Meet David Friedlander and Jacqueline Schmidt. They live in Brooklyn, and recently got married. Because they "did not want their wedding 'to be just about us,'" they "pitched their wedding to the media," then forced all guests to participate in a self-indulgent display of competitive do-gooder-ism.

In your provocative Tuesday media column: the NYT's new Big City columnist gives us hope, Ted Turner vs. Rupert Murdoch, Utah newspaper standards war, the internet won't be free forever, and Cenk Uygur to Current TV.

HBO has a bona fide hit in True Blood, their Alan Ball-created vampire soap opera. While some may see it as nothing more than a ratings smash, Ginia Bellafante sees something more: the US of A.

"meerkat manor" "funerals"

From Ginia Bellafante's 'Gilmore Girls' eulogy in the Times:

We've asked our favorite media personalities what they're thankful for this year, and they've actually answered. Three from the Times, starting with Arts-y gal Ginia Bellafante: