Former CNN journalist Miles O'Brien's arm was amputated two weeks ago after a routine injury turned into Acute Compartment Syndrome. "Life is all about playing the hand that is dealt you," O'Brien wrote on his blog. "Actually, I would love somebody to deal me another hand right about now – in more ways than one"

♦ Time Out New York is now up for sale for $40 million. [Times UK]
♦ A major reorganization at Random House was announced today by the company's new CEO, Markus Dohle. [NYO]
♦ Simon & Schuster is laying off 35 people. [Gawker]
♦ NBC appears to have settled on David Gregory as the new host of Meet the Press, but the network has yet to finalize the deal. [NYT]
♦ Tina Fey didn't get a $5 million book deal. It was $6.9 million. [NYP]
♦ Are you an unemployed writer? Get in touch with Tina Brown! [NYO]
♦ Miles O'Brien is departing CNN. [TVN]

CNN American Morning co-anchor Miles O'Brien has been live-blogging Hurricane Katrina. No, that's not a punchline. Our favorite excerpts:

Surely a moment for the CNN scrapbook.

While we were busy watching Al Roker interview some genius about real estate being pricey, there was some climactic shuttle coverage on CNN: