Idle Chatter: FCC, NFL, Google, Emeril...

-F.C.C. chairman Kevin Martin's plan to increase regulation of the cable industry is in extreme jeopardy. (See this related post on one of the plan's major features, a la carte pricing.) [WSJ]

-Did you think Google was going to stop at search, email, news, chat, maps, books, user-generated video and telephony? Of course not. Next up: Storage. [WSJ]

-Twelve, that funny book imprint that only publishes a dozen titles a year, has bought Ted Kennedy's memoirs for a reported $8 million. There must be a lot of good stuff in that colossal head of his. [NYT]

-The NFL, which has been pushing for better distribution of its cable channel, is positively licking its lips over the prospect of millions of football fans realizing they won't be able to watch Thursday night's wildly-hyped game between the Packers and Cowboys. [NYP]

-Will Wi-Fi be the next big advertising medium? [NYT]

-Emeril Lagasse leaves the Food Network, unleashing an avalanche of headlines with the word "Bam!" in them. [FBNY]

-Poll: Who do you think is the media person of the year? My very boring but hard-to-argue-with choice is Rupert Murdoch. [IWM]