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Jan 02 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Bill Kristol, Nikki Finke, Ron Paul...

-Neocon retread Bill Kristol has signed on to be a weekly columnist for The New York Times. Apparently there are no young conservatives out there with things to say we haven't heard a thousand times already. [Huffpo]

-OK editor Sarah Ivens won't deny her magazine paid big money for the exclusive on Jamie Lynn Spears's pregnancy, because "I'm not very good at lying." [NYT]

-The New York Observer has named Nikki Finke its Media Mensch of the Year. [NYO]

-Fox News didn't invite Ron Paul to participate in an upcoming debate of Republican presidential candidates. [The Swamp]

-Real-life criminals suspend their real-life criminal activities to watch their fictional counterparts on The Wire. [Reuters]

-The Cincinnati Post is no more. [E&P] ...


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