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Here Today, Jann Tomorrow (WWD)
Men's Journal has a new EIC: Jann Wenner. The Wenner Media chairman is putting his name back atop the monthly's masthead after a three-year absence. Just below it will be that of new editor Tom Foster. NYP: Plans for the publisher to launch a second low-priced celebrity magazine (on top of US Weekly) have been scuttled, reports Keith Kelly.

Judy Nudging Back into Times' Good Graces? (NYO)
Reporter Judith Miller may be returning to the newsroom this month. According to sources familiar with Ms. Miller's negotiations, she has signaled that her potential homecoming could happen as early as next week. VV: Plamegate is media's second chance on WMDs, writes Syd Schanberg. Panopticist: Judy asks the Ethicist for some advice.

Sirius Raises Subscriber Target as Stern Switch Nears (NYDN)
With Stern fans rushing to sign up for the service, Sirius now expects to add 800,000 subscribers in the quarter. That means it expects its subscribers to exceed three million by the end of the year. USAT: Executives at Viacom and Sirius prepared Wall Street analysts for the shock jock's move in January.

Knight Ridder Shareholder Demands That Chain Be Sold (NYT)
If the company's board does not accede, the firm will "strongly consider" supporting efforts by other investors to replace the board and managers, take over the company or "take other action to maximize shareholder value." WSJ: It wasn't clear who might want to buy all or part of Knight Ridder, given that many of the company's largest rivals are themselves struggling financially.

Petitti Twist (Sports Business Journal)
Tony Petitti will take over the day-to-day management of CBS Sports, after Sean McManus, the new CBS News chief, said he will spend 90 to 95 percent" of his time working at CBS's news division. TV Guide: CBS Sports' prez has a winning strategy for CBS News.

K(itten)-Rock (NYT)
"Remember, be kind to your mailman," said Jane Harris, a disc jockey on DogCatRadio.com, a new internet radio station for pets that aims to keep their loneliness at bay while owners are out. "He only wants to deliver the mail."

Viacom Outlines Cleavage (LAT)
The New York media giant reported a profit of $708.5 million. Under the split plan, Viacom will separate MTV Networks from the more mature broadcasting arm, which includes CBS Television and Infinity Broadcasting.

Unreliable Source (Radar)
The mag is having trouble coming up with the rent for its offices—reportedly overdue to the tune of $156,000.

Fox in the Hunt (NYO)
Fox and Friends is the top-rated cable morning program. By positioning itself as the antithesis to standard mealy network fare, Fox has become an unlikely beneficiary of—and a factor in—the morning-show wars.

Bloggers Fail to Keep Abreast of WH Press Briefings (E&P)
Joe Strupp: Since the Jeff Gannon saga first erupted last winter, the expected wave of bloggers in the daily White House briefing room has not appeared. The lack of new blood is a shame.

Time Warner Raises Buyback Price (Reuters)
The buyback, which will occur over a 21-month period, comes in response to concerns by billionaire activist Carl Icahn about the company's laggard stock price.

DirectTV Launches First Series (Reuters)
The weekly show, CD USA, will debut in January and will feature live performances by popular music artists including the Goo Goo Dolls, Sean Paul, Ben Harper and David Gray.

Mag's Boob-Boo (BBC)
Complaints against a British men's magazine that invited readers to "win a boob job for your girlfriend" have been upheld by the advertising watchdog. It came after offended members of the public complained the competition could "coerce" women into having surgery.

Handicapping the Stories of the Year (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: Leaves are turning colors. Everyone is making plans for Thanksgiving dinners and holiday shopping. Meanwhile, media junkies are busy, too, guessing who will win the newsweeklies' annual awards.

Newspapers at a Crossroads (CJR)
Editorial: The good news for newspapers in this country is that they make good money. The bad news is that readership has been in decline for years and that this decline is accelerating.

Authors, Authors (Salon)
Laura Miller: Robert Oxnam has suffered with multiple personality disorder for much of his adult life. Now his three personalities—he once had 11—have written a strange and fascinating book.

Journalism as Art (The Tyee)
Deborah Campbell: "Literary journalism" can be first person, but doesn't have to be. It cares about the writing as much as the research and the two are inseparable.

Former Tonight Show Bandleader Henderson Dies (AP via USAT)
Skitch Henderson, the Grammy-winning conductor who lent his musical expertise to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby before founding the New York Pops and becoming the first Tonight Show bandleader, died Monday.

Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Announced (AP via WaPo)
A historical fantasy set partly in Africa and a biography of a feminist poet were among the winners Tuesday night of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, given annually to outstanding books by writers of African descent.

Getting a Tad Brit Nipple-y (Guardian)
A suggestive car advertisement that shows a female mannequin with erect nipples had stirred up controversy and attracted 425 complaints, but has been cleared by the U.K. advertising watchdog.

—David S. Hirschman

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:

MSNBC Staffers Dress Up As I-Man [TVNewser]
Yesterday on MSNBC, the morning crew surprised Don Imus "by dressing up like him for Halloween, complete with the matching Mickey Mouse T-shirts that Rick Kaplan couldn't track down for the I-man," a tipster says.

Murder, Mayhem and Jarlsberg: Eric Konigsberg's "Blood Relation" Book Party [FishbowlNY]
It is unfair to the delicious selection of other cheeses at New Yorker/NYT mag/New York scribe Eric Konigsberg's book party to single out Jarlsberg for attention, not to mention the ginormous fruit-topped multi-layered cake, or the two snack-o-licious varieties of goldfish (cheese AND pretzel!).

Peace in our time: WGAs east and west end dispute [FishbowlLA]
New Writers Guild of America West and East presidents Patric Verrone and Chris Albers, respectively, have brokered an agreement resolving all of the disputes between the two guilds.

CNN: One Big Situation Room [FishbowlDC]
Are you a fan of CNN's "The Situation Room"? Do you wish you could cram more Wolf Blitzer into your day? Did you ponder growing a 1/3 beard in order to resemble Wolf Blitzer for Halloween? When friends call wondering where you are, do you tell them that you "are in the Situation Room"?

Inside the Flying Spaghetti Monster Deal [Galleycat]
Curious about how Henderson's deal had come about, I contacted his agent, Paula Balzer of Sarah Lazin Books. Henderson had started receiving offers—from other houses as well as Villard—and was looking for an agent when a mutual contact referred him to her "After that initial connection, everything moved very quickly," she recalls.

There Seems To Be A Thinking Problem With STEP's Use Of Kitties [Unbeige]
STEP Inside Design Magazine, a graphic design magazine that, incidentally, has one of the worst-designed websites of all time, just released the latest issue, the cover covered in kitties, with the bold coverline Women of Design. Which confluence of image and text we interpret as arguing that women are catty. Shocking.

It Has Been Flagged [MBToolbox]
I receive a lot of comp books, largely from folks who want me to review or promote their stuff. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time to read them all. So what's a working girl to do? Sell them to a book store? Auction them on Amazon? Or donate them to the library?