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May 08 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Bill Clinton, Ryan Seacrest, more

-Keith Kelly says the number of layoffs in the New York Times newsroom was 15, mostly at the Metro desk. [NYP]

-Ryan Seacrest, not Katie Couric, is going to take over for Larry King, and it's going to happen at the end of the year. Do we believe this? I'm thinking no. [Scoop]

-Us Weekly editor Janice Min says she had to kick a Bill Clinton-penned essay back to him for rewrite. Too bad she didn't edit My Life. [NYT]

-Tribune Co. has promoted Randy Michaels to chief operating officer, via a press release that is only mildly wacky. Michaels had been overseeing the interactive and broadcast units. [Tribune]

-TorrentSpy, a defunct service that helped users find materials to download, has been hit with a $110 million fine for copyright violations. [Wired]

-Do you appreciate irony? Read this. [E&P]. □


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