While his U.S.-version of OK! swings its pendulum to the positive (for now, anyway), Richard Desmond has another reason to celebrate: His British OK! just beat Hello! in a court, where his tabloid triumphed in a battle over Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones' wedding photos.

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• Without Ted Koppel, the new Nightline looks more like 20/20. And without Barbara Walters, the new 20/20-esque Nightline looks like decoupage. [USA Today]

• Get Eliot Spitzer's heart medication. Not only is the radio industry engaging in payola tactics, but now the U.S. military is buying off Iraqi newspapers to publish favorable stories penned by American soldiers. [LAT]

• Brian William's nightly news lead continues to grow, thanks to all that viewer email he's responding to. [AP]

• At John Huey's super secret succession initiation at Time Inc., where Norm Pearlstine finally moves on out, guests were treated to hot water-revealing mugs of Huey's, ahem, mug. [Gawker]

• Since the U.S. is far too flooded with celebrity weeklies, they're now invading Canada. British tabloid Hello will set down across the northern border next August, where it'll hope to beat native Bonnie Fuller at her own game. [Toronto Star]

• Blogger Panopticist goes way too far with the half-assed satirical rumor of the New York Times buying Gawker. Way. Too. Far. [Panopticist]

• Obligatory note: NBC makes official Steve Capus' position as NBC News president, a role he's filled since September anyhow. [NYT]