Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef hosts Jon Stewart tonight on his popular program, Al Bernameg (“The Program”), sometimes considered the Egyptian "Daily Show." Stewart came to Youssef's defense in April when the Egyptian government issued an arrest warrant against him for insulting Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Islam. Stewart is on hiatus from "The Daily Show" in order to direct his first film, the fact-based drama, Rosewater. The drama is based on Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari’s 118-day imprisonment for allegedly collaborating with an American spy. The spy was actually one of the fake correspondents from "The Daily …

Relatively young readers -- 25- to 34-year-olds -- "are twice as likely to part with their cash for digital news than older readers," according to a study of 11,000 Internet users in nine countries that included the U.S.  "The research, contained in the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism's Digital News Report 2013, provides headline news to cheer about for the embattled newspaper industry," writes Josh Halliday. Among the "significant shifts in public attitudes to online news": more folks are "starting to pay for digital news or seeming to accept that in future they will probably have …

As a clear sign of how much the newspaper business has changed, The Boston Globe will be printing all copies of The Boston Herald for the next 10 years, according to a just-inked deal."While we will continue to compete for readers and advertisers, we also recognize that we can serve those audiences better and longer by cooperating in areas that are cost effective,” said Herald Publisher Patrick Purcell.

The value of News Corp.'s publishing division -- set to be separated from the company's entertainment holdings June 28 -- is trading at "a market value of about $9.1 billion, one-seventh the size of the entertainment side of the media empire, underscoring the business’s growth challenges," according to Bloomberg reporters. "News Corp.’s television and movie company, which will be renamed 21st Century Fox after the split, is worth about $65 billion."

If you think of Bravo's "Housewives" shows as a guilty pleasure, or just something Bravo should feel guilty about putting on the air, you might enjoy this Q&A between Pat Loud -- called here "The Mother Of All 'Housewives'" because she starred in the 1973 show that served as a template for future reality shows, "An American Family" -- and Carole Radiziwill, one of the New York City Housewives, who tries hard to position herself as the "voice of reason" of a group that talks "loud, and... fast."We love how the writer setting up the questions, Philip Galanes, …

Keeping tabs on which New York Times blogs have been eliminated as part of the papers' "major Web overhaul," Joe Pompeo reports that "a decision has been made to pull the plug on most, if not all of the Times' sports blogs, which include Bats (baseball), Straight Sets (tennis), Slap Shot (hockey), The Rail (horse-racing) and Off the Dribble (basketball), although each of those appeared to still be publishing content at this writing.By our count, that leaves about four-dozen blogs that may or may not continue to exist in the coming weeks and months, covering everything from cars to crosswords."

To save up to $10 million a year, Time Inc. magazines have been "quietly switching from the traditional glossy stock [paper] to a cheaper grade," writes Keith Kelly. By Q2, the first mags to feature the thinner paper, more likely to create the dreaded advertiser no-no, bleed-through, were Time, Entertainment Weekly and Fortune. The company's biggest moneymaker, People, is making the switch more carefully and slowly. "One source said that newsstand copies, complimentary copies sent to ad agencies and media types, and most of the East and West Coasts were still getting the glossy stock of People, while less-discerning subscribers in …

After a friendly confirmation hearing, it seems increasingly likely that President Obama's choice for Federal Communications Commission chair, Tom Wheeler, will get the job, writes Alex Fitzpatrick.  At the hearing, "Wheeler was far from grilled on telecom issues — instead, he was gently massaged for answers" -- such as his takes on media mergers ("There is scarcely anything more important that comes before the commission than merger review") and spectrum auctions ("I will move expeditiously to make spectrum available by auction in multiple bands.")

Conan O'Brien is OK with product integration on his TBS talk show, but is very clear that such messages "simply don't work if they require him to be insincere or inauthentic to his own sense of humor," writes Tim Nudd, reporting on a really fun-sounding discussion between O'Brien and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper at the Cannes Lions festival. Not only does O'Brien make jokes on topics like reading "Fifty Shades Of Grey" while wearing nipple clamps, he also thoughtfully explains what works and what doesn't in brand integration: "If sometime during the integration I have to pick up …

Masthead shuffle at Condé Nast: Connie Ann Phillips is returning to the company as publisher of Glamour, replacing  Bill Wackermann, who will become Condé Nast Traveler's executive vice president and publications director, according to Keith Kelly. Phillips joined Time Inc.'s InStyle five years ago after 14 years at Conde. "Last week, Traveler’s former publisher, Carolyn Kremins, was moved to Condé’s Epicurious.com as senior vice president and general manager, replacing Beth-Ann Eason, who moved to Condé-owned Ziplist," Kelly adds.In other Nast-y news, the company's Entertainment Partners made a deal with SONGS Music Publishing, agreeing to "use SONGS' catalog as …