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Mar 27 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: All Eyez on the 'L.A. Times'

-Sean Combs's lawyer says he tried to tell the Los Angeles Times that the documents supposedly linking him to Tupac Shakur's shooting were phony. Now it's suin' time. [E&P]

-Vogue, which detests unsightly fat people, kindly offered to help de-fat two of them, who happen to be designers. Now some women are upset about that. [NYT]

-Clear Channel has won a preliminary court victory against the banks that are balking at financing its sale. [Portfolio]

-The New York Times fell for an internet hoax inspired by the "rickrolling" phenomenon. (See the correction here.) [Mediabistro]

-Great news, publicists! Page Six will now publish your press releases with only minor alterations. Just remember to thank that nice Richard Johnson (and you know what that means). [Gawker]

-The Atlantic has hired away Wired's publisher, Jay Lauf, to be its own. [NYO]. □

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