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Feb 26 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Oscar Ratings, 'NYT' and the Hedgies

-Remember how all that curiosity about the mood in post-strike Hollywood was supposed to draw viewers to the Oscars? That seems pretty funny now that Sunday night's broad officially scored the lowest ratings for any Academy Awards in television history. [Reuters]

-Harbinger Capital Partners, which has been aggressive enlarging its holdings in The New York Times Co., is at 19 percent and counting. [NYP]

-Non-rowing non-cardiologist Robert Jarvik will no longer appear in ads for Lipitor. Who said Congress can't get results? [NYT]

-Perez Hilton is in talks to get his own imprint at Warner Bros. Records. [NYT]. □

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