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Mar 12 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: AOL, AMI, A&F, etc.

-Acrimony, screaming matches and paranoia: Life at AOL. [NYT]

-Very little was clarified on day 2 of the John Malone/Barry Diller court fight. [Portfolio]

-American Media and Ron Burkle need to find $200 million in cash if they want to get their merger accomplished. Also, Moody's downgraded AMI's debt yesterday -- not good. [NYP]

-The new editor in chief of Interview says he might add a sports page. It's hard to tell if he's joking. [NYO]

-"Anyone who has ever been through the experience of having their father choose another woman over their mother...knows how traumatic this can be," says Bonnie Fuller of Eliot Spitzer's teenage daughters. Now let's compound their trauma by interviewing some experts about it, shall we? [Huffpo]

-Conde Nast is said to be in talks to buy Dwell magazine for around $30 million. [WWD]

-Abercrombie & Fitch wants to slap its name on part of an Ohio children's hospital, because even sick and injured kids could benefit from sexy, greased-up abs. [NYT] ...


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