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Apr 21 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Fox Biz Redefines 'Hard News'

-Sumner Redstone's corporate family gets along about as well as his real one: Paramount is pulling its films from Showtime, a sister division in Viacom, and joining forces with MGM and Lionsgate to launch a new premium movie channel of their own. [LAT]

-Fox Business analyst John Layfield markets an aphrodisiac drink called Mamajuana Energy, and he's a former pro wrestler. Also, he once fought a bear. That's kind of appropriate, when you think about it. [NYT]

-ABC set strict rules about the use of footage from its recent presidential debate but the other networks completely ignored them. [NYT]

-Broadcasting from Philadelphia, and with help from both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert had his best week to date in the ratings last week. [NYP]

-Whoops! A prostitute who talked to Diane Sawyer for a special on the sex trade was, despite precautions taken to conceal her identity, recognized by her parents. [Debauchette]. □


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