Dead Denny (above) Livens Up Grey’s Anatomy Ratings (E Online)

November Sweeps: CBS Remains Most Watched; Fox Biggest Loser (Mediaweek)

Liveblogging the layoffs: Life & Style, Motor Trend & SI Latino (Gawker)

Sports Illustrated’s Spanish-language Spinoff would be placed on Hiatus after the December issue (Mediaweek)

The CW Network Cancels  Deal with Media Rights Capital Where it was Outsourcing its Sunday Night Programming (NYT)

Summer in Beijing Was Strong for Sports, but Weak for Ads (NYT)

Rupert Murdoch’s Two-Way Assault on the NYT (Gawker)

Newsprint Companies Won’t Raise Their Rates Next Year, Giving Nation’s Struggling Dailies a Reprieve (Daily Beast)

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Michael Phelps’ Historic Sports Illustrated Cover

Barack Obama Fights Back Against John McCain

Ellen & Portia on the Cover of People Magazine

Wendy Williams’ Show Goes National

Barack Obama’s VP is…

Shawn Johnson WINS GOLD

Christina Applegate Beats Cancer

3,975 Ways to Overwhelm You

Michael Phelps strikes the iconic Mark Spitz pose on the new cover of Sports Illustrated.

The photo was taken inside an ancient temple in Beijing on Sunday night - and will be available on newsstands starting tomorrow.

To buy this issue, which will definitely be a keepsake, click here.

If you’d like to see Michael’s first three covers of these Olympic Games, make the jump!

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Cover 1: LeBron James

Cover 2: Dana Torres

Richard Stengel, Time’s Managing Editor, appeared on my favorite morning news show MORNING JOE on MSNBC, and said something like he simply couldn’t decide who to put on the cover of this special Olympic preview issue of Time Magazine.

Both stories were equally compelling. Dana Torres, the 41-year old swimmer and can LeBron James lead the men’s Olympic basketball team back to glory? (BTW-Time’s cover of Lebron James is not controversial at all compared to his appearance on Vogue with Giselle.)

Long story short.

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Who is celebrating Tiger Wood’s historic U.S. Open victory?

The team over at Golf.com. According to Mediaweek, the site attracted 1.1 million unique visitors on Monday.

Throughout the five-day event, Golf.com attracted more than 2.2. million uniques, said SI officials.

Is a highly respectable #3 on CoverAwards’ Hot Cover List 2008!

WOW! WHAT AN EMOTIONAL PHOTO OF BRETT FAVRE

Terry McDonell and the Sports Illustrated team pick the perfect photo for Brett Favre’s farewell to football issue.

On the other hand, the cover line SUCKS!  It is such a cliche I almost puked!

This will be a huge seller either way cuz those fanatics in Greenbay will buy 10 copies each - at least!

Attention Greenbay fans!  If you want to buy a framed cover, click here!

MORE THAN 2800 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COVERS ONLINE!

I wonder which ones will be looked for the most???

Get ready cuz SI.com will feature a ton of archived content starting March 20th, including 2,800 Covers!  Plus, there will be more than 150,000 articles and 500 images, according to Mediaweek.  For a look at the new site, click here.

Lindsay Lohan Is Not the Only Internet Star!

With all the talk about NYMag.com crashing because of the Lindsay Lohan nude pics, SI.com is having its own traffic surge.

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has attracted over 5.4 million unique users who’ve generated 228 million page views, a 41 percent increase versus last year.   According to Mediaweek, barely-there shots of cover model Marisa Miller and other hotties are making this a record breaking year.   For the complete report, click here!  Or, for a direct link to SI’s swimsuit site, click here.