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Heyward Out at CBS News (CBS)
CBS News President Andrew Heyward announced Wednesday morning he plans to leave his post when his contract expires at the end of the year. Heyward will be replaced by CBS Sports President Sean McManus.

Miller in Talks Over Job Status (WSJ)
Joe Hagan: New York Times reporter Judith Miller has begun discussing her future employment options with the newspaper, including the possibility of a severance package, a lawyer familiar with the matter, said yesterday. NYO: Miller spinning fast from Times orbit. NYO: NYO: Out of the delirium of "Judiana," Ron Rosenberg speculates a paradigm shift: We're into double-secret-meta-meta territory. And I'd argue that it's begun to affect our brains. But in a good way. NYO: Miller problem as symptomatic of internal rotting at the Times? Marketwatch: Media's coverage of Miller and the Times has spun out of control, writes Jon Friedman. Gothamist: Judy Miller graffiti hits Brooklyn?

Military to Media: 2000 Dead Not a 'Milestone' (E&P)
The chief spokesman for the American-led multinational force has called on the media not to consider the 2,000 number as some kind of milestone. "It is an artificial mark on the wall set by individuals or groups with specific agendas and ulterior motives," said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Boylan.

Google Testing Classified Ads (NYT)
An online classified service being tested by the web search dynamo set off intense speculation after a web site for the service was accidentally made public.

BBC Targets Mid-East (NYT)
The BBC World Service is shutting down 10 of its foreign-language broadcasts in order to open an Arab-language television news and information service in the Middle East.

'Worse Than Watergate' (Huffington Post)
Arianna Huffington: No one died as a result of Watergate, but 2,000 American soldiers have now been killed and thousands more wounded to rid the world of an imminent threat that wasn't. Could there be anything bigger? Salon: Fitzgerald's indictments could reveal why we went to war.

Women in Media Receive Awards for Courage (AP via Seattle P-I)
An Associated Press war photographer from Germany, a crime reporter from Bangladesh who was stabbed and beaten, and the founder of a magazine threatened with closure by Iran's government because of its coverage of women's rights all awards from the International Women's Media Foundation.

World Series Ratings 35% Off Last Year (WaPo)
This year's World Series matchup between the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros is shaping up to be the lowest-watched series in
history.

Pajamas' Party (Wired)
Pajamas Media has signed up 70 bloggers including Instapundit.com's Glenn Reynolds, CNBC's Lawrence Kudlow, and Pamela from Atlas Shrugs. The site, which will officially launch Nov. 16 under a different name, will highlight different blogs each day alongside top news headlines.

Franken, He Doesn't Give a Damn (NYO)
After spending 15 years with Saturday Night Live, Al Franken set about transforming himself from Stuart Smalley into a political pundit and then into a politician. Now he's moving Minneapolis to pursue a career in politics, including a possible run for a 2008 Senate seat.

Stern Announcement Recalls Regulars (AP)
In the middle of a conference call announcing Infinity Broadcasting's plans to replace Howard Stern, a familiar voice appeared: Beetlejuice, the diminutive, snaggle-toothed fixture from the shock jock's show. NYDN: Infinity finally confirms that David Lee Roth will replace Stern.

Voice Staff Leery of New Ownership (NYP)
"Whenever there is a change in ownership, there is a certain amount of apprehension," said Nat Hentoff, who worked at the paper when it was owned by Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. and was once almost fired when Clay Felker owned the paper. VV: Hentoff on the paper's golden age.

'Jack' White? (Newsday via LAT)
Rafer Guzman: Why hasn't Jack taken off with New Yorkers? Here's one theory: In a city filled with racial diversity and music that crosses racial divides, Jack sounds pretty darn white.

The New Nightline Lineup (NYO)
As the Nov. 28 launch date for the brand-new Nightline looms, incoming executive producer James Goldston is assembling a team of four correspondents to help carry out his plan to reinvent the single-anchor, single-topic news program as a multi-anchor, multi-topic, late-night television event.

The New York Press's 'Dirty Harry' (Doublethink)
Harry Siegel has translated his work ethic to his new position as editor-in-chief of the Press, where he sucks through cigarettes as though he's subsidized by Philip Morris.

Craig's Pissed (Grade the News)
Craig Newmark, the founder of Craig's List, may well be responsible for depriving newspapers such as the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News of millions of dollars a year in advertising. And even as traditional sources of news struggle to compete, Newmark isn't putting much faith in their ability to safeguard the republic.

The New 'Journalism' (Chicago Tribune)
Charles Madigan: When Oprah shows up, when Geraldo Rivera covers most anything or when Anderson Cooper climbs into his trusty CNN slicker to face the winds, rains and flying aluminum siding of the latest big storm, that's journaltainment. Big media companies love it because it seems to be what people want. Journalism is like spinach. Journaltainment is like Oreo cookies.

Samuel L. Jackson to Emcee Spike TV Awards (UPI)
Hollywood action hero Samuel L. Jackson was tapped by Spike TV Tuesday to emcee its 2005 Video Game Awards. The awards will be doled out Nov. 18 at the Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheater and broadcast on the cable network Dec. 10.

On the Business of Journalism (NY Sun)
"The whole nature of journalism is changing—there's a serious financial challenge that journalism faces," said Geoffrey Cowan. "This is a business that may well not be there in a few years—particularly the print media."

—David S. Hirschman

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:

FNC's Baghdad Bureau Chief Describes Monday's Palestine Hotel Attack [TVNewser]
Gordon Robison, the Baghdad bureau chief for Fox News, has blogged about Monday's frightening attack on the Palestine Hotel. "Several of our own staff had close calls, but they are all, mercifully, OK," he says.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is [FishbowlDC]
There are polls and bingo games. But the true weathervane of the Valerie Plame affair (and whether heads will roll) may come from Sportsbook.com's odds on Karl Rove remaining in the White House (the only online gambling site that features the issue, as far as we can tell).

Chix With Clix [FishbowlNY]
It's Ladies Night at Salon! AKA, Ladies 24-Hour News Cycle: Yesterday they launched "Broadsheet" a blog for the ladies, by the ladies, and about the ladies.

LA Weekly waits for the New (Times) regime [FishbowlLA]
Nobody seems to be sure how, or if, the LA Weekly will change under
ownership of the New Times. According to an article at the Village Voice website, Voice CEO David Schneiderman claims that union contracts at the Weekly (and Voice) will be honored, despite the New Times organization not being unionized.

Bizarre on too many levels to compute [GalleyCat]
In my haste to get something up yesterday, I neglected to mention that the Book Standard broke the Terry McAuliffe book deal story on Friday. So to give some props to them, they get the primary link on this story, which even a few hours after I first read it has me scratching my head. First reason: a medical thriller, THE KARSIK CONSPIRACY, originally slated for publication in December from Phoenix Books was partially funded by a major pharmaceutical agency.

The AIGA Thought Their Convention Was Pretty Sweet [UnBeige]
The AIGA's monthly newsletter, Communique came in today, and we just couldn't wait to dig our graphic design-loving little paws into it. So far, the best headline: "AIGA Design Conference Successful." Seems slightly moot -- what else were they going to write?

Help Me Write a Book [mbToolbox]
Arianne Cohen is the author of Help, It's Broken! : A Fix-It Bible for the Repair-Impaired. I asked her to share a few tips on how to get a book done, and she graciously obliged...