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♦ Anna Wintour has responded to rumors she's leaving Condé Nast: "I have no plans to leave American Vogue now or in the foreseeable future." [NYO]
♦ Chris Matthews could be seriously considering quitting MSNBC to run for Senate. Or he could be using it as a negotiating tactic. [Politico]
♦ The Grammy noms were announced last night, in case you missed it. [AP]
♦ NBC has halted production of Knight Rider. [THR]
♦ More on the changes afoot at Random House. [NYO]
♦ ABC will air Homeland Security USA, a reality show produced in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, in January. Really. [NYT]

♦  Time Inc. is slashing another 250 jobs. [NYP]
♦  CNN is spending a fortune on fancy-shmancy technology and new talent, but it's making a mint, too: The network is recording double-digit profit growth for the fifth straight year. [NYO]
♦  Dan Abrams is starting some sort of research firm/expert network/PR agency now that he's been replaced by Rachel Maddow at MSNBC. His first client is Ron Perelman. [NYT]
♦  60 Minutes has been the most-watched program in the nation for the last two weeks, believe it or not. [NYT]More

♦  When Barack Obama mentioned on 60 Minutes that he was reading a book about FDR, what book was he referring to? At least one publisher wants to know. [NYT]
♦  National Geographic is getting into the videogame business. [THR]
♦  Pepsi has dumped its longtime ad agency, BBDO Worldwide, in favor of TBWA/Chiat/Day. [NYT]
♦  Rosie O'Donnell is planning to appear on three episodes of Rachael Ray's cooking show this month. [NYDN]
♦  ESPN has outbid Fox for the broadcast rights to college football's Bowl Championship Series, beginning in 2011. [WSJ]
♦  Maxim has named NBC's Amy Robach as "hottest news anchor." [TVNewser]
♦  Just in time for Christmas, Fox News' Sean Hannity is sponsoring a series of "Freedom Concerts."  [HuffPo]
♦  Here's video of a stilted Arianna Huffington filling in for Rachel Maddow on MSNBC last night, in case you missed it. [Gawker]

Arianna Huffington Introduces Us to Rachel Maddow's Wardrobe | Arianna Huffington is filling in for Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC program this evening. Until then, the Huffington Post co-founder has been snooping around Rachel's corner office and getting prepared for the show. Arianna's video tour of Maddow's collection of pantsuits after the jump.More

Keith Olbermann: Indignant and Repetitive | Ever watch Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC and wonder if you were watching a rerun? You weren't. But given Olbermann's tendency to use the same phrases over and over again, you're officially excused for thinking so! [Jossip]

♦  The Times has the skinny on "Martin Eisenstadt," the supposed McCain consultant who leaked info to the press. (He's an aspiring filmmaker, not surprisingly.) In the meantime, MSNBC's retracted its story. [NYT, AP]
♦  You might be enjoying CW's Stylista, but the ratings thus far haven't been especially encouraging. [NYO]
♦  Two new cast members, Michaela Watkins and Abby Elliott, will join Saturday Night Live beginning this weekend. [NYT]
♦  Showtime is developing an hour-long show by Stan Lee about a gay superhero. [Variety] More

♦  Following a small incident yesterday, MSNBC is reportedly planning to institute a tape-delay on Morning Joe beginning on Monday. [TVNewser]
♦  Vivian Schiller, the head of NYTimes.com, is leaving to join NPR as its new CEO. [Gawker]
♦  NBC political director Chuck Todd is co-authoring a book called How Obama Won that will be published by Knopf before the inauguration in January. [NYO]
♦  Ted Turner doesn't have too many good things to say about Time Warner as he hits the trail to promote his new book. [Portfolio, Gawker]
♦  Why was Cindy Adams so furious about her Wikipedia entry a few weeks ago? It says she's 83 when she's actually 78. [HuffPo] More

Joe Scarborough's Slip of the Tongue | Here's a way keep up cable news ratings now that the election is over: MSNBC's Joe Scarborough casually dropped the F-word into his commentary on Morning Joe this morning, much to the surprise of his guests. A clip of the slip-up is on your left. [YouTube via Atrios]

♦  Keith Olbermann has signed a new, four-year contract with MSNBC. He'll earn $7.5 million a year, which is 25 percent less than what his arch-nemesis Bill O'Reilly is collecting from Fox News. [TVDecoder]
♦  MSNBC's new slogan—"Experience the power of change"—has absolutely nothing to do with Barack Obama's victory, naturally. [NYT]
♦  The job cuts at Time Inc. are underway. People is looking for 18 people to take buyout packages. Time is looking for 20 volunteers. [WWD]
♦  Jared Kushner says revenues at the Observer are up 40 percent, although the paper is still losing $2 million a year. [Guardian]
♦  Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, from DreamWorks/Paramount, reeled in $63.5 million in its first weekend. [NYT]More

♦  Details on the layoffs and management changes at Time Inc. [NYP]
♦  More on the demise of Maer Roshan's Radar and its God-awful TMZ-like reincarnation. [NYO, HuffPo]
♦  Fox News has apologized for putting a racist and anti-Semite on the air. [MM]
♦  Noted media expert (and former basketball player) Charles Barkley thinks Fox News is "corrupt." [B&C]
♦  Barack Obama's 30-minute infomercial airs tonight. [AdAge, Politico]
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♦  The battle over Project Runway rages on: Harvey Weinstein is now claiming that Bravo intentionally undermined the success of Season 5 by changing the show's airtime, running "mundane and unappealing" ads, and "revealing spoilers about future episodes." [THR]
♦  Barack Obama will appear on The Daily Show tomorrow night. [AP]
♦  The New York Times is not running out of money, say execs at the paper. [NYO]
♦  MSNBC moved into second place in the primetime cable news race, beating CNN for the month of October. [THR]More

♦  Bill O'Reilly has signed a new four-year contract with Fox News worth $10-12 million a year. There is good news, though: His radio show may be coming to an end. [NYDN]
♦  More bad news for Harvey Weinstein: A handful of senior execs at The Weinstein Co. have announced their departures. [THR]
♦  How are monthly business magazines keeping up with the financial crisis? They're not, really. [NYO]
♦  The offices of the New York Times received an envelope this morning containing a "white granular substance." [Radar] More

♦  The Rachel Maddow publicity machine rolls on (not that we mind, of course): According to today's Times, she's a "fresh face," MSNBC execs adore her, and her show's ratings have defied all expectations. [NYT]
♦  For reasons we will never understand, Fox & Friends is now more popular than CNN's American Morning and MSNBC's Morning Joe combined. [LAT]
♦  Sarah Palin will sit down with Brian Williams tomorrow. [TVNewser]
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♦  The Emmy Awards will take place on Sunday evening; AMC's Mad Men is the "overwhelming favorite" to win for best drama series. [Reuters]
♦  What's happening with the New York Sun, which said it will shut down on September 29th without additional funding? It's a "very fluid situation," according to Ira Stoll. [Portfolio]
♦  Tina Fey's SNL imitation of Sarah Palin earned NBC its most-watched web clip in history. [THR]
♦  According to a new research study, Survivor is the most addictive show on TV. [NYP]
♦  MSNBC is expanding to India and Indonesia, among other places. [THR]
♦  The founders of Dreamworks have sealed their pact India's Reliance, a deal that will provide them with $1.2 billion to set up a new film company. [WSJ]More

• Felix Gillette surveys the recent drama at MSNBC and chats with network president Phil Griffin about the decision to drop Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchoring the presidential campaign. [NYO]
• CBS has demanded that YouTube remove an attack ad by the McCain/Palin campaign that features a clip of Katie Couric talking about sexism. [Politico]
• A book on Sarah Palin is being rushed to market and will be on store shelves by October 10th. [NYO]
• Kevin Smith says he'd love to be the guy who "saves" Harvey Weinstein's film studio. [BusinessSheet]
• Steven Soderbergh's four-hour Che has been sold to IFC Films. [NYM/Vulture]
• CBS honcho Les Moonves says he's "proud" of Katie Couric's performance at the conventions. [B&C]
• David Duchovny's treatment for sex addiction sorta screwed up the ad campaign for the Showtime series Californication. [AdFreak]
• NBC News's Natalie Morales gave birth to a son named Luke. [People]