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Nov 01 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Rupe 'n' Ted, Colbert '08, Magabrands!...

-Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner: burger buddies? [DHD via I Want Media]

-You do not make money from Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling makes money from Harry Potter. Got it? [AP]

-Dave Zinczenko says this year's American MAGABRAND Conference was "a grand slam" -- low attendance, boring speakers and a lame theme notwithstanding. [WWD]

-Forget that business about Stephen Colbert running for president in both parties. He couldn't afford to register for the Republican primary. [NYP]

-Some guy named Felix Salmon (really) wants Google to rescue the newspaper industry. [Portfolio]


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