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Reuters - NBC-owned Hispanic broadcast network Telemundo's Summer Olympics coverage drew 12 million unique persons during the first 10 days of the Games, surpassing by 12 percent the audience for its entire coverage of the 2004 Athens Games.

Random House Feared Radical Muslim Backlash

By Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 21, 2008; C01

Once upon a time, Sherry Jones was a Montana newspaper reporter who dreamed she could contribute to world peace with a novel about the prophet Muhammad and his feminist leanings. Then she wrote it. Today? She's the target of a Serbian mufti and a Middle Eastern studies professor with a lawyer.

Life has been a roller coaster lately for Jones, 46, who went from being a Book-of-the-Month Club pick to seeing her novel dropped by Random House, which said in a statement it had received "cautionary advice" that the fictionalized story of one of Muhammad's wives might "incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment."

AP - Several major news organizations, including The Associated Press, prematurely reported the death Wednesday of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, who had suffered a brain hemorrhage while driving in suburban Cleveland.

AFP - Welsh-born actor Christian Bale, who has won acclaim for playing Batman and other roles, says he honed his acting techniques by watching horses.

AP - Matt Damon's wife Luciana gave birth to a baby girl Wednesday, his spokeswoman said. The baby's name is Gia Zavala Damon, spokeswoman Jennifer Allen told The Associated Press, adding: "Everyone is great and she is a healthy, beautiful baby girl."

Mediaweek.com - -Ratings Breakdown: NBC's Beijing Summer Olympics steamroller continued, with a whopping 18.4 rating/29 share in the overnights for the prime-time (8-11 p.m.) portion. Take a look at the half-hour breakdown:

Reuters - What do you do if you're a provincial Chinese broadcaster trying to make a yuan during an Olympics you're not allowed to broadcast?

Reuters - The Verve considers its upcoming album, "Forth," the reunited British group's first new set in 11 years, to be the beginning of its new era -- and the continuation of a career that's been interrupted by two previous breakups.

Reuters - Hollywood studios are nearing the end of their summer of superheroes with domestic box office receipts expected to roughly match last year's record $4.18 billion sum despite lower movie attendance.

Playbill - Peter Maloney will replace Brian Murray as Dowasz in the cast of Manhattan Theatre Club's To Be or Not to Be, which starts performances Sept. 11.