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Mar 06 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: John McCain is Not a Cannibal, OK?

-Media companies including NBC, CBS, Disney, Time Warner and Comcast -- along with a smattering of private equity firms -- are expected to bid for the Weather Channel. [NYT]

-Penthouse Media is holding a $250 million IPO. [Bloomberg]

-Ziff Davis Media, publisher of PC Magazine and other tech titles, has filed for bankruptcy. [AP]

-Shelly Ross, the executive producer of The Early Show who has made lots of enemies among her staff, has been out of the office all week and isn't expected back. [P6]

-Esquire is counting on you to be OUTRAGED by the fictional diary of Heath Ledger's last days it ginned up. Isn't that just OUTRAGEOUS? [NYT]

-Did NBC's Medium make John McCain out to be a cannibal? [NYP]

-More NBC: The network is renewing Friday Night Lights thanks to a deal with DirecTV. [DHD]. □

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