HBO renewed Girls, presumably so Lena Dunham can fix everything we hate about it. [NY Times]

Ryan Seacrest’s NBC contract allows him to be omnipresent. [NY Times]

Hulu might make us prove we have cable in order to watch for free. [NY Post]

The American Prospect needs to raise $500,000 in order to stay in business. Rent party? [Huffington Post]

Cosmopolitan is teaming up with J.C. Penney to sell lingerie. Didn’t Esquire already try this? [WWD]

BuzzFeed’s animal photo dumps are adorable, but are they legal? [The Atlantic]

Dan Rather says Bill O’Reilly passed on the Abu Ghraib story. [Forbes]

Demand Media shares are up due to a presumed sale. [Reuters]

Unconventional covers drive up Glamour’s sales. Also they’re live-tweeting the creation of the September issue. [WWD]

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