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NYT Lays Plame Blame (Newsfeed)
The paper of record published a 5,900-word article for Sunday editions about reporter Judith Miller's involvement in the Valerie Plame leak investigation, and Miller wrote a separate article about her grand jury testimony. NYO: Miller's delays made story miss deadline. E&P: Sunday pundits slam Times Judy-culpa, as many questions still remain in Miller saga. Reuters via Yahoo!: White House braces for Rove, Libby indictments. WaPo: Miller's colleagues skeptical of her story. Salon: The long-awaited report uncovered an internal mess that's "bigger than Jayson Blair." And it looks even worse for Scooter Libby, writes Farhad Manjoo. Slate: What will happen to Bush if Rove is indicted in Plamegate? AP via E&P: Libby's letter to Miller raises "troubling issues."

Torch Is Passed in House of Luce (NYT)
Time Inc., a division of the world's largest media company, will announce today that John Huey will succeed Norman Pearlstine on Jan. 1. as editor-in-chief.

Fall Magazine 'Hit List' (Mediaweek)
The 12 charts included represent the top 12 advertising categories for magazines, and indicate which advertisers are spending big in which magazines—as well as which marketers have boosted or cut their print investments.

Sorkin Gets Green Light From NBC (LAT)
Two years after leaving The West Wing, Sorkin clinched a deal with the network for Studio 7, a behind-the-scenes sendup of a late-night comedy series very much like NBC's Saturday Night Live.

People Gets Top AdAge Mag Award (NYP)
Advertising Age doled out its top prizes to kick off the American Magazine Conference, and also unveiled its "A List," a subjective listing of the best magazines.

Downplay Bad News, Brit Editors Told (Guardian)
Futurologist Richard Scase told senior journalists and executives at the Society of Editors conference that local newspapers still had an important role to play, so long as they played down negative stories.

New York's Shock Jockette (New York Mag)
Wendy Williams, the afternoon host who calls herself the Queen of Radio, recently snagged the No. 1 rating in the key 25-to-54-year-old demo, a feat she thought impossible.

Late-Night Perky? (B&C)
Katie Couric must be getting weary of those early mornings. A close reading of a dental association newsletter reveals the Today host may be contemplating a move to late-night television.

More Devices to Make TV Portable (NYT)
Just as it took the vision and brio of Steve Jobs, Apple's founder, to drag the music industry into the 21st century, it was only a matter of time before he would do the same with the moving image. Time: James Poniewozik on how the new iPods will change TV.

Drug Lobby's Novel Strategy (Lowdown)
Lloyd Grove: The rich and powerful pharmaceutical lobby secretly commissioned a thriller novel whose aim was to scare the living daylights out of folks who might want to buy cheap drugs from Canada.

On the Right, Caught in the Middle (WaPo)
Howard Kurtz: Some of the biggest names in conservative punditry have been eviscerating President Bush over the Harriet Miers nomination. But no one has attracted quite as much attention as David Frum.

Why Americans Can't Write Political Fiction (Washington Monthly)
Chris Lehmann: To gauge the arrested development of American political novels, one need look no further than the pallid state of our own literary satire.

Bush's Favorite Soldier (Media Citizen)
Timothy Karr: There's more to First Lt. Gregg Murphy than meets the lens. His pro-Bush rhetoric is sprinkled throughout articles dating back to 2003. This begs the question: how could one soldier get so much face time?

What Would Jesus Blog? (Guardian)
A three-day gathering brought together Christian bloggers to discuss topics ranging from their relationship with the traditional church to their growing influence on mainstream politics.

Sexy People Who Need People (Radar)
While People magazine won't announce its "Sexiest Man Alive" cover choice until November, high-profile hunks all over Hollywood are making themselves scarce to avoid the historically unlucky honor.

Bob Edwards' Satellite of Love (LAT)
Saying he was micromanaged as host of NPR's Morning Edition, the longtime radio voice says he is enjoying the freedom he has on satellite radio.

Time Picks the 100 Best Novels Since 1923 (Time)
All of the expected selections are where they should be with a few additional surprises as critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo give a rundown of what they consider to be the best.

Mediabistro Editor Returning to Freelance (MB Release)
After a year that included the successful redesign of the mediabistro.com homepage and the launch of five new weblogs, Elizabeth Spiers is leaving her job to finish a novel and to write as a freelance journalist.

—David S. Hirschman

IN FRIDAY'S MB BLOGS:

What Happens When The Worlds Of Bill O'Reilly & Bart Simpson Collide? [TVNewser]
What happens when the worlds of Bill O'Reilly and Bart Simpson collide? Fox viewers around the country are about to find out," Michael Learmonth writes in a must-read Variety preview titled "Jolly Roger's grand plan."

In the Sun's Backyard [FishbowlDC]
Rumors are flying around Baltimore that the Examiner is set to launch there next--with an announcement coming as early as next week.

The Yesterday's News of Tomorrow, Today! [FishbowlNY]
Who's dominating the discourse now, Jon Stewart? The "Daily Show" host may have pooh-poohed the relevance and influence of the print media, but Bono says magazines have an impact, specifically Time, and its managing editor Jim Kelly, both of which were mocked by Stewart at the now-infamous MPA event of late last month.

Rumor for the Ride Home [FishbowlLA]
Yes, while the trades dither and sit on their hands waiting for the all-powerful Creative Artists Agency to confirm, we at Fishbowl L.A. glibly blather the rumor everyone's talking about on the way home: Al Pacino and his black-suited CAA reps are in negotiations to place Pacino as a grizzled Homeland Security/cop-type in Paramount's "By Any Means Necessary" - the new Antoine Fuqua thriller that posits that the next terror attack on America will come via cargo ship container.

Another Day, Another Publishing Venture [Galleycat]
For someone who, when he severed ties with Orion, seemed perfectly content to stay out of the publishing business for a little while, Anthony Cheetham has been a busy little boy. And now he's gone and started his own imprint, Quercus Books, which will be distributed by Random House and repped by Faber.

The Tart's Show Is Up! [UnBeige]
We've been sitting on the biggest goose egg ever for a while, and discovered last night that the egg has, indeed, hatched. Right below our noses. Turns out the Tart's show, which installation at Printed Matter we've been waiting and waiting for, is up.

Pop Quiz: Whitney Pastorek [mbToolbox]
Full disclosure: I am friends with Whitney Pastorek, but if I weren't, I'd be trying to be right away, as she has lots of advice for new writers breaking into journalism and literature. Currently a correspondent for Entertainment Weekly, she has freelanced all over the place and is the executive editor of the literary journal and website Pindeldyboz.