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Dec 17 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Michael Savage, Nick Denton...

-A boycott called by the Council on American-Islamic Relations has cost hate-spewing radio host Michael Savage more than $1 million in advertising revenue. [NYT]

-Peter Braunstein, former WWD media reporter-turned-"fire fiend," says he'd like to kill Vogue's Anna Wintour and New York writer Vanessa Grigoriadis. [NYP]

-Following the departure of his managing editor, Gawker Media boss Nick Denton is taking the tiller at his flagship site. [NYT]

-Former House & Garden editor Dominique Browning, whose magazine folded last month, is going to work for New York's Adam Moss. [WWD]

-Craig Ferguson's giving each of his striking writers a $3,000 Christmas bonus. [NYP]

-Here's how literary agent Andrew "The Jackal" Wylie defines book publishing: "a very odd, very small business that no one should get into unless they have no other occupation that they want to be involved in." [Portfolio.com]. □

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