In the New York Times' latest foray into Web video, its Web site will be adding user-generated video for Style section write-ups on engagements, starting Sunday. A boon for the voyeurs among us: now we can check out couples' body language to see who is more lovey-dovey -- and who's actually reluctant to face the altar.

Veteran journalist Jim Lehrer will step down from his regular role in the daily host rotation on 'PBS NewHour" on June 5. Lehrer, who spent 36 years at various incarnations of "NewHour," will still be involved in the editorial direction of the show, and will appear on some Friday broadcasts as well.

Initially, publishers were hesitant to accept Apple's rules for iPad magazine subscriptions, but more are coming round -- because their fears that they wouldn't be able to get subscribers' data turned out to be mostly unfounded, writes Forbes' Jeff Bercovici. Roughly 50% of consumers have opted in to allow Apple to share personal data with publishers. "To me, this makes a real statement about how much trust Apple customers place in the company's ability to create user experiences that are safe and enjoyable," writes Bercovici. "Can you imagine 50 percent of people opting in to anything out there on the …

Yes, argues Marketing Pilgrim's Cynthia Boris: "Publishers want advertisers to believe that a New Yorker subscriber is a New Yorker subscriber and his eyeballs are worth the same chunk of change whether he's reading the magazine on paper or on a screen. I'm not so sure. It seems to me, that if you want advertisers to get on board with what is little more than an experiment at this point, you have to cut them a deal." Also weighing in for lower digital ad rates is the fact that for magazines, ad prices are based on circ numbers, "and we …

In this age of celebrity journalism, how much privacy are public figures allowed? That issue is discussed at length in this New York Times piece dissecting a case before the European Court of Human Rights. Max Mosley, a Briton and former president of the governing body of Formula One auto racing, made a legal bid "to require news organizations to notify the subjects of articles before publication." That bid was defeated because it would have had a "chilling effect" on free speech, according to the court.

Penthouse publisher FriendFinder Networks Inc. -- which was thwarted in its bid to buy rival Playboy Enterprises last year -- tried again for an initial public offering on Tuesday, raising $50 million to repay some of its debt, according to Reuters. The company, which also operates such social networking websites as AdultFriendFinder.com and BigChurch.com, had filed for an IPO of up to $460 million in 2008, "but later cut the sale in half. Last February, it indefinitely shelved plans for the sale, citing market conditions."

According to ComScore metrics for the first three months of 2011, Web sites for cable news channels are attracting many more U.S. visitors than sites for most major newspaper brands. No. 1 is CNN.com, with nearly 8.5 million unique U.S. visitors each day. Then there's MSNBC.com, with 7.4 million unique daily visitors, followed by NYTimes.com's 5.5 million. "But Fox News.com - which had not always been noted for its robust digital presence - beat out sites for the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News and USA Today," notes NPR's Media blog.

Interesting. In the wake of some executive and other tumult (CEO Christina Norman was fired last week) surrounding her OWN network, Oprah Winfrey is getting advice from "Saturday Night Live" producer and creator Lorne Michaels on start-up ventures. Michaels told Winfrey she's going to "have to pay [her] dues and will be in the midst of a learning curve" -- and not to judge OWN "until after three years," Winfrey told the Hollywood Reporter. Winfrey also said she regretted starting OWN before she ended her own syndicated show, and that she hasn't been devoting enough time to OWN overall.

Time Inc. President John Q. Griffin is leaving after six months in the job by "mutual agreement," between him and company officials, according to a statement. The search is on for a replacement. The move comes several months after the ouster of CEO Jack Griffin (to whom the first Griffin was not related).

Comcast Corp. will now offer TiVo versions of digital video recorders to its subscribers -- rather than trying to bring its own version of the DVR to market, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. Viewers in the San Francisco Bay area will be the first to use use TiVo's Premiere set-top boxes, with other markets to follow.