May 9 2008
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Idle Chatter: Jeff Zucker's Wife is a Lucky Woman
-NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker gets Katie Couric to do his Mother's Day shopping for him. Sweet deal. [P6]
-Amazingly, a TV program featuring one talking head (Charles Gibson) interviewing another talking head (Barbara Walters) about her life as a talking head did poorly in the ratings. [NYT]
-For some mysterious reason, NBC is making full, commercial-free episodes of The Office and 30 Rock available for streaming on iPhones. [SAI]
-Ron Paul's lobotomized legions made sure his book topped the New York Times bestsellers list. [VF Daily]
-Discovery Communications has pushed its IPO back a quarter. [WSJ]
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