Overnights
NBC wins with Giants-Panthers game
Averages a 4.8 in 18-49s against mostly reruns, 60 percent ahead of No. 2 Fox, with Giants overtime win. CBS earns a 2.0 with originals

Media economy
For Europe, a not so harsh slowdown
Ad spending is forecast to dip modestly in 2009, with the largest countries feeling it more. Print will see the deepest cuts.

Here & there
RIAA backing off downloader suits
Other shorts: Ecommerce spending down this year; CBS and Fox split weekend; Oregon paper axing its Monday edition

Magazines
For magazines, the year of decision
The harsh ad economy will lead to even more closings and a sorting out of just which titles are destined to survive in print

New media
For the internet, years of awe are over
Pace of growth in ad spending is slowing down, and more and more it's seen as one medium among many, and not always the best one

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Newspapers
For papers, 2009 looks even grimmer
Expect further drops in advertising and circulation and more big dailies going to just several days a week, or simply folding

People
TLC's Duggar family has another baby
They may have to change the name of the reality show to '18 Kids and Counting' after the Arkansas clan adds a baby girl.
Fred Thompson replacing Bill O'Reilly on the radio?
William E. Schmidt rises to deputy managing editor at NY Times
Charlie Kammerer becomes publisher at This Old House Ventures
Peter Medwid becomes publisher at Sunset
Samantha Rady becomes account manager at Huson International Media
Jim Kirk joining Bloomberg News' D.C. bureau
Tracy Pollan starring in Lifetime's 'The Natalee Holloway Story'
Rove McManus hosting ABC's 'The List'
Maria Bello starring in new HBO series
Actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry dies at age 76