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Mar 28 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Sumner 'n' Tom, Together Again

-The newest hurdle for Microsoft's Yahoo takeover: a Chinese anti-monopoly law. D'oh! [NYT]

-Woman's Day, which is owned by Hachette Filipacchi, has laid off five staffers for "budget reasons." [FishbowlNY]

-Sumner Redstone and Tom Cruise had what was surely an extremely awkward lunch yesterday. [WSJ, P6]

-Men's Health spokeseditor and amateur neologist David Zinczenko is to be named Adweek's editor of the year. But could anything compare to the honor of being dubbed "the man" by The New York Times? [NYP]. □


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