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Oct 17 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: TimesSelect, 'Buffy' Vs. Rupert...

-Traffic to previously-firewalled sections of NYTimes.com is surging following the demise of TimesSelect. [Compete.com]

-DVRs don't seem to change how many people watch commercials all that much. [AP]

-Neoconservative scion John Podhoretz will be the next editor of Commentary. [Commentary]

-Fresh off antagonizing CNBC, Rupert Murdoch is picking a new fight, with Buffy the Vampire Slayer geeks. Mean! [E! Online]

-Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis threw Page Six editor Richard Johnson a $50,000 bachelor party. Did he also commit a felony there? [Radar]


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