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Nov 08 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Burkle, Digg, Olbermann...

-Ron Burkle, who before was merely close to making a deal to buy American Media, is now ever so close. [WWD]

-Speaking of close, Digg is reportedly close to a $300 million-plus sale. [Valleywag]

-NBC entertainment co-honcho insulted his counterparts at ABC and Fox in an interview with Esquire. Man, this guy really doesn't know when to shut up. [NYP]

-Keith Olbermann fudged the facts in an editorial on torture. [Radar]. □


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