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Feb 28 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: DirecTV, 'NYT,' Conrad Black...

-It's all over but the crying for Liberty Media, which has completed its acquisition of a DirecTV stake from News Corp. [Paid Content]

-The editorial board of The New York Times almost chose to endorse Barack Obama. Fortunately for Hillary Clinton, Arthur Sulzberger is a superdelegate. [TNR]

-Conrad Black doesn't want to go to jail yet. Weird, right? [Sun-Times]

-Quarterlife was a big ratings stinker for NBC. [SAI]. □


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