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Dec 11 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Martha Stewart, Dan Rather...

-Blueprint magazine, which closed yesterday, lost around $10 million for its parent, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. [NYP]

-Meanwhile, the company is developing a lifestyle magazine for older women, code-named M, for Martha. [WWD]

-The writers strike could have one beneficial consequence: Networks will air more coverage of the presidential primaries in primetime. [NYP]

-But the strike has also forced the Television Critics Association to cancel its January press tour. [Hollywood Wiretap]

-Dan Rather will testify in a Congressional hearing on media consolidation. Hey, it's not like he has any wacky pet theories to air, right? [B&C]

-Ask.com is giving users the option not to have all their internet searches tracked by Big Brother. [IAC release]. □

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