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Late Breaks Tom Freston Is So Darn Laid Back

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Jul 10 2008 12:00am EDT

Late Breaks: Tom Freston Is So Darn Laid-Back

-Want to hire Tom Freston? First you'll have to figure out when his non-compete with Viacom expires. Asking him won't do any good, because he doesn't know. [NYP]

-How prudish is The New York Times? So prudish, it won't print "nuts," "came" and three other remarkably innocuous words. [Gawker]

-Iran has taken to Photoshopping the images it releases to the press to make its missiles seem more potent. You don't need to be Sigmund Freud to know what to make of that. [The Lede]. □

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