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Jun 12 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Lyne, Frey, Olbermann, Couric, more

-MSNBC is planning to air 20 hours a day of coverage during the presidential nominating conventions. Repent now. It's not too late. [NYT]

-Fresh off the job at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Susan Lyne is having lunch with Time Inc.'s Ann Moore, fueling speculation she'll succeed Moore. [NYP]

-James Ledbetter makes a strong case that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is good and screwed no matter who it hires as CEO. [Slate]

-The Wall Street Journal's editorial page wants the F.C.C. to approve the Sirius-XM merger already after 451 days of deliberation: "[T]he Iran hostage crisis was settled in less time." [WSJ]

-James Frey, in yet another sequel to his "last interview ever," says it's a hard, lonely work being an artist. Awwww. [Portfolio]

-Keith Olbermann thinks Katie Couric is the worst person in the world for calling out members of the press as sexist. [MSNBC]. □


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