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Aug 17 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter

-Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff is writing a book about Rupert Murdoch and his acquisition of The Wall Street Journal. [NYP]

-BlackBook had to yank its cover story on model Carolyn Murphy after "accidentally" signing a release granting her story approval. They still ran the photos, though. [WWD]

-Who wants to be the next James Frey? Author Bill Schneider. He falsely claimed his novel had been picked by Oprah's book club, and even fabricated a transcript of himself on the show talking about it. [Cape Cod Times, via Galleycat]


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