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Feb 20 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: 'WSJ.' Don't Forget the Period.

-The Wall Street Journal has a name for its new glossy magazine: WSJ. The period is part of the name -- just like Lucky.! [WWD]

-Fire up the pay-per-view and invite your friends over: It's shaping up to be a good old-fashioned proxy fight between Microsoft and Yahoo. [Portfolio]

-A USA Today reporter has been ruled in contempt of court for refusing to reveal his sources on a story about the 2001 anthrax attacks. [USAT]

-The Huffington Post has almost caught up to the Drudge Report, but only if you look at unique visitors. If you're looking at page views, Drudge is still light-years ahead. [NYO]

-People didn't get the newsstand lift it was hoping for from those $1.5 million photos of Christina Aguilera and her baby. [NYP]

-Washington Post press critic Howard Kurtz is guilty of one of the press's longest-standing conflicts of interest. [Radar]. □

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