A survey says women in their 40s are more likely to have sex on a first date than women in their 20s. Adult women, always having intercourse! They're "naughty" and "easy," according to the New York Post. Plus: commenters delight!

Slate, a website perpetually stuck in the interrogative case, provides an artfully useless Explainer column: Q: "Is there a reason so many murderers use their middle names?" A: "It seems to be a coincidence." Jared Lee Loughner's language conspiracy: disproved.

In your arctic Friday media column: French Vogue's new editor, Hearst and Lagardere reportedly set a price, a Boston Herald columnist comes out to cheers, Tiger Woods is no longer a "columnist," and The Daily (the other one) changes hands.

Rob Sgobbo (pictured), a young writer for the New York Daily News, has had a freelance story he wrote yanked from the Village Voice's website. He apparently fabricated sources and lied about his reporting. (Update: the NYDN has canned him.)

Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA officer, was indicted today for leaking classified information to New York Times reporter James Risen. The indictment shows that the federal government had access to their e-mail and phone contacts going back several years.

In your congratulatory Thursday media column: Jake Tapper wins the Game of TeeVee, News Corp cleans up its UK tabloid, Star and the National Enquirer merge newsrooms, a new Newsweek publisher, and a new job for Helen Thomas.

Professional media prevaricator Howie Kurtz has long bent over backwards to balance anything that might be construed as a "viewpoint" with an equal, opposite viewpoint. It comes from working in Washington too long. But sometimes, it gets out of hand.

In your kinky Wednesday media column: the FCC loses again, Cosmo goes to the Middle East, French Vogue eyes a new editor, SI's swimsuit issue goes 3-D, and media hiring is no longer the luxury affair it allegedly once was.

In your disputatious Tuesday media column: the end of an era at the Village Voice, a settlement in San Francisco's alt-weekly war, 2010's final journalist death toll, and Judy Miller is still talking.

In your magical Monday media column: David Carey welcomes himself to Hearst, the NewsBeast gets delayed, Pat Kiernan's website is in danger, David Carr has predictions, and newspaper companies are the stock market's biggest coin flip.

Former NYT star journalist turned journalistic disgrace turned Fox News pundit "Judy" Miller has an opinion on Wikileaks' Julian Assange: he is a "bad journalist!" And why is he a bad journalist, according to "Judy" Miller?

In your glacial Thursday media column: ESPN plagiarism mini-scandal, Forbes.com proves that bloggers are not so smart about economics, Wired vs. Glenn Greenwald, and Judith Miller schadenfreude alert.

Today the NY Post ran an article announcing the birth of Elton John's son. Sweet! Too bad they mention his "wife" in the headline. To say Elton John has a wife is homophobic, sexist, and just plain bad journalism.

In your stranded Monday media column: an AP vs. NYT journo-feud, Jon Stewart is slobbered over again, business cable news networks are finally making the big bucks, and Nick Kristof loves China so much.

A conservative reporter from right-leaning CNS News thought he would play gotcha journalist and ask gay Congressman Barney Frank about gay and straight soldiers showering together. Big mistake. Huge. Barney totally eviscerates the guy and exposes him as a fool.

In your vacationmongering Monday media column: Americans just can't get interested in Afghanistan, a systematic approach to the NYT's "Most Emailed" list, Groupon is the future of shitty "journalism" jobs, and a look at the newspaper industry's year.

Today we looked at a trend of journalists taking money for asking questions, a sorry indication of the sorry state of journalism. This prompted one embittered journalist to rail against the state of modern media.

In your snippy Friday media column: Rick MacArthur has a thing or two to say about this "internet," the NYT's slo-mo exodus, The Daily gets a launch date, and Dave Price looks and writes like a nice guy.

A research firm working on behalf of the oil industry is offering DC journalists more than $500 an hour to share how they "feel about policy." The real story is how many reporters could freely say yes to that offer.

In your intrepid Thursday media column: the NYT's Tim O'Brien leaves for HuffPo (with memo!), NPR listeners have already forgotten Juan Williams, MSNBC salutes Larry King, and The Bloomberg Way of Opinion is coming.