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Idle Chatter: Missing CBS News-ers, more
by Jeff Bercovici
Feb 12, 2008
Feb 12, 2008
-The two CBS News employees missing in Basra were kidnapped by individuals wearing the uniform of the Iraqi security service. [WaPo]
-The two hedge funds trying to steer The New York Times Co. toward a sale of some assets have double their stake in the company to nearly 10 percent. [NYT]
-Will improved returns at HSN smooth the way to a rapprochement, or at least an amicable parting of the ways, between Barry Diller and John Malone? [WSJ]
-The Huffington Post is closing in on 8 million visitors per month, according to "a source at the company." [Silicon Alley Insider]
-Alpha Media, the new parent company of Maxim, has hired Glenn Rosenbloom, formerly of Disney Publishing, as president. Meanwhile, Maxim publisher Rob Gregory has been cut loose, as predicted here. [NYP]. □
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