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Dec 26 2007 12:00am EDT

Post-Christmas Catch-Up

For those of you actually working today, a quick recap of some news stories from the long weekend:

-The Hollywood Reporter predicts that CBS will replace Katie Couric as anchor of Evening News soon after the presidential election. [Via TVNewser]

-Newsweek says Judith Regan has some kind of tape recording that she believes will help her case against News Corp. Details are beyond vague. [Via Media Mob]

-The Wall Street Journal reported, and The New York Times re-reported, that ESPN is paying a lot of money to lure print journalists away. Slate's Jack Shafer says the Journal and the Times are only about 15 years late in getting to the story.

-Chuck Norris is suing the publisher of a book that plays his tough-guy image for laughs. Only Mike Huckabee's allowed to to that.

-Apparently Star magazine is repurposed as an insert in the San Antonio Express-News. Who knew? [Via Romenesko] ...


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