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Feb 15 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Fox News, MSNBC, Naked Cowboy

-Gannett, Hearst, The New York Times, and Tribune are creating an online sales network, QuadrantOne, that will represent the websites of more than 120 papers. [WSJ]

-Fox*: First on astrology. First on labiaplasty. Now, first on semen detectors. [DealBreaker via Gawker]

-David "pimped out" Shuster's suspension from MSNBC will last two weeks. [B&C]

-Star magazine will pay sources for tips. Of course, that's not news, but now at least they're admitting it. [NYP]

-Did Mars Inc. back down and remove two Naked Cowboy-themed billboards from Times Square in the face of a threat from the Naked Cowboy? [NYP]

*CORRECTION: This originally said "Fox Business Network." Dealbreaker.com, the source of this clip, misidentified it as airing there, but in fact it appeared on sister network Fox News. The astrology and labiaplasty segments were, however, on Fox Business ...

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