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Idle Chatter Veterans Day Edition

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by Jeff Bercovici
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Nov 12 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Veterans Day Edition

-Barry Diller on AOL: "When and if [Time] Warner doesn't want it, I'll certainly be at the door." [Ad Age]

-Peggy Northrop, the "magabrand"-eschewing editor of More, is leaving to take over Reader's Digest. [Ad Age]

-Google is teaming up with American Idol creator Simon Fuller for a new venture that "will change television in much the same way iTunes changed the way music is distributed." [NYP]

-The son of Gerald Ford wants to be the Jason Binn of the Rocky Mountain states. Dare to dream. [NYP]

-Jack Shafer on New York Times columnist Roger Cohen: "He should know better than to write so poorly." [Slate]

-Minority-targeted radio stations aren't happy with Arbitron's new measurement system. [NYT]. □

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