Note: Due to my traveling schedule there will be no new edition of The Programming Insider on Thursday, July 22. See you back from New York on Friday. Full Article at MediaWeek

EXCLUSIVE: This morning I have more information behind the scenes and about the future of the daytime diva's decision to end her syndicated The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011. Full Article at Deadline Hollywood Daily

CBS put in place Tuesday (Nov. 10) a new management structure for its local TV and radio broadcast operations. Full Article at MediaWeek

Peter Dunn, president and GM of WCBS-TV, now has the additional job of overseeing CBS' 29 stations across the country. In an email to staff, obtained by FishbowlNY, CBS Corp. Full Article at mediabistro.com

CBS Corp. not only posted improving third quarter 2009 results -- as with other media companies -- but near term advertising market continues to rebound for its broadcast network. Full Article at MediaPost.com

James Murdoch, Howard Stringer, Les Moonves, David Zaslav, and, interestingly, Comcast's Brian Roberts and GE's Jeff Immelt back to back, will be speaking at the annual hush-hush Quadrangle confab being held Wednesday and Thursday in NYC. Full Article at Deadline Hollywood Daily

On a sunny July afternoon in Sun Valley, three friends who had competed and cooperated for a quarter century -- Robert Iger, the CEO of Disney, Les Moonves, the CEO of CBS, and Peter Chernin, then the COO of News Corp -- gathered for sodas. Full Article at Huffington Post

* Media stocks up 71 pct; 'easy money' may be over * CBS CEO Moonves sees "growth" in ad market * Market rally creates currency for deal making NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) - When it comes to the media business, the script reads that advertising will... Full Article at Reuters

Inspired by a odd contract phrase that has suddenly popped up in a few places, the WSJ had an interesting story yesterday on the lengths to which lawyers are willing to go to be thorough in the agreements they draft. Full Article at Law.com

Broadcasting & Cable celebrated the induction of its 2009 class of honorees at the 19th annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame awards gala Oct. 20. Full Article at Broadcasting & Cable

Shortly after news of the Letterman scandal broke (you may recall that it was broken by intrepid reporter David Letterman), Nikki Finke theorized that CBS wouldn’t investigate Letterman’s “single man sex with staffers at his independent production... Full Article at Mediaite.com

Considering that Les Moonves had an affair with a CBS employee while he was married to someone else, it would be hard for CBS to take any action against Letterman. After 4 years, Moonves got a divorce and married the CBS employee, Julie Chen. Exactly. Full Article at Entertainment Weekly

CBS “Early Show” host Julie Chen gave birth this morning to a baby boy. Charlie Moonves came in to the world at 9:40amPT in Los Angeles. We’re told Julie, baby Charlie and proud dad, CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves are all doing well. Full Article at TVbyTheNumbers.com

Big Brother's got a new little brother. House-cleaning reality host Julie Chen and her husband, CBS overlord Les Moonves, have welcomed their first spawn: a boy named Charlie. The little guy was born at 9:40 a.m. today in Los Angeles. Full Article at E! Online

Charlie Moonves is only a few hours old, but he's already the subject of his first press release. Full Article at Zap2it.com

Les Moonves, CBS CEO, sees "encouraging signs" from the automobile industry, a major advertiser for the broadcaster. "The automobile sector is going to come back in spades," Moonves says. "Advertising is coming back." Full Article at MediaPost.com