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Jul 10 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Don't Call Me Daughter

-The patriarch has spoken: Sumner Redstone says his daughter, Shari -- with whom he's had a pretty rocky relationship -- won't be his successor, and will exit the Viacom board shortly. [NYT]

-Who's the best-dressed mogul in Sun Valley? Based on this limited sample, I gotta go with Rupert Murdoch. Nice work, Wendi. [Reuters]

-That dude who climbed the New York Times building yesterday morning? He did it to promote a book. [NYP]

-You can say "I want to cut his nuts out" on CNN, but not in The New York Times. In case you were wondering. [E&P]

-A new, fawning book about Clear Channel by trade journalist Reed Bunzel was underwritten by the radio giant as a counterbalance to a book by a more critical writer. Bunzel's book doesn't disclose that it's a paid shill job. [WSJ]. □

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