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Jan 07 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: O'Reilly, Obama, 'NYT' and CNBC...

-If you haven't already heard, Bill O'Reilly, attending a Barack Obama rally in New Hampshire over the weekend, got into a profanity-laced scuffle with one of Obama's aides, who had the gall to stand in front of him and be tall. [CBS News]

-The Weather Channel, which is expected to sell for more than $5 billion, could be "the most profitable cable channel ever." [Ad Age]

-It is totally a coincidence that CNBC has formed a content partnership with The New York Times a few months after Rupert Murdoch bought The Wall Street Journal and launched the Fox Business Network. Okay? [NYT]

-Maxim has hired the OK magazine editor who landed the exclusive on Jamie Lynn Spears's pregnancy. Um, what a coup? [P6]

-Remember when I told you about Big Think, the "YouTube of ideas"? It officially launches today. [NYT]

-Gawker's readers are in open revolt against Nick Denton's "page views uber alles" philosophy. [FelixSalmon.com]

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