The Post-Election Postmortem

♦  ABC appears to generated the highest ratings as the election results rolled in last night. NBC came in second and CNN ranked third. [TV Decoder]
♦  Time is rushing to produce a commemorative issue of the mag by the end of the week. [HuffPo]
♦  Both People and Us Weekly will feature Obama on the covers of the next issue.  [NYP]
♦  Can The Daily Show survive an Obama presidency? and how will other media outlets deal with the post-election dropoff? [Politico, AdAge]
♦  An explanation of that holography thingie on CNN last night. [YouTube]
♦  Barry Diller's IAC posted a loss for the third quarter. [AP]
♦  Google has abandoned its search partnership with Yahoo to avoid possible anti-trust litgation. [NYT]
♦  Just in case you haven't heard, the major networks have been losing viewers this season. [USA Today]
♦  Obama's victory has boosted sales of his books. [AP]
♦  Michael Crichton has died of cancer. [CBS News]
