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Apr 18 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Chris Albrecht's New Contact Sport

-Former HBO chief Chris Albrecht, now at IMG, is making a big bet on Slamball, a "full-contact" version of basketball, with trampolines. Good luck with that. [WSJ]

-So noisy was the backlash to ABC News's handling of Wednesday's Democratic debate, the network felt the need to address it on World News Tonight. [TV Newser]

-More fake news about Katie Couric: It's not out of the question that she would write a memoir. [NYP]

-Sony has replaced Clive Davis as head of BMG. [NYT]. □

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