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Judith Regan Sues Murdoch Empire (TSG)
Judith Regan, the volcanic publishing industry figure who sought to publish O.J. Simpson's If I Did It (and trysted with Bernard Kerik in an apartment overlooking Ground Zero) today sued Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate for defamation, claiming that she was unjustly tarred as an anti-Semite when fired last year. NYT: Regan's suit says a senior executive at News Corp. encouraged her to lie to federal investigators about her past affair with Bernard Kerik after he had been nominated to become homeland security secretary in late 2004.

Few Friends for Proposal on Media Ownership (NYT)
Kevin Martin, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, has announced the details of his plan to relax the longstanding rule that had prevented a company from owning both a newspaper and a radio or television station in the same city. Critics denounced Martin's proposal for containing what they said were loopholes that could lead to widespread consolidation. LAT: Tribune's future hinges on possible FCC vote on media ownership limits.

Writers Bring Their Drama to Wall Street (LAT)
Striking TV and movie writers chose Wall Street as a symbolic backdrop Tuesday for their demand for a bigger slice of the new-media pie. Their argument in a nutshell: Entertainment companies brag to the investment community that the Internet is a growing revenue source for them but then tell the writers that the future is uncertain and there isn't enough money to share. Slate: Jack Shafer on why newspapers go ga-ga over striking writers. LA Weekly/Deadline Hollywood: Embattled Ellen cancels NYC show plans over strike controversy.

Nancy Grace Hospitalized (TVNewser)
Headline News anchor Nancy Grace is in the hospital following complications from her pregnancy. Grace delivered twins last Sunday. Headline News spokesperson Janine Iamunno tells TVNewser Grace "started experiencing discomfort, and was having trouble breathing, on her way to church" on Sunday. "Her doctors found two blood clots in her lungs, which occurred as a result of the pregnancy."

Sirius, XM Shareholders Back Satellite Radio Merger (Reuters)
Shareholders of both XM and Sirius Satellite Radio voted on Tuesday in favor of a planned $5.1 billion merger of the two rivals that still needs approval by the federal government. Shareholders of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. approved the issuance of stock to help the company pay for the acquisition of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings.

Imus Is Back! WABC Says Ad Sales Going at Fast Clip (NYO)
Since the dark days of April, Imus has accomplished the beginnings of a media resurrection. He'll return to the radio on December 3rd, as the host of a morning drive time show on the company's WABC. Still, his freedom will be curtailed: CBS kept him on only a five-second tape delay, but WABC will have him on a 21-second delay. Crucially, many big-name guests appear ready to welcome him back.

Correction of the Day: AP Retracts Paris Hilton Binge-Drinking Elephant Story (AP)
In a Nov. 13 story, the Associated Press incorrectly reported that Paris Hilton was praised by conservationists for highlighting the problem of binge-drinking elephants in northeastern India. Lori Berk, a publicist for Hilton, said she never made any comments about helping drunken elephants in India.

European Commission to Investigate Google Deal for DoubleClick (FT)
Google's ambitions in the online advertising business suffered a potential setback on Tuesday as the European Commission said it was opening an in-depth review of the Internet company's proposed $3.1 billion takeover of DoubleClick. The Commission said an initial market investigation had indicated "that the proposed merger would raise competition concerns."

TV Show Featuring Donda West's Plastic Surgeon Pulled (WaPo)
Discovery Health has pulled the series Plastic Surgery: Before and After from its lineup this week after reports that the show's host, physician Jan Adams, operated on the mother of hip-hop artist Kanye West before she died Saturday. Adams hosted Plastic Surgery for five years, from its premiere in 2002 until its final episode, which aired in June. Repeats of the show continue to run on the network.

Publishers Bid for Ted Kennedy Memoir (NYP)
A bidding war has erupted for the rights to Sen. Ted Kennedy's autobiography, which could end up well into the mid-seven figure range. The floor price to get in the running is believed to be around $2 million. Selected publishers met with Kennedy in Washington in September and were asked to give their assessments of what they could do by last Friday. The auction began Monday.

Audit Bureau to Use New Circ Math (NYP)
The Audit Bureau of Circulations has unveiled sweeping new rules that revamp that way it reports paid circulation for newspapers, helping to push advertisers toward looking at a paper's total audience of readers. Under the new rules, newspapers will be considered "paid" regardless of the price that a consumer pays for the publication, allowing a price as low as a penny per copy to count as paid.

Post's New Gossip Glossy Struggles for Traction (NYO)
When the New York Post launched Page Six Magazine in September, the goal was to pump new life and circulation into the Post's historically anemic Sunday edition, as well as to generate additional profits for the paper. More than eight weeks later, a portrait of the Sunday supplement's prospects is beginning to emerge — and it's decidedly mixed.

Comics Publishers Cautiously Go Online (AP)
Marvel is putting some of its older comics online Tuesday, hoping to reintroduce young people to the X-Men and Fantastic Four by showcasing the original issues in which such characters appeared. It's a tentative move onto the Internet: Comics can only be viewed in a Web browser, not downloaded, and new issues will only go online at least six months after they first appear in print.

MinnPost Strives to Fill the News Void (PR Week)
Launched last week, MinnPost.com, is an online, nonprofit journalism venture run by a lean and mean staff (supplemented by dozens of freelancers), made up mostly of journalists who have been laid off recently from local papers. Indeed, it was the more than 100 layoffs in the course of a year that inspired editor and CEO Joel Kramer to start the daily news site in the first place.

Guitar Magazine to Follow Radiohead Pricing Model, Too (Folio:)
A week after Paste magazine launched a Radiohead-inspired campaign allowing subscribers to name their own price for a year-long subscription, Premier Guitar magazine is set to do the same. The monthly for "serious and accomplished guitarists" is wrapping 10,000 copies of its December issue with a "pay what you want" subscription card and sending them to non-subscribers.