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Wallace 'Stunned' By Fiery Clinton's 'Conservative Hit Job' Claims (WaPo)
Fox News' Chris Wallace was "stunned" when Bill Clinton accused him of a "conservative hit job" after he challenged the former president on his record on terrorism. "I thought it was a fair, balanced and not especially inflammatory question," Wallace said in recounting his sit-down with Clinton. FishbowlDC: Wallace: "I felt as if a mountain was coming down in front of me." FishbowlNY: As of Sunday night, clips of the interview posted on YouTube had been viewed well over a million times.

A Newsweek MBA? (NYT)
The magazine is joining up with Kaplan Inc., the education service provider, to offer an online business degree called Kaplan University/Newsweek M.B.A. Executives at both Newsweek and Kaplan said they believed this was the first time a national media outlet had joined with an online degree program.

Jane Pratt Gets Radio Show on Sirius (NYP)
Jane Pratt, the founder and former editor-in-chief of Jane magazine, has finally landed her own radio show on the Sirius Satellite Radio Network. Sirius is expected to announce today that she will be chatting it up once a week in a live, three-hour show called Jane Radio that will feature music, rants, and plenty of call-ins. AP via WaPo: Oprah to launch XM satellite channel.

New Anti-Coulter Book's Authors Will Be Anonymous (Page Six)
There's a good reason why the four authors of the upcoming book I Hate Ann Coulter! are remaining anonymous — they're afraid for their safety. "None of us want our real names in the hands of gun-toting, abortion clinic-bombing, self-proclaimed 'wing nuts' who follow Coulter." E&P: Another anti-Coulter book on the way.

TV Industry Frets About Ratings (WSJ)
On Nov. 18 Nielsen Media Research is scheduled to release, for the first time, formal ratings for commercial breaks. The ratings will show advertisers how many people watch their ads, as opposed to the programs that carry them. As the date approaches, nervousness is increasing in the TV industry. Mediaweek: Web execs question metrics of Nielsen//NetRatings, comScore.

Yo Quiero MTV? Tr3s Aims to Please (WaPo)
With original programming, its own VJs and an ambitious distribution plan, MTV Tr3s, formerly MTV Espanol, aims to be more than just MTV in Spanish. Pronounced "Tres," the 24-hour bilingual music channel is relaunching today with the goal of reaching 55 percent of Latino TV households by the end of the year.

Grace Under Fire (AP)
"I don't fault Nancy Grace for asking the questions," said MSNBC host Joe Scarborough. "That's her shtick. ... The problem is what happened afterward. She's gone on a personal jihad against this woman." Scarborough's show last week paid almost as much attention to Grace's conduct as Grace did to the Duckett case. He calls Grace a "runaway beer truck." Rush and Molloy: Grace hit with plagiarism charge.

Why Tribune Needs to Work Quickly (WSJ)
"With newspapers, there's not a great solution to turning these things around. It's not like there's hidden value and that all these managers are doing a really bad job. Tribune runs strong margins," said a private-equity executive who looked at bidding for the recently split-up Knight Ridder.

Annie Leibovitz' Life in Pictures (Newsweek)
Leibovitz has become the master of the highly theatrical portrait, carefully staged in elaborate settings with witty props — pictures that have often come to define the image of her sitters. Leibovitz now explains how the death of Susan Sontag propelled her to make her new photo book. FBNY: Leibovitz shoots Newsweek cover.

Newsday Union Gaffe (Newsday)
In a breach of its own long-standing policy, the union that represents Newsday reporters made campaign contributions to high-ranking Suffolk politicians and political fundraising committees on at least six occasions this year — a move that editors and staff now fear could call into question how the paper covers the news.

AP President Curley Defends Jailed Iraqi Journo (WaPo)
Tom Curley: It is a measure of just how dangerous and disorienting Iraq has become that suspicions such as these are considered adequate grounds for locking up a man and throwing away the key. After more than five months, AP is now convinced the Army doesn't care whether Bilal is or isn't an insurgent.

Ex-Condé Exec Follows His Muse (NYT)
James Truman, the former editorial director at Condé Nast Publications, left the company in January 2005 after its chairman, S. I. Newhouse Jr., declined to approve his idea for a fine arts magazine. This week, the magazine world will get some insight into what Mr. Truman had in mind.

Fox Roots for Right Teams in Baseball Playoffs (WSJ)
On paper, a Yankees/Mets World Series looks like a big, fat pitch waiting to be smacked high and far into the bleachers. But there's a problem, say television executives: The only time this pair met in the Fall Classic, in 2000, the rest of the country yawned. That World Series got the lowest TV ratings up until that point.

Egypt Bans European Papers for Comments on Islam (Reuters)
Egypt has banned editions of two French and German newspapers, Le Figaro and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, because of articles deemed insulting to Islam. Under a decree issued by Information Minister Anas el-Feki, the two editions will not be able to enter the country.

Tony Snow Spruces Up Press Room (WSJ)
Five months into his job as White House press secretary, Tony Snow is using his wardrobe to communicate that he isn't the stereotypical press secretary, mixing things up with colors that often seem to reflect the administration's mood.