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Jun 17 2008 12:00am EDT

Late Breaks: Wall-to-Wall Russert, more

-Jack Shafer says the orgy of Tim Russert tributes on TV is the media at its most self-involved. [Slate]

-Speaking of Russert, here's the backstory on why Arianna Huffington didn't like him much. Maybe. [Gawker]

-It may have seemed like a cheap sales stunt, but The Atlantic's Britney Spears cover actually cratered at the newsstand. [Folio]

-Greg Ip, who's been covering the Fed for The Wall Street Journal, is leaving to join The Economist. [Reuters]

-Barnes & Noble says it was all a big misunderstanding that David "97 Percent True" Sedaris' new book was categorized as fiction. [Media Mob]. □

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