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Mar 03 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Eisner, the Upfront, 'WSJ,' more

-Ex-Disney chief Michael Eisner "is out to prove there is money to be made in the space between user-generated content and traditional television production." [NYT]

-The upfront -- you know, that TV-industry ritual that was supposed to be history by now, thanks to the writers strike -- is shaping up to be particularly strong this year, recession be damned. [WSJ]

-Magazine web sites may be growing fast, but they're still infinitesimal compared to the real online power players. [Ad Age]

-Vanity Fair is making it up to women for saying they aren't funny. [NYP]

-The Wall Street Journal is set to start taking a cut of proceeds from books that its staffers write using reporting they did on company time. [NYO]. □

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