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Miller: Jail 'Demeaning' (E&P)
In an interview with Lou Dobbs on CNN, Judy Miller admitted that perhaps she will feel that the federal prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, acted in good faith if he brings indictments this month. NYO: "There is a concern that the highest-ranking people at the paper and the company have not explained all they know," a Times Washington bureau staffer said of the Miller case. "There's a parallel concern that they don't know all they should." WaPo: The big lesson of the Miller affair is that editors are crucial in mediating the relationships between reporters and sources, writes David Ignatius. CJR Daily: Executive editor Bill Keller told the staff the newspaper plans to publish "a full account" of the Miller saga as soon as "this weekend."

Out Ed Out (Jossip)
Former New Yorker culture editor Brendan Lemon is now also the former editor of the gay title, having resigned "voluntarily," reportedly without any future plans in place.

Media Edges Sandman (NYP)
A new report finds that the average American spends nine hours a day tuned in, plugged in, online, on the phone, scanning a newspaper or using some other form of media—more time than he or she spends sleeping.

Nine Cut at USN&WP (NYT)
Brian Duffy, the magazine's editor, said the layoffs were part of a "strategic repositioning" to the newsweekly's Web site from its print edition. WaPo: The remaining editorial staff of about 160 is far smaller than those of Time and Newsweek.

See Jane Run... Another Mag? (NYP)
Jane Pratt was spotted on the 34th floor of Time Inc. meeting with Editor-in-Chief Norman Pearlstine and a few other suits recently. She has long desired to put out a magazine for women over 35. [Second item.] WWD: Brandon Holley's tricky editor's letter. [Second item.]

Reuters Union Rejects Contract Proposal (Crain's New York Business)
Members of the Newspaper Guild of New York voted 278 to 4 against the contract because concerns about outsourcing, medical insurance and other issues hadn't been resolved.

Nightline From Times Square? (NYO)
After Ted Koppel's last show this Thanksgiving, the ABC show will begin broadcasting live from the glitzy hub—at least if new executive producer James Goldston has his way.

ABC's Big Anchor Decision (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: ABC faces a major dilemma as the network prepares to name a successor to the gold standard of nightly news anchors, Peter Jennings, in the 6:30 p.m. slot.

Afghan Women's Rights Mag Editor Arrested for Blasphemy (BBC)
Charges were filed against Ali Mohaqiq Nasab after she ran articles questioning the harsh punishments for adultery and theft demanded by the most conservative interpretation of Islamic law.

Payola! Propaganda! Prosecution? (Media Citizen)
Timothy Karr: We need to reveal the extent to which government propaganda has violated laws and compromised media newscasts, and press lawmakers to prosecute those in the White House that have used tax dollars to spread fake news.

Times 'No Longer the Greatest Newspaper' (PressThink)
Jay Rosen: The [Washington] Post, I believe, is our great national newspaper now; the Times is number two, with the Wall Street Journal close behind.

Fox Anchor, Foxy Rice (Rush and Molloy)
An interview with Condoleezza Rice turned bizarre last week, when Fox News correspondent James Rosen appeared to try to fix her up with Fox & Friends anchor Lauren Green.

The Art of Being an Art Critic (Slate)
Michael Kimmelman: The pitfalls of art criticism are pedantry, humorlessness, and insider arrogance. People outside the art world now simply presume that art writing is not for them.

Conscience of Arabia (Guardian)
Rania al-Baz's popularity as a TV news presenter was always an implicit threat to Saudi Arabia's repressive culture. But it wasn't until her husband beat her terribly that she really shook Saudi society.

Surviving the Shrinking News Cycle (Public Eye)
Brian Montopoli: Should television producers assume their viewers haven't seen the headlines, and orient their coverage accordingly? Or should they assume they have, and try to do something new?

Experimental Fictionalist: Experimental Fiction Doesn't Suck (Harper's)
Ben Marcus: Although Jonathan Franzen may be right to show distress over a culture that values the true story over the imagined one, he seems far too ready to believe in the endurance of momentary cultural comets.

Journo's Good Nights and Good Luck (San Jose Mercury News)
He's had a storied career in his own right, but journalist Daniel Schorr still mentions Edward R. Murrow in the first paragraph of his biography. Once a Murrow's boy, always a Murrow's boy.

Travel Journalism's New Highs and Lows (San Antonio Current)
The wilderness may be largely settled, but cable and satellite television is a vast territory populated by hungry media executives clamoring for edgy travel programming to which ad revenue can be tethered.

—David S. Hirschman

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:

Pamela Thomas-Graham Defends Her Tumultuous Tenure As CNBC President [TVNewser]
The latest issue of Business Week analyzes Pamela Thomas-Graham's tenure at CNBC as it previews her position as Liz Claiborne. It's the first time I recall seeing PTG defend her tenure as president of the financial network.

Miller Talks to Dobbs [FishbowlDC]
Judy Miller sat down across from Lou Dobbs tonight and they each praised how wonderful the other was...

Media Miscellany: Anniversary Edition [FishbowlNY]
Adam Penenberg: Being A J-School professor is time-consuming! In his maiden column for Slate, tech maven and NYU Journalism professor Adam Penenberg explains just how devoted he is to keeping you honest (or, why it would be colossally stupid to plagiarize in his class).

How Much More Orange Could Adrian Levy Be? None, None More Orange [GalleyCat]
Adrian Levy's Small Island won the Orange Prize for Fiction, given annually to a work of fiction written by a woman, in 2004, and last night it was honored again as the "Orange of Oranges," the best of the ten books that have been given the prize since it was founded in 1995.

Photographs and Typography and Geography, Together At Last [UnBeige]
It's hard to match up the right thing with the right other thing. But sometimes an initially strange combination can turn out totally awesome. Like photographer Alicia Peck's photos of, let's get this straight, differently typographed words that spell 26 different locations, each starting with one letter of the alphabet, that all appear in New York City.

There's No Crying in Criticism [mbToolbox]
It doesn't seem very fair, that you should spend five years of your life pouring yourself into a book that probably won't make you rich but at least makes you happy (in that "just gave birth after five years of labor") way, and some jerk on Amazon writes that it's a 'waste of paper.' While we all like to think we don't care what other people think of us, chances are, bad reviews will get a writer down. I asked a few that I know how they handle it when they get a thumbs-down.