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Dec 19 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Krauthammer and Kristol, More...

-Time is dropping two of its conservative columnists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer. Let the bias-accusing begin. [NYO]

-As if Blackwater wasn't already evil enough, now it's gone and killed the New York Times's Baghdad bureau's dog. [Reuters]

-But wait! it turns out that dog was actually damn vicious. [Huffpo]

-Tribune Co. has agreed to pay a $15 million penalty to resolve charges of circulation fraud at Newsday and Hoy. [E&P]

-One way or another, Simon & Schuster is going to land the deal to publish Karl Rove's memoirs. [Media Mob]

-BusinessWeek has prevailed in a breach-of-contract suit filed by a source who says he wasn't supposed to be identified. [Crosscut Seattle via Romenesko]. □


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