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Nov 13 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Murdoch, CBS News, 'Newsweek' TV...

-Not for the first time, Rupert Murdoch is letting on that The Wall Street Journal will make its website free once he takes over. [AP/Yahoo]

-CBS News writers are expected to approve their own strike on Thursday. [AP/Huffpo]

-The big three network newscasts are devoting way more airtime to coverage of the presidential campaigns than in previous pre-election years. [The Caucus]

-Newsweek has hired a former executive producer of Hardball to create a weekly online TV show about politics. [NYT]. □

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