

Some major advertisers are distancing themselves from Fox News host Glenn Beck after he called President Obama a racist during a July 28 broadcast. Color of Change, an African-American online political organization has been spurring advertisers to stop supporting "The Glenn Beck Program." Insurance company Geico and Lawyers.com, which is owned by LexisNexis, have pulled their ads from the show. Additionally, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance and SC Johnson say their ad placements during the broadcast were made in error. The controversy stems from Beck's comment that President Obama is a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people." …

Vibe, the hip-hop magazine that folded six weeks ago under a pile of debt, is being resurrected as a Web-focused publication with a greater emphasis on Vibe's roots. A group led by the private-equity firm InterMedia Partners and InterMedia's luxury magazine publisher, Uptown Media, is acquiring Vibe and its Web site. The new owners say they will relaunch Vibe.com in the next few weeks and bring back the print magazine at the end of the year. The print version is also likely to be a quarterly, rather than a monthly.

Granted, this has been a plague year for magazines, with several titles closing down. Of the survivors, ad pages on average plunged 28% in the first half of 2009 from the first half of 2008. Nonetheless, a dozen magazines managed to attract more ad pages in this year's first six months than they did last in the first half of last year. How did they do it? A few nesting, fitness, and celebrity magazines enjoyed a windfall because they tap ad categories that are still advertising despite the recession: food, seasonings, household cleaners, hair products and hygiene. …

Disney is crafting a multiplatform sweepstakes and sponsorship deal with retail giant Sears that focuses on Selena Gomez, star of Disney Channel's "Wizards of Waverly Place." The on-air effort includes a 45-second spot to send viewers to a Sears' sweepstakes site. The retailer also will be featured in a flight of 15-second sponsor messages leading up to the August 28 premiere of "Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie." The spots aren't explicitly commercial in nature, only citing the sponsorship and giving a call-out to the Sears site, ArriveLounge.com. Disney intends these brief sponsor ads to be unobstructed …

NBC posted an early look at the pilot of its upcoming sitcom "Community" online. But you won't find it on the NBC site, or even on Hulu, which is co-owned by NBC. The sneak peek is only for fans on Facebook. It's one of the first network programming premieres that the social network has hosted. It is also a big switch from last year, when Hulu's relationships with its network parents made it the go-to place for first looks of the fall season. The NBC move seems to validate Facebook as a burgeoning video powerhouse. Additionally, with Facebook …

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch recently announced that he was going to start charging for online news content by July 2010 - and traditional news executives collectively exhaled. Finally, a way to make money again. Is Murdoch's declaration a classic Rupertian move or the action of a desperate man? The switch to an online pay model smacks of virility and aggression, the Murdoch of yore. "If we're successful, we'll be followed fast by other media," he said. But the mogul is 79 years old. It's an open question as to who will cease to exist first: Rupert or the …

MTV plans to unplug its famed studio overlooking Times Square at the end of the year, according to the building's landlord. MTV's parent, Viacom, didn't renew its studio lease when it extended its contract on more than 1 million square feet of offices at 1515 Broadway. MTV's exit from the glass-fronted studio would mark an end of the era that saw Times Square's whirlwind transformation from a drug-infested crime zone to a safe, gaily-lit mecca for theatergoers and tourists. The 22,216-square-foot, second-floor studio has block-long frontage and 16-foot windows visible to daily hordes of office employees, shoppers and visitors …

OMD has added media planning and buying duties for job site Monster.com. The work shifts from Mediaedge:cia, which began working with Monster about three years ago, and consolidated all media chores in Sept. 2007. There was no review for this week's agency switch. This is the first major account change under Monster's new chief global marketing officer Ted Gilvar. He joined the company a year ago from BBDO, a sibling of OMD and Monster's lead creative agency. Gilvar says OMD's ability to navigate a complex media landscape drove the decision to switch. Since Gilvar's arrival, Monster has expanded …