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Oct 04 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: 'Industry Standard,' James Michaels...

-The Industry Standard, the, uh, standard-bearer for dot-com hype, is returning. [NYT Bits]

-Former Forbes editor James W. Michaels is dead at 86. [Forbes]

-Is Flip, Conde Nast's new teen networking site, a bust? [WWD]

-To extend its presence overseas, ABC News is creating one-man bureaus. [Hollywood Reporter]

-NBC Universal will push out its cable networks to 30 new countries in Europe over the next three years. [NYP]

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