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Seinfeld Says His Wife Isn't Guilty of 'Vegetable Plagiarism' (AP via USAT)
"So there's another woman who had another cookbook — and it was a similar kind of thing, with the food and the vegetables in the food — and my wife never saw the book, read the book, used the book," the 53-year-old comedian said Monday on CBS' Late Show With David Letterman. "But the books came out at the same time. So this woman says, 'I sense this could be my wacko moment.'"

Washington Post Co. Chairman Graham Gives $77 Million in Stock to His Wife (WaPo)
Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald E. Graham gave 94,300 shares of his company stock to his wife, Mary, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday. Using yesterday's closing value of Post Co. stock, the gift is worth more than $77 million. Graham's gift to his wife has no impact on The Post Co., said Ann L. McDaniel, a company vice president.

The Journal Plans Its New Glossy (NYO)
Pursuits won't launch until next September but already a prototype has been laid out and approved by Rupert Murdoch, according to a knowledgeable Dow Jones source. Murdoch gave the green light in a recent 45-minute meeting where he asked lots of questions and raised no apparent objections, said the source, who was briefed on the meeting.

Additional News Segments May Fill Network Schedules During Strike (Variety)
A writers strike could mean boom time for the network's news divisions as they ratchet up production to fill holes in primetime. While no directive has been given from above, ABC News' longform unit is stockpiling series under the Primetime Live banner as potential fill-in programming and is preparing as if the newsmagazine could return to the schedule.

Online Marketers Joining Internet Privacy Efforts (NYT)
Most consumers are familiar with do-not-call lists. Soon people will be able to sign up for do-not-track lists, which will help shield their Web surfing habits from the prying eyes of marketers. Such lists will not reduce the number of ads that people see online, but they will prevent advertisers from using their online meanderings to deliver specific ad pitches to them.

A Great Future for Newspapers? (Mr. Magazine)
Samir Husni: There is a great future for newspapers according to the cover story and the numbers published in the November issue of Monocle, Tyler Brulé's one-year old British magazine. Brulé writes in his preface, "Print media might be faced with some serious challenges but it's time to stop calling its relevance into question — that goes to newspapers too." Monocle: Full article (available to subscribers only).

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