Disney is adding "Desperate Housewives" co-star Teri Hatcher to its lineup of online experts, launching GetHatched.com. Branded as "A Chick's Guide to Life," site will have the actress giving advice to women through articles, blogs and Webisodes. Hatcher will oversee the creative and editorial content, while DisneyFamily.com will produce the site, part of Disney Online's mom and family portfolio.

The annual "Hot List" and "10 Under 60 Hot List" usually recognized magazines with a track record of standout ad revenue and page growth. But in light of last year's industry declines and magazines' efforts to grow their business via other platforms, ad-page growth alone no longer does justice to magazines' relevance. This year, the "Hot List" paid greater attention to circulation quality, with particular focus on newsstand sales, strength of engagement, smart brand extensions, and ability to find new ways to engage consumers and charge them for content. However, the pub still needs at least $60 million in …

ESPN and the NFL are close to an agreement to give the media company a much larger bundle of the league's broadband, mobile and international rights, including the ability to stream "Monday Night Football" games on broadband and wireless platforms. The digital deal will appeal to the NFL's other network partners, who could be looking to further their digital and mobile rights with NFL content. The pending deal developed as the league opened ESPN's $1.1 billion annual contract to insert language that outlined payment terms in the event of a lockout. The contract already called for ESPN to make …

The Senate Thursday passed a stand-alone version of the STELA, the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, that changes what has been a five-year renewal of the satellite license to 10 years. The bill reauthorizes the license that allows satellite subscribers who cannot get a viewable signal from their in-market affiliate to get an out-of-market version. It will also get local signals to the remaining 28 or so smaller markets where it has been uneconomical to deliver them. The change to a 10-year window was so the bill would "score" in terms of being revenue neutral, which it is …

Apple revised the terms of service for its iTunes software, adding a new feature to send apps as gifts. However, the new feature comes with restrictions that may limit the flexibility of magazine publishers to market their wares as they see fit. Apple prohibits the gifting of "in-app purchases, in-app subscriptions, [and] upgrades," which means you can't buy someone virtual goods within an iPhone or iPad app. So buying a digital subscription to a mag, unlike a print version, is out. That news should be a little disappointing for publishers hailing the iPad as the future of magazines.

Tareq and Michaele Salahi won't say how they got into President Barack Obama's first State Dinner. But it's confirmed they will be the most visible members of the upcoming Bravo series "The Real Housewives of D.C." Bravo cameras were on hand as the Salahis arrived for that ill-fated White House event -- the couple has now been fully embraced as the focal point of the series, expected to premiere in July. The Salahis are contractually prohibited from talking about the show, but they've already shot all 12 episodes of the premiere season. And early next month at a studio …

MTV Networks-owned Spike TV is expanding its relationship with the UFC, creating a branded destination site for fans of mixed martial arts. The site, UltimateFighter.com, will be tied to the 11th season of the Spike series "The Ultimate Fighter," and will feature every episode and every fight from seasons one through 10 of that show. In the season 11 premiere, a number of fighters will have to battle in the octagon to see who advances. Only clips from the fights will make it on air, with the entire bouts being posted on the new site. Visitors will also be …

News Corp will charge readers for online versions of its UK Times and Sunday Times newspapers beginning in June, becoming the first media firm to test consumers' appetite to pay for mass-market news online. Access to two new Web sites for the two titles will cost 1 pound ($1.49) per day or 2 pounds for a week. Subscribers to the print versions will get free access. Two business newspapers -- the Financial Times and News Corp's Wall Street Journal -- charge readers for online access but consumer publications have so far not followed, fearing a massive loss of …

Roger Ebert says he and his wife are going ahead with plans to produce a new movie review television program with the working title "Roger Ebert presents At the Movies." The Pulitzer Prize-winning reviewer writes he would like to make "occasional appearances" on the air. Ebert lost his ability to speak after cancer surgery. His decision dovetails with Disney-ABC Domestic Television announcement that it will cease producing "At The Movies," the successor show to the movie review programs Ebert had with the late Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel, and later Richard Roeper of the Sun-Times.

During a House Communications Subcommittee hearing on the FCC's National Broadband Plan, two key members expressed concerns about repurposing television spectrum for other wireless services. The most ringing endorsement came from Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Emeritus John Dingell (D-MI). He says surrendering any more put to goals of diversity and localism at risk. His remarks were echoed by Fred Upton (R-MI), who noted that there was a significant investment in the DTV transition, allowing broadcasters to increase their service to consumers. Michael Copps also worries about localism -- but for broadcasters to stay protected, they have to deliver …