• A change of pace: Press promises to censor Republicans, as CNN vows to delay live feed from the convention floor. [Broadcasting and Cable]

• Convention entertainment director will use gospel, "celebrities" to sell the GOP "[j]ust like Cadillac uses Led Zeppelin to market its ideas." Can't argue with that. [NYT]

• Poll finds that 83 percent of New Yorkers do not want the Republican convention in town, citing logistical headaches, hooker shortages. [ABC7]

• Convention shuts down Broadway shows, forces movie productions out of town, but, like the cockroach, "Law and Order" remains. [Reuters/Yahoo]

• Wacky "Riot Grrl" to cover confab for the Philly Daily News, [E&P]