When Walter Cronkite passed away in June his FBI records became available to the public. Who knows what juicy tidbits those files might have uncovered! Actually we will never know because some enterprising soul at the FBI opted to destroy the files two years ago under some policy the FBI has, that only calls for them to keep records of historically important persons.

President Obama — who has made more public appearances than perhaps any sitting president in history — will be doing a “El Completo Ginsburg” on Sunday, hitting five Sunday shows, plus Letterman on Monday. Judging by the headlines he has a lot of explaining to do.

The Times, the Journal and, most recently, USA Today are selling wine club subscriptions to readers to make a little money on the side. After all, it’s so much easier to ride out a dying industry with a glass of wine — or a case! But is this “unusual brand extension” effective, even as a stopgap solution?

Feel like you might have picked up an old edition of the New York Times this morning by mistake? It would seem every major paper, both local and national, managed to get the news of Senator Ted Kennedy‘s death on their front pages before going to press except the Times. A gallery of newspaper covers from today after the jump.

I’m not alone: the media is obsessed with Mad Men. Seeing jokes about Don Draper and photos of January Jones everywhere suits me just fine, but why do I suspect that to a big chunk of the population, the Mad Men hype feels shoved down their throats?

We’ve written about the Erin Andrews peephole story several times, but there’s a new angle that’s being discussed since yesterday: was she asking for it?

It began on Twitter, with some tweets by USA Today‘s Christine Brennan, and has continued on the web and TV. Last night, Jane Velez-Mitchell asked the question “Is Erin To Blame?” And then she answered it – of course not.

USA Today announced plans to charge $10 a month for a new digital version of their news offering in August. USA Today’s ad revenues fell 36% in the first quarter of this year, while circulation was down 7% to 2.11m for October to March. Hard to imagine that charging for content will increase revenue AND readership — it seems that a decrease is more likely.