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Mixed Media

by Jeff Bercovici

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A Fluke or a Trend? CNBC's Demo Mystery NBC's Leno Dilemma Is Another Zucker...

Feb 27 2008 9:21AM EST

-Hillary Clinton says the media picks on her, and on one point she's right: She usually gets asked the first question in debates. [NYT]

-A committee from The New York Times Co. will meet with four candidates for the board put forth by two hedge funds in a challenge to the Times Co.'s own nominees. The meeting "could be a first step" towards averting a proxy fight. [WSJ]

-Reed Elsevier probably lost a billion dollars by not selling its magazine unit a year earlier. [WWD]

-New York Times op-ed columnists aren't allowed to endorse candidates, but that doesn't mean they can't drop heavy hints. [NYO]

-The rapper Nas says Maxim also reviewed his album without hearing it. The Black Crowes were the first to cry foul. [P6]

-It's Sam Zell in cartoon form! [Seattle P-I]

-A judge has OK'd a $105-million lawsuit by the sister of a man who killed himself after being tagged as a child molester on NBC's To Catch a Predator. [AP]

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