In your autumnal Monday media column: the NYT Co's paying back Carlos Slim early, the NYO may buy Dealbreaker, Richard Spencer's OK! mag deal confirmed, Richard Siklos goes into PR, and Nikki Finke is as litigious as ever.

Media reporter switcheroo! The New York Times has snagged Fortune's Tim Arango as their newest media reporter. Arango replaces Richard Siklos, who left the Times for Fortune. "I always wondered if I could make it [at The Times]" says Arango. Turns out he almost didn't! Arango wasn't the first, second, or third…