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Jan 09 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: The Stewarts, Jon and Martha

-Alessandra Stanley doesn't understand why Jon Stewart seems so preoccupied with this whole strike thing. [NYT]

-McGraw-Hill is eliminating 611 jobs, or 3 percent of the total. [NYT]

-There were also more layoffs yesterday at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. [WWD]

-Charles Kaiser's media winners of 2007: Frank Rich, Hendrik Hertzberg, Glenn Greenwald, George Packer and Lara "balls-of-steel" Logan. [Radar]

-Terry Bradshaw says he'll retire from broadcasting in 2011. But will he also retire his unique hairstyle? [NYP]

-How many copies did that OK issue with the scoop on Jamie Lynn Spears's pregnancy sell? Let's agree to disagree. [WWD]. □


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