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May 09 2008 12:00am EDT

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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