By staging last night’s raid of the Occupy Wall Street encampment in the middle of the night, New York City ensured no coverage of the event in this morning’s print edition of The New York Times.  But lack of other media coverage may have been the result of more than just timing. “TV news seemed just to be catching up,” when Time’s James Poniewozik woke up at 5 a.m., “though my Twitter feed contained little else.”  Documenting what he calls “an effort to contain the media and reduce the risk of adverse coverage,” Poniewozik writes of Mother Jones’ Josh Harkinson …

Starved for "Mad Men" info? Then you'll welcome this short piece where Matthew Weiner discusses his plans for the series finale: possibly a look at Don Draper in present time, at the age of 84 (though, as one commenter notes, "the way Don drinks and smokes, he's not going to make it to age 84"). If you keep up with the comments, there's also a gay-friendly joke about whom Don will eventually end up with. And check out Grantland to see a longer version of the original interview, which includes Weiner's anger at  Alex Trebek, who hurt Weiner's feelings …

The New York Times' The Collection, a new iPad app, includes all the fashion coverage in the Times (including Sunday's T Magazine) as well as The International Herald Tribune, along with blog posts, photo slide shows and videos. There are also more than 150 galleries of designer collections. It's now free in the iTunes store.

In what Folio's Stephanie Botelho terms “a major magazine publisher first,” Conde Nast is premiering a  private digital-only ad exchange for select clients. So far eBay and Macy’s are confirmed as participating, and additional clients are being added. And “select advertisers who commit to an increased digital spend with the publisher will be invited to participate in the exchange" in 2012, writes Botelho.

Two Time Inc. publications -- Real Simple and Money -- are collaborating on an insert on money-management tips that will appear in both December issues. It is the first of more such deals to come, say both mags' managing editors. And in fact Money is considering a similar deal with another Time publication, This Old House, says Money's Craig Matters.

CNN is set to lay off roughly 50 editorial staffers -- a move made as technology and user-generated content decrease the need for such employees as photojournalists, according to an internal memo cited in this post by David Kaplan. Some of the staff cuts were made at CNN's Atlanta headquarters,but also in cities like New York and Los Angeles.

Clarity Media announced the sale of The San Francisco Examiner to a newspaper consortium headed by

Another marker on the road to the end of civilization? American Media, publisher of the National Enquirer, Star and Radar Online, will debut Reality Weekly, devoted exclusively to coverage of reality televison, the first week of January. Though "ad sales at celebrity magazines have been softening," Jeremy W. Peters writes, the market seems feasible. After all, he notes, "The public has a hearty appetite for reality television that isn’t showing any signs of being sated." The launch also seems cost-effective, since no new staffers have been hired to put out the magazine, which is being edited by OK Weekly editor …

The Reader's Digest Association has put another magazine on the selling block: the Weekly Reader franchise (incuding the iconic children's magazine) which Keith Kelley describes as "modestly profitable." The company recently sold Every Day With Rachael Ray to Meredith.

You may have heard that Billy Crystal was now on tap to host the Oscars -- this will be his ninth time, and he got the gig after Eddie Murphy dropped out in the wake of the resignation of producer Brett Ratner. But did you know that he may be joined on stage by America's arguably favorite puppets, the Muppets? The money quote: “I like the idea of Billy and Miss Piggy or Billy and Kermit on stage,” notes Disney Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger, who is obviously interested in promoting the  Muppets film that will be out later this …