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Knight Ridder Considers Sale (AP)
The publisher of The Miami Herald, the San Jose Mercury News and 30 other newspapers said it would work with longtime financial adviser Goldman Sachs & Co. to explore a possible sale and other options. Slate: But why would anyone want Knight Ridder, asks Daniel Gross. NYT: Buyers might prefer to acquire Knight's properties piecemeal rather than together.

Longtime Harper's Editor Lapham to Retire (NYT)
Lewis Lapham will take on the title of editor emeritus this spring and continue to write his "Notebook" column on a regular basis. He is also under contract to write a book about President William Howard Taft.

NBC to Martha: You're Fired (WaPo)
The broadcaster said there will be no second edition of The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, its faltering spin-off of Donald Trump's corporate-themed reality show.

Tabloid Editor/Writer Brenda You Found Dead (Page Six)
The one-time Hooters waitress and Playboy model who became West Coast bureau chief for Star magazine was discovered on her bedroom floor on Sunday in an apparent suicide.

Time 'Person of the Year' Could Be Mother Nature (Reuters via Yahoo!)
Mother Nature topped the unofficial list of nominees at a panel discussion held by the weekly magazine to debate who will grace the cover of the issue that hits newsstands on December 19. Gawker: A rundown of the luncheon panel.

Network Blogs Go Behind the Camera (LAT)
Spurred by declining viewership, the growing prominence of the Internet and the public's increasing skepticism of traditional media outlets, the broadcast networks are now pulling back the curtain.

NBC Honcho: Liberal Net a Non-Starter (B&C)
Going after a lefty audience would be futile, NBC Universal President Bob Wright said. "For some strange, probably genetic, reasons they don't listen to a lot of radio and they don't watch a lot of television."

Baby, It's Cold Outdoors (LAT)
The Los Angeles Times Editor Dean Baquet said he decided to discontinue the paper's Outdoors section as a cost-cutting measure in the face of higher newsprint costs, flat revenue, competition from the Internet and other pressures.

Ken Tucker Heads Back to EW (WWD)
After just 13 months as the film critic of New York magazine, Ken Tucker is returning to Entertainment Weekly as editor at large on Jan. 1.

CNN Tries to Find 'Extra Dimension' With Cooper (Multichannel News)
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Jonathan Klein talks about his plans to rebuild CNN, once the definer of what it meant to be a 24-hour news channel, for "the age of BlackBerry."

API to Study Future of Newspapers (E&P)
The American Press Institute (API) announced a $2 million, yearlong project to invent and test new business models to help newspapers thrive in the next decade, called "Newspaper Next: The Transformation Project."

Can Anyone Replace Koppel? (USAT)
ABC's Nightline is about to begin a new chapter. Three anchors, not household names, are set to take over, abandoning the single story format the show has had for decades. But without news legend Ted Koppel the show's future is in doubt.

'Pajamas Media' 70-Blog Collaborative to Launch (NY Sun)
A reception for the righty group Wednesday will include remarks by Judith Miller. A project of bloggers Roger Simon and Charles Johnson, Pajamas Media's editorial board includes the New York Post's John Podhoretz.

Huey's Just Misunderstood (Marketwatch)
Jon Friedman: Despite his image in some circles, incoming Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey isn't a monster. He often cries when he reads a vintage tearjerker in Sports Illustrated.

McClellan 'Has No Business' as WH Press Secretary (PR Week)
Until Scott McClellan or a senior Bush administration official offers a full explanation for his inaccurate statements, the current level of mistrust that exists between the White House and its press corps is expected to fester.

Scheer Madness? (The Nation)
"Probably the main reason [the LAT] got rid of me was O'Reilly and Limbaugh made a living out of attacking me, pounding, pounding away," said recently deposed columnist Robert Scheer. "But I'm still standing; the paper may collapse"

Kazakhs: We Do Not Drink Fermented Horse Urine (Reuters via Yahoo!)
Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry threatened legal action against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, for his character "Borat," who portrays the central Asian state as a country populated by drunks who enjoy cow-punching as a sport.

NYC Assault Suspect After Cocaine Kate? (London Times)
Peter Braunstein, a former writer for the Village Voice and WWD, published an article called "Stalking Kate" in Black Book several years ago, arousing concerns that he may have been trying to "impress" Kate Moss by getting his name in the papers.

—David S. Hirschman

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:

Williams, Cooper Suggest Names For 'Time' [TVNewser]
A panel of six "notables," including NBC's Brian Williams and CNN's Anderson Cooper, offered suggestions for Time's Person of the Year in New York today.

WH: Post is the Misleader [FishbowlDC]
The White House was PISSED about Saturday's Iraq War intelligence special by the dynamic duo of Dana Milbank and Walter Pincus...

Arianna gets Heismanned by the Council on Foreign Relations
Wow. This is kind of insane: Arianna Huffington was blatantly dissed at Ahmad Chalabi's speech to the Council for Foreign Relations on Friday.

FishbowlLA contest: Huffington Post/Defamer party betting pool [FishbowlLA]
Did you get your invitation? Congratulations! You are officially a member of the Los Angeles media congoscenti.

50 Cent, Publishing Guru [Galleycat]
With the news reported today by Publishers Marketplace that rapper 50 Cent will be launching a brand new imprint of street fiction called G-Unit Books, it seemed like a good idea to find out more about this unusual venture.

Write Where You Know [MBToolbox]
A great way to get your foot in the door of travel writing is writing about your town, from a tourist's perspective.

James Victore Likes Pirates As Much As We Do [Unbeige]
So we went to James Victore's show, Dirty Dishes, at the 14th St Design Within Reach on Thursday, and were totally psyched to see so much about pirates.