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Oct 18 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: BBC, Richard Johnson, Fox Biz...

-The BBC is cutting 1,800 jobs amid a major reorganization. [Yahoo/AP]

-The Guardian's U.S. edition launches online Tuesday. [FishbowlNY]

-Page Six editor Richard Johnson, on being dubbed the "worst person in the world" by Keith Olbermann for his nasty swipe at a writer: "Get a life." [ABCNews.com]

-As expected, Liz Claman has joined Fox Business. [TVNewser]

-MTV is getting into the competitive "looking at pictures of people and deciding if they're attractive" sector. Related: Apparently HotorNot.com still exists! [TechCrunch]


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