Four in the morning

1. The judge in the Tribune Co. bankruptcy case has appointed a mediator to work through the impasse. LAT

2. Media critic Jack Shafer says hostage situations should not be covered as de facto breaking news. Slate

3. Press freedoms in Latin America are being chipped away despite the democratic reforms. Newsweek

4. The Associated Press has released new guidelines for giving credit to news organizations that originally reported information that's been assimilated into AP stories. AP