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Feb 05 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: MySpace, 'Sun-Times,' Wikipedia...

-MySpace is opening up its platform to applications developed by third parties. Finally, MySpace users will know the joys of vampire bites and SuperWall forwards. [CNet]

-The parent of the Chicago Sun-Times is exploring a sale. [E&P]

-Gotham and Hamptons owner Jason Binn is buying Philadelphia Style. [NYP]

-Hypothesis: No politician can succeed in New York unless he or she has a name, or nickname, short enough to fit into a tabloid headline. [NYT]

-Some Muslims are angry that Wikipedia's entry for the Prophet Muhammad includes a picture. [NYT]. □

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