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Jan 18 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Wal-Mart, DGA, Chris Matthews...

-Wal-Mart, the biggest seller of magazines, in the U.S., is dropping 1,000 titles from its shelves. Big surprise: Wal-Mart shoppers aren't big New Yorker readers. [NYP]

-So much for those hopes that the Director's Guild of America would use its leverage to help the writers get a better deal. DGA has reached an agreement with the producers after only six days of negotiations. [THR]

-Chris Matthews is sorry he was such a jerk about Hillary Clinton. He'll never do it again. [Media Matters]

-The Associated Press has already written Britney Spear's obituary. [Us Weekly]

-Perez Hilton says Nicole Richie is furious that People bumped pictures of her new baby to put Matthew McConaughey on the cover. That's actually bogus, but, hey, whatever Perez sez, right? [Perez Hilton]. □

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