♦ Barack Obama's first post-election interview with 60 Minutes (an excerpt is on your left) earned the show its biggest audience in nine years. [THR]
♦ Dan Rather has spent $2 million battling CBS thus far, but it looks like his time and money may finally be paying off. [NYT]
♦ MTV's TRL came to an end yesterday, in case you haven't heard the terribly tragic news. [NYT]
♦ Rupert Murdoch's New York Post appears to have warmed to Barack Obama. "So has Mr. Murdoch gone soft on liberals—or perhaps just reacted pragmatically to Mr. Obama's sizable victory?" [NYT]
♦ The new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, was No. 1 at the box office this weekend. The flick generated $70.4 in its first three days. [Reuters]

♦ Magazines have laid off 3,200 people through the end of September, and that doesn't include the recent cuts at publications like Portfolio, CosmoGirl, Men's Vogue, the Economist, and National Geographic. [AdAge]
♦ Ratings for Saturday Night Live are up 31 percent compared to last season. [THR]
♦ The New York Times is shuttering its sports supplement, Play. [FBNY]
♦ GQ has named Barack Obama as one if its "Men of the Year." [HuffPo]
♦ Forbes Traveler is not shutting down, despite reports to the contrary. [Jossip]
♦ Christine Vachon's Killer Films has sold a 50 percent stake in the company to a private equity firm. [Variety]